Colleagues, this week I tried establishing professional contacts outside of the United States as was suggested for Part 1 of the assignment but unfortunately I was unsuccessful. I contacted 9 different websites or personnel but unfortunately I have been told that a permanent fatal error has occurred or the mail could not be delivered. I got a response from 1 of the contacts I made; however, I was told that no one was willing to take up the challenge of communicating with me at least one per week. This led me to focus my attention on the alternative to part 1. I have since contacted two persons from the world foundation website. I accessed the World Forum Radio where I listened to their audio podcast. Some of the persons have not provided an email contact; some who provided email contact were not so accessible. However, I tried emailing Ms. T. J. Skalski at tjskalski@meccs.organd Ms. Delfina Mitchell at delfena@libertyfoundation.org.uk. I am hoping for the best.
Part 2
I must say that the wealth of professional resources we have at our disposal will certainly enhance our practice. I am overwhelmed by quality resources that are available and they can go along way in improving the teaching learning environment. I selected the National Black Child Development Institute
http://nbcdi.org/
because several research have noted that black children are lagging behind academically and as such I want to explore this site to see how effectively they have catered for the black child because the very title would suggest to me that persons with special interest in the black child would have made valuable contribution that can effectively impact on the black child's performance. I am eager to find out whether that is so. I have subscribed to their newsletter and as such I am awaiting a response. Colleagues, how do so you feel at this time, having access to all these professional websites?
Evlyn,
ReplyDeleteOverwhelmed is how I feel right now about having all these resources in hand. I felt like I spent a full day reading the information. I am thankful for all the wealth of information. I hope to spread them to others as well. As early childhood professionals can use these resources alot for their benefit as well as for the benefit of the E.C community.
Hello Evlyn,
ReplyDeleteI am excited to know that all of these resources exist for the early childhood field and professionals. Hopefully, we will hear from some of our contacts from around the world. The resource about the National Child Development Institute is awesome because this institute have not given up on our black children and their families. I am looking forward to learn a lot about this institute in the coming weeks.
Hi Evlyn,
ReplyDeleteThis weeks abundance of professional resources has been to a great advantage. I am appreciative of all the resources as thy have been helpful in completing the assignments. I did however feel some urgency to connect to an early childhood professional out side of the county however did not have such luck this week. Like your self I received emails back with error messages or were unable to be sent. I also chose to access the world forum foundation.