Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Technology!!!!


Technology has become a very big part of our society. We went from having nothing to having everything in the palm of our hand.  Some of it is good but some is bad as well.   I really don’t know what I would do without it to be honest.  Take my cell phone for example; I have an IPHONE it has everything on it that I need.  My step father laughs at me but I call my phone my life because without it I’m lost.  It has my email, my contacts, my schooling, my photos, my appointments everything.  I really think that my generation would not be able to service without technology.  Technology can help you as a youth worker because there are so many educational sites on the web, educational TV shows, games, movies and more.  I believe that kids learn better while interacting with something, whether its friends, a TV show, an educational website etc.  Technology has its benefits.  The computer and internet have made learning how to read fun. Math is also made fun on the computer.  Learning has made a huge step with computers being used and other technology as well.  Technology is also a distraction though as well.  It depends on how you use the technology for it to be either helpful or a distraction.  It’s your choice. 

Youth in Action!!!!!


The Main ideas of this article are that youth do hold power not just adults.  This article shows that youth can do things that they set the mind too.  If you want to do something that others think you can’t,  prove them wrong and show them that you can.  Youth in Action is the perfect program for youth who think that they are nobody.  Youth in Action is kind of like the JROTC program I was in in high school.  Everything was ran by the students.  The Adults where there if we needed help and to guide us in the right direction, but all the decisions were made by the students. This is good and bad in a way.  Its good cause it give the youth a chance to learn skills that they don’t really learn any way else, but its bad in a way cause we are still just youth and we are still learning a lot about life, sometimes have this type of responsibility can get to our heads. 

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

About Me!!!!!!!

Hello my name is Rachel Miale.  I am in my fifth year at RIC.  I will be graduation in the fall of 2015.   I am majoring in Youth Development because education just was not the major for me but I still want to work with kids.  I have a 5 year old special needs sister and a 10 year old brother.  I also have a son that was born july 5.