First Blog Post
1. My classroom will be a place that serves
my students and supports equal educational opportunities, while providing
students with academic and life-skills. Attributes, such as independence, work
ethic and empathy, will be a daily experience for my students. The classroom
will be a safe place, where I am an advocate for my students; stereotypes will
be eliminated and diversity will be celebrated. Activities will be made
meaningful to students and cooperative learning will be a daily occurrence in
order to enhance learning. I will give my absolute best to my students every
day I am in the classroom.
2. I have used technology throughout my life. I started playing computer games at a young age and remember starting to use technology, as a resource, in middle school. I had to type papers and use the internet to conduct research. Now, I primarily use it for school work as well.
3. In my opinion, technology integration means having and using technology within the classroom which benefits both the teacher and students. Technology can be beneficial for the students by allowing them to conduct research on a computer, interact in lesson plans on a SMART Board or be involved in independent learning using an tablet.
4. I would love to have a small set of tablets in my future classroom in order for students to use during centers or Daily 5 time. I will also integrate lesson plans that allow students to be interactive by using the SMART Board. For example, I just taught a lesson to a first grade group that allowed to students to classify objects as solids or liquids on the SMART Board at the end of the lesson. Part of my lesson was also taught on the SMART Board.
Your students will have the same game playing experiences you have had. The trick is going to be incorporating that mindset into productive paradigm. Great post, thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, Kellsi! I really enjoyed reading your teaching philosophy! "The classroom will be a safe place, where I am an advocate for my students; stereotypes will be eliminated and diversity will be celebrated," was my favorite part! You already know my own personal feelings in regard to both stereotypes and diversity, and while I have strong personal feelings towards both matters, I did not include them into my teaching philosophy. I feel that this definitely gave a close inside look to who are you and what it is that you believe in. I also believe that your future students will be lucky to have you as their teacher and learn in an environment where their differences are celebrated!
ReplyDeleteI hate to waste your bandwidth, but I have to agree with the other Nicole. The statement you made about advocating for students and celebrating diversity is something I salute you for. I believe it is important for students to feel safe, equal, and confident in who they are at school. Amazing post!
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