I do feel that in today's society that technology is unavoidable. To properly prepare the future generations of America, teachers need to be instructing youth to learn how to be productive part of the real life workforce. Instead of pushing against the changes and challenges of technology in the classroom that many educators feel are destructive, I will try to use an approach that might influence the better usage of it. I read a concept that had students using the cell phones for in class tasks. I find this approach really amazing, because instead of fighting the demon cellphone the teacher used it as a tool for teaching. Not only does this send the appropriate signal to students that cellphones really do have significant purpose, but that cellphones can do so much more than texting! I love these ingenious new perspectives, think how the students would react, "Okay class, take out your cellphones for your assignment today."
Learning should never stay in a box, I don't learn that way and most students don't, so why do we leave education in a box of passed down traditions from memorization to boring lectures. I do believe education should be proactive and student centered, but I have a lot of experience to achieve before I will adequately be able to master my own beliefs of teaching. I want to be so many things for my future students, but I know it takes time to become them... so I hope the guinea pig students of my first few year wont be too damaged by my inexperience.
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