My Beliefs

Technology in the classroom is vital to the education of students and the evolving of the teacher. This is something that will continue to be more integrated in the classroom as more technology becomes available and teachers have to increase their knowledge and understanding about the current technologies that are out there. I would like to use not only powerpoints, but videos as well. I don't believe in just pure lecture or book work in the classroom, this tends to promote what I like to call "Shut Down Syndrome". Students don't like to listen to a teacher talk for eighty minutes or just assign an assignment out of the book. This bores them and they tend not to retain information that is being taught.

Technology and using new resources that kids find exciting will make them excited to learn and become familiar with the material being taught. Teaching and student learning go hand in hand with each other, both teachers and students are able to learn from each other and this increases the pedagogy in the classroom. This will benefit all parties involved and help with the curriculum and even the further progression of the students understanding about the information that is being taught in class.

My own classroom will have technology very much integrated into it and I will try to get my own students to interact with the lessons being taught. I very much believe in getting the students out of their seats and engaged actively in the lesson and with each other. I like the idea of having them create their own assignments using technology and having the proper guidance with the assignment that they can create it on their own with the help simply from the directions. Just because my classroom will either be history or health doesn't mean that they can't learn how to do new things with technology and further their understanding for other classes. Technology and the use there of makes me excited to get involved with my students and help them with their own education and use of technology.