Monday, August 5, 2013

Traditional and Emerging Technologies




As a teacher of this new era blending technology and traditional education will be simple for me. I will use smart boards and smart surface technology along with my traditional lecture and with the use of tablets and stylus pens so that my students will be able to learn how to properly use a pen/pencil without having to waste paper and thus saving the environment. I can also use e-books during story time and traditional books for silent reading time. 



Being able to guide students from a young age towards the future in technology will every year become more and more intense. I am excited and will continue to be throughout my years of teaching.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Today will be my first day as a teacher, my classroom keys were given to me 2 weeks before the beginning of school. I have been decorating and organizing my classroom, I have separated my classroom in 3 learning sections with short book shelves. The first section is the main section with desks and chairs, there are 5 single tables that seat 4 each and one “U” shaped table that I will use as my main desk and seat my remaining students if any.



The next section I have prepared is a reading section where I have set a big chair for me sit while my students sit with their legs crossed and hear the days story, which relates to the daily/weekly lesson. This is also where I will engage my students in learning by asking them about the 5 W's and the How about the story and ask how the story relates to the weekly lesson.


The third section is the learning stations where I set up the daily/weekly activities, each of my students will have their name set up on a bulletin board showing which station they will be working on and when they finish with a station they will go to the board again and go to the next station as shown on the board.  

I will have a fun time learning how to work with my students this year, behind my desk I will display my personal growths as a teacher, and show my students that it is a good thing to grow as a person and always positively. I will display their work and teach them to be proud of what they have done. 


This will be an exciting year.