Reflective Blog #1

I am lucky, because through teaching, I get to live my passion.  I love working with children.  I love inspiring learning and love the results.  There is no better feeling than seeing one of the students finally get it.  I believe that each child is a unique individual who needs to be encouraged to show individuality.  It is my Educational Philosophy to provide a positive environment that supports creativity, risk-taking, and individuality.  

Blogging

I think that blogging is a great way to connect, share and collaborate with the internet world.  Being interactive with my peers is a great way to communicate.  I have never been in a class where the teacher used blogging.  I think this will be very useful and more teachers should try to integrate more technology into their lessons.

After reading Steven Downes’ article I really liked how he mentions |”The process of reading online, engaging a community, and reflecting it online is a process of bringing life into learning”.  I like how he breaks down the ends and outs about how blogging is about reading but also how it interests you, as in culture, your community, and your ideas. In my opinion I believe this is so true when I am reading I read hoping that it’s engaging and not boring. He mentions about the viewer’s perspective and the authors. Not only does Downes mention about students, I agree with him when a talks about how if a students  has nothing to blog about it is probably because the student’s has not yet been introduced into the world and has not yet learned to be involved in a community. I will always remember and take his advice when a student is blogging in education to make sure the student is successful he/she must be embraced and encouraged.

November’s article

Creating a Culture for Teaching and Learning, the most interesting in my eyes was Coming attraction: live videocameras in every classroom.I think that this is a great idea! I believe that this type of action can bring both good and bad effects. It can get the community and families more involved with their child’s education. Having parents see what their child is learning and how they learn is a great asset. In my opinion technology has really developed into a great tool for education and I’m excited to see how much further it’s going to grow in the education world.

What to expect?

This is my second educational class, I think I’m really going to enjoy this one. I believe that technology is very important to integrate in the classroom and a way to provide students a good tool that can assist in their learning an effective classroom environment. I’m hoping with this class I learn something that I already don’t know. So far its working, I have never created a blog before. This is a very interesting way to interact and communicate and I’m learning quickly how to use a Blog. I’m excited and ready to learn more technology.