2a -Sonoma Cost-Pebble Beach

Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points
The Sonoma Coast-Pebble Beach

Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/pebble-beach-sonoma.html
http://sonic.net/~rocky/scsearanch.htm
http://www.russianrivertravel.com/parks-sonomacoast.htm

Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities. 1 point
My choice connects to humanities study because the Sonoma Coast is one of the natural beauties that make Northern California so appealing to many travelers. I am sure that many writers and artists have come to visit the Sonoma Coast and seen its beauty and did some amazing work.
Contains the following "analytical elements":

Observation: What did you choose? What do you see or hear or feel or think of in the choice you made? What is the subject of the work? If you chose a 'thing' what is the work made of and what techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures) does the creator use? Be specific in your description. If you chose a place, be specific in your description of what you see or hear. Talk to your reader as though they cannot see the item but somehow must draw a painting of what you see or hear. 1 point

I chose the Pebble Beach on Sonoma’s coast. Often confused for Monterey’s Pebble Beach. What I feel about the choice I made is endless intimidating beauty. The ocean is such a large open space that seems endless. The open water is great mass of a blue gray color. This beach is one of the smaller public beaches that are located in the upscale community of Sea Ranch. Parking is very limited and usually full because of the countless number of visitors. Pebble beach always faces to the west and its waters are shallow for hundreds of yards off shore. The beautiful of the Sonoma Coast and Pebble Beach is why so many people come visit California. Often the Coast is cooler, but worth the trip every time. The air you breathe is cleaner and so fresh.

Interpretation: What is your choice about? Give specific examples to support this statement in 2 sentences; do so in a way that teaches us something about your choice. Make Paulo Freire proud! .75 point

My choice is about a place that is close to many people’s heart. California’s have been given a special gift. This gift is the Pacific Ocean and all its glory. Often people take for granted the fact that we have even seen the ocean. There is countless number of people who have never and will never get to experience the Pacific Ocean.

Judgment: What led you to your choice? What do you think or feel about this choice? Why do you feel this way? Support your thoughts with specific observations. .5 point

What led me to my choice was after I began to think about what makes California so special to me. The Sonoma coast and its beaches are different from other beaches in California. Especially the beaches in Southern California. The way their different is that, it does not need to be a hot sunny day to be able to have fun and appreciate its beauty. The cooler temperature makes you realize that life is beautiful and we should appreciate the fact that we are alive and able to experience such a tremendous phenomena of open endless water. The cooler temperature is also a nice escape from the heat of inland communities.

Questioning: What else would you like to know about this choice? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. Example: I learned that John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was based on his personal experience working with farm workers. I would like to know if the characters he used in that book are fictitious or are they people he met? .5 point

I learned that there is a limit of eight abalone you are able to dive for at this beach. I would like to know if that is the same for every beach on the Sonoma Coast?

5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that person’s blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here). .5 point

I read Anna’s blog and what stood out to me was that one of Paulo Freire theories was the “banking” concept. It makes a lot of sense to think of students as empty bank accounts. As they learn more information, it is deposited into their minds. This is related to our class foundation because it involves learning and depositing this knowledge, which is learned. Although Freire came from Brazil, his concept does relate to this country as well as many others countries.

Anna’s Blog

Paulo Freire was an educationalist. His life was dedicated to education. Throughout his life, he wrote many books that changed how some viewed school and education. His most famous book is titled Pedagogy of the Oppressed. At first, it was only written in Portuguese and then it was translated into Spanish and English. His theories reached the whole world and my schools were formed using his theories.
One of those theories is his idea of what he called the "banking" concept. As Mark Smith brought out on www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm, this term "banking" meant that students were viewed as empty bank accounts ready to be filled with knowledge and information by the teacher. Paulo Freire also noticed that the teacher-student relationship needed constant feedback. He thought that the teacher was not only to impart the student with information but that the teacher would also have to learn from the student and thus become a learning teacher.
This "banking" concept also leads into another idea of Freire's. To quote Mark Smith, "Paulo believes dialogue involves respect. It should not involve one person acting on another, but rather people working with each other."He believed that dialogue is very important and that it can have the power to change things. The quote makes it seem like there is a strong sense of community and people working together to achieve something great. Paulo Freire wanted to change schools for the better make them a place to learn and become educated. And although he died, the ideas that he spread around continue to live on.