Reflecting on the Past and the Future

It seems like only days ago that we sat in this very room, for some of us for the first time and some experienced in the faculty. I began this class, I’ll admit, a little apprehensive and questioning how much technology can actually enhance a classroom but now today as we are in our final stretch I know that I would like to take back my previous thoughts. I feel that through this class I have gained the most knowledge that I can actually apply to my everyday teaching career. I will be able to enhance my lessons and encourage learning through the use of technology. Technology is a hands-on learning tool that helps visual and kinesthetic learners. It is an important part of classrooms today and many teachers are not using it to its full potential, however I have full intentions of using it within each classroom. By completing this class I am reminded that I am one step ahead of many current teachers because I have a whole collection of projects and tools to use. The most significant part of this class was considering the issues raised when one uses technology within a classroom. I now think that technology should not replace teachers, but more as a means of enhancing our lessons. This class was very helpful and I learned a great deal from it, I would highly recommend taking this class to anyone.

My First Day of School

Here is a picture of my partner and I on our way to our first day of interning in the “killer- THE GRANDMA KILLER aka my really old car”:

Interning

I am now moving in to my fifth week of interning. I now know the kid’s names pretty well and they are finally acting normal instead of misbehaving when I am there. They have realized that I am a ‘teacher’ too. I barely know these kids, I have no idea about their lives or family not even about their hopes and dreams. But yet I like each one of them and I have a special place in my heart for all of them. I care about them and I desperately want them to succeed. Will I be like this when I have my own class? Will I pick favorites? I hope not, but I have this quality about me that I fall in love with the kids that need my love, with the kids that are ‘different’, with the kids that don’t quite fit in, with the ones that need me. Will this be helpful within my classroom? I hope so because I want this care and compassion to help them and give them a desire to succeed. I know I will fall in love with each of my students but I have tremendous concern that I will fall more in love with the ‘different’ kids but I hope that the other ‘not different’ students can see the benefits of this.