NETS for Student and Teacher

Student: Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to
communicate and work collaboratively, including
at a distance, to support individual learning and
contribute to the learning of others.

Teacher: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter,
teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate
experiences that advance student learning,
creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face
and virtual environments.

Week Three

What does “dial” a number mean, anyway?

During my school days, I can remember chuckling when a teacher didn't know how to properly use a piece of technology. I remember myself knowing how to use it better than they did. The sad thing is, I will probably become that teacher I was laughing at 10 years ago when my students know how to work pieces of technology better than I do. When reading the assigned article, I remember most, “The single biggest problem facing education today is that our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language.” My students will be the ones that are born into this new language and will speak in fluently. This article has given me courage to learn as much as possible about technology in the classroom. I want to speak the same language as my students and instead of teaching my students the old; I want to learn the new. I also want to take advantage, like talked about in the article, and learn from my students.

Week Two

Ted Talk

After watching my first Ted Talk, I can say that Sir Ken Robinson has some legitimate opinions about education.  What stood out to me the most were his views on the “Fast Food” concept of schooling.  A lot of times students are put through a system that will only prepare them for the next step or maybe the next test. I think instead, we should have a school system that engages and challenges children in more than just passing a grade or a test, (which will become boring after a while) and as a replacement, instill in them the excitement for knowledge and learning. We need to extract our student’s talents and use those as a source for teaching. Ken’s talk reminded me about Howard Gardner’s “Multiple Intelligence's  and the importance of recognizing each student’s individual strength’s and learning styles. This meaning…instead of the standardized school system we currently have, we need to make it more into a school system based around personalized learning.

It wasn't until I was in high school when I found my true talents. I believe that this is because the classes I took were, like Ken said, “feeding my spirit.” I am thankful for those teachers and professors that “treaded lightly”.

I wonder how I can revolutionize education using technology as a tool in my classroom with always keeping in mind the concept of treading lightly. 

Week One

Why I decided to become a teacher?

Being the first in my family to attend college, school wasn't the most important thing to my parents, but rather, worrying about how they were going to put dinner on the table. Even though my parents didn't put education first, at a young age I found my love for learning. This unknown desire of becoming a teacher that the Lord has placed in my heart has recently surfaced and is now like an overflowing fount full of overwhelming love for children. I desire to work in a low-income public school, not only because I love these children, but because I have walked in their shoes and can now relate to them and what they are going through in life. I know that when given the chance, I will be an effective teacher who will make positive influences in my students and school.

I am excited to learn how this new generation of children will be positively affected by the way we (the teachers) can and will implement technology into our curriculum using it in many different ways. 

Spring Class Blogs

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