MY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

My visual interpretation of Triangulation for the Mixed Model Research Method I used in my thesis study - PBS Integration. It's the multiplicity practice in mixed-model that makes it different from the mono-method design.

THESIS WRITING

So I started full time work on my thesis paper and I'd say it's a LOT of work - mind and body. I had about 4 changes, which means 4 sets of Chapters1 to 3 writing.  It's on the 4th "edition" that I finally figured out what i exactly want to do.... (no wonder a lot of M.A. students are not able to make it through graduation as thesis writing is really a pain...!) - BUT.. am up for the challenge.

am no statistics person (i observed am not patient figuring out those formula, but that's why there are statisticians... division of labor!) but mixed research method caught my attention. so that's the method am using in my research as it maximizes qualitative and quantitative methods within and across stages.Now I am excited to start field work after my defense. Let's see what happens next...

WELCOME ENGLISH 2, ENGLISH 11, FINC. 13, EDUC. 1 CLASSES - BSA. BSOA, BSBA, BSED

 

I am so glad to have you in my class this 2nd semester.  I look forward to an engaging semester  for all. To most of you, blogging might be something confusing at first but I'm pretty sure you'll get the hang of it... so keep posting!!!

CAREER ORIENTATION & JOB PREPARATION SEMINAR - NOV. 29 & DEC. 4, 2010

 

Job readiness discussion with Education, Social Work, BS-Business Administration, and BS - Office Administration graduating students, Grade School AVR, CKC

 Simulating job interview with a real foreign national was tough yet they made it through the day... 

acknowledgment of training facilitation by the Guidance Counselor and KSO Officer

with Mr. Ed Velarde, guest facilitator and Michelle P., Guidance Counselor

HOMECOMING 2010

School Walkway at the back of the Grade School Bldg.

With Rico B. and Byong B. during Alumni Night, Nov. 20, 2010... taking a break! Old folks! LOL.

on the dance floor.... 'twas a blast.

CHOC'LET INDULGENCE

 

That's okay.... it's sugar-free.

not playing the slot machine.... just waiting for the room key card.

 

 

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA VISIT

at the parish convent of Father Pol, Sacramento before dinner.

 

 Getting lost on the way to Live Scan in Carmichael.

 

 not only once, but THRICE for the day!

 We made it back to the parish convent.....

HOME AFTER GET-TOGETHER

Walking back to my hotel room, 18th floor, The Orleans, after get-together dinner with friends and relatives at Cottonwoods.

My Shrimp Scampi dinner at the Big Al's Oyster Bar, The Orleans Casino Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.

Really, a Bon Appetit! 

My first HOT SAKI WINE (rice wine) served in tea cup (never thought that wine can be served hot!) at THE NOODLES, BELLAGIO HOTEL with Executive Chef Patrick Lee offering authentic regional noodle dishes from Thailand, Japan, China and Vietnam. 

getting car from the parking lot to drive friends to M RESORT-SPA-CASINO at Henderson, LV.

CHOC'LET FRENZY!

Day 2 of school break: Chocolate Indulgence @ Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.

BREAKTIME

Food and entertainment are great ways for a break from work. Let me recap my first day of break: first stop is The Bellagio. Had a juice for a start at a bar while waiting for LIna with my cousin's friends. Contemporary dining at NOODLES! Still at Bellagio's around 10pm - my first taste of warm Saki(rice wine) in tea cup size shots and my god! In 2 tea cups and my world started swirling! Whooh! Felt better in an hour though.

Then watched them play cards until 2am or so. Drove to M Hotel to drop the rest of the group and drove back to My hotel to take a nap as I would be picking my cousin in 2 hours after the nap.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING - HIGHSCHOOL : SEPT. 26, 2010

TIMELINE: CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY

Have you ever wondered what was used in the early days inside a classroom to teach children?

here's one for your reference => THE EVOLUTION OF CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY

SYNCHRONIZED WALKING

I find this performance AMAZING!

