Reading Reflection 6

The first thing that I learned while reading chapter 6 is all of the resources that teachers have to get discounted stuff for projects such as SCRAP, Craigslist, Freecyle, DonorsChoose, and InticED (128-129). A lot of times in classes we only hear about how teachers struggle to get the materials that they need since it's mainly out of pocket, so it's awesome that the book presented us with resources to help take the financial burden off of trying to teach our students. In "Creating Opportunities" I learned that it's possible to get the children into real-world experiences, even if the odds are against you, if you work hard enough. It was very inspiring reading about June Teisan from Detroit and how she wrote grants and eventually raised $20,000 to get her students real-world research experience. It was even more amazing that they got to go to a global forum for it and that her students were so inspired that many became first generation college students.