Shanae's Blog

     While researching the NIEER website. I appreciated the web resources that linked directly to YouTube videos. I feel that as an emerging educator that technology must be Incorporated to assist in sustaining my professional development. The YouTube videos not only are informative, they make the topics more interesting to read about and view. There are many article on the website that have opposing views on topics related to early childhood. These resources helped me to gain a better understanding of early childhood education and some of its initiatives at the present time. The state of preschool and head start portions of the website allows the reader to review the current state of affairs in those sectors. There are many articles that bring to light how economists feel about investing in children's education. Here are the links for two of those articles:  http://talkbusiness.net/2017/03/forward-arkansas-group-says-state-needs-20-million-investment-to-keep-...

     The organization that I selected is the National Institute for Education Research. The website for this resource is www.nieer.org.   The primary focus of this organization is to conduct and analyze research that pertains to early childhood education. The purpose of the research that the organization conducts is to improve and monitor programs in the field of early childhood education.      One article in particular that stood out to me on the website was entitled States Lack Information, Policy for Young Dual Language Learners by Alexandra Figueras-Damiel. This article was very interesting to say the least. The article basically explained that states that are being allotted money to support young dual language learners (DLL), may not be utilizing the resources adequately. The author suggested that some states have not reported a correct number of dual language learners, so in that respect some children  may be missing out on assistance. I...

When completing the blog assignment this week I was able to browse several podcasts on the World Forum website. One I chose to listen to was given by Ebenezar Lartey. The video was about how Lartey went about building connections in early childhood education to promote change within the African community. Lartey stated that he did not have much knowledge of the Early Childhood Education field at first, however as he learned more about the profession he spread the word and is advocating for children and their rights. The link for the video is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a526o1HJgT8  . The way that I attempted to establish a connection with the World Forum was by subscribing to their youtube channel. This will ensure that I receive notifications, when a new video or commentary appears. The website that I chose to explore was the National Institute for Early Childhood Education Research http://nieer.org/publications . I chose this resource because there is so much...