JEAN PIAGET's 4 STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Piaget - Stage 1 - Sensory-motor, Object Permanence

Piaget - Stage 2 - Preoperational - Lack of Conservation

Piaget - Stage 3 - Concrete - Reversibility

Stage 4 - Formal - Deductive Reasoning

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development

Piaget's Theory - Madeline's Test

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY EVOLVES BLOOMIN' PEACOCK!

I came across ilearntechnology blogsite through the buzzworthy section of my website educationet . This illustration of Bloom's Taxonomy, which i call now Bloom's Evolution, as Bloomin' Peacock by Kelly Tenkely, I say,  is catchy and very creative. Scrolling down further and the illustration below gave me a good laugh for its clever integration of technology in every stage of the taxonomy.

Don't you think so?

TIME FOR BREAK: SHRIMP SCAMPI AND DRAGON ROLLS AT THE ORLEANS HOTEL & CASINO, LAS VEGAS

http://www.orleanscasino.com/

I know there are lots of new places to go now in Vegas for fabulous dining (ah! dining experience to the max!). Yet there are really places where you keep coming back because they just suit your taste buds and ambiance.


Here's a couple for me .....

This is Shrimp Scampi (but not the one from Big Al's Oyster Bar at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Vegas) - my favorite. Others may find Big Al's Shrimp Scampi to be mediocre but to my taste buds, it's the best! the way those shrimps are sauteed with fresh herbs, garlic, and creamy white wine sauce over linguine... it's just perfect for me...creamy with a bite.

Also, I may not be that much on meat (specially beef) but Canal Street Restaurant's Filet Mignon is lusciously succulent as well.

And if you are a fan of japanese foods, try the dragon roll at Koji Sushi Bar and China Bistro still at The Orleans. Though the dragon roll image here is not from Koji, but it's a foretaste of a gustatory bliss in Vegas.

BON APPETIT!

CKC FOUNDATION DAY STAGE SHOW

it's on...... the 2010 CKC Foundation Day preparation days!

So,..... it's Foundation Day Celebration again this November for CKCians. What makes it "grandioso" is the bounty of talents from all of you -  students and staff.

The most eye-catching part of  last year was the 10-Minute-On-The-Spot -Water-Color-Painting-on-Stage on a 4x8- feet-drawing-slate. It was the first in the history of Stage Shows of CKC. Only 4 brave creative students participated out of a possible hundred of students with visual arts talent.

This year, I'm looking for talented students to do the SAND ART live performance on stage.  To all interested students, come visit the office for an interview anytime from Tuesday to Friday.

Let's do it again!

SYMBALOO - USER-FRIENDLY BOOKMARKING

There's one PLE that I find easy to work on - SYMBALOO . Easy on the eyes, not too much graphics (which I prefer but not to interpret as short of aesthetics though) and simple steps in organizing bookmarks. If you are the type who likes moderate graphic presentation of stuff, then I guess you should give it a try. SYMBALOO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY

THE ABC SONG/ASL ALPHABET - AMERICAN VERSION

Welcome, CKC Graders! Here's the ABC Video Clip for you to practice. HAVE FUN! See you in class...

WELCOME TO ENGLISH 0 CLASSES - BEED, BSED, BSN, MIDWIFERY, BSIT, BSOA, BSSW, COMP, BSBA

Welcome, students of English 0 Classes! I am so pleased to have you for this semester and looking forward to a collaborative learning experience with you. This approach might be very new to you but I am sure you're gonna get the hang of it and enjoy!

SPEECH PLAY - MY NEW BOOK SERIES FOR 2010

By August, I got three new titles coming out in the market - SPEECH PLAY Book Series. The books are more on learning English as a second language genre.  Originally, it contained a lot of pages introducing the American Sign Language but for some reasons the final edition has been changed. Just the same am glad all are coming out finally in the market.

COOL SITE FOR PIX

 

Exactly.... that's me on the cover of a magazine.Amazing.

this is a site where you can upload your pictures on different settings... it's funny and it's wow. check it out - you might enjoy it => http://www.funnywow.com/  (thanks, susan, for the site)

WELCOME! FINANCE 1 CLASS 2010

You might have a little rough start not because of the topics but more, I believe, on the approach you will involve in this semester - I am pretty sure it's new to you. Yet I know you'll be able to catch up on it and you will be discovering a lot of your potential. We will be learning together.... !

TEACHERS' SUMMER GETAWAY 2010

MY STUDENTS' BLOGS

When the subjects am handling now in the college department were given to me, I asked myself, "alright... so what's relevant and fun that I can use as an approach and of course, the content of  my syllabus for all the subjects I have?". I let the idea just sat for days.... weeks .... and as soon as the school started, everything fell into place. I thought of giving the students something new other than just yack infront of the class. A kind of assessment that is technologically anchored - the Blog. And the result just amazes me! I see a different perspective of the students who are mostly timid and yet are a well of interesting individuals full of talents and life which, mind you, not a glimpse of it in the classroom had I stick to the tried and tested face-to-face teaching approach. I guess this will be an extra-ordinary semester for them as we level up on the blogging approach as part of classroom instruction. Well done, class.... well done.

PLE (Personal Learning Environment)

I always surf  the internet on what's going on in the field of education until I came across the topic PLE or Personal Learning Environment. I read articles/blogs and watched videos (through YouTube) about it and I got so interested. There's this one video that shared an impressive work of a 7th grader - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY&feature=related  that opened up one more type of assessment i could use in my classes. Now, I am working on my own PLE at Symbaloo - http://www.symbaloo.com/ - and I find it to be of advantage to my work. It's like having your library/home/school anywhere and anytime. Soon as am done organizing my PLE, I will introduce this to my class and have them create their own PLE. 

PBIS

So my thesis study is all about adapting PBIS in school and see its impact on the referral cases in the Office of the Prefect of Discipline. I am doing now lots of reading and studies on the system and trying to figure out what should be taken in and what will be skipped from the system to fit in the unique needs of the school. As I slowly go into the details of integrating PBIS to the Behavior Management system that is in use now, I find it more and more interesting..... yet challenging ( i think it's in the "challenging" part that I am excited about.). Everyday, new ideas come to mind and replace what I thought were  good ideas so my paper now is like in constant revision! As in Everyday! This Is Fun! I should start documenting the process lest i end up writing nothing on my paper.

JUST A QUICK NOTE FOR TODAY

checking my students' work online takes a lot of time but surprisingly, I get a lot of energy doing it. Seeing them able to make a blog after many attempts (what can I say, it's their first exposure to this type of learning technique and in a place where not everyone is able to access the internet for one reason or another) makes me feel so happy (and excited as well!). Definitely, there's a lot of improvement they can do to have a better blog. But for a novice, i believe it's a good start.

whoooz!

whoooz!
( a test video from Animoto )

whoooz!

whoooz! 
(a test video i made @ animoto)

"I AM LIKE...." (My Students' Work on Clay)

SYNERGESIS ?

Why Synergesis ?

Everytime I get to the topic on starting, and i mean in different contexts, the not-so-easy part is always the how-to-start something. It's not easy starting stuff - what to do first, what to write first, what to say first and on and on! makes you think a lot, tear-crumple-toss cycle, pace, blank stare, fidget, sing, hop, look around, tap, hop, stop ..... A LOT. But when it's there, everything seems to fall in place. It's easy to end things - you can simply finish it or stop writing or doing it and it's still THE END.

it took me close to an hour just to name my blog ! (geez! as if i don't know any English vocabulary)

I tried to set a guideline in search of a name - it should be reflective of what I want to put in my blog and how will this be of use to other people (in a good way i suppose) with the same interest that I have.

Finally the word synergy crossed my mind and I thought this is fitting. but Lo and Behold! It is amazing to learn how a lot of people use it as well. So I kinda modified the word by adding the suffix "sis" and blogger.com accepted it. (now this is some kind of a new word!) -> SYNERGESIS.