YouTube

YouTube is a wonderful site for finding vsual aids by way of video to help the students watch lessons in action. I intend to use YouTube in the classroom as much as possible to give the student a better understanding of the material through visualization.

Social Networking

I intend to use social networking similar to the way I will implement iTunes. I have set up a facebook account dedicated to my classroom activity and will not add my my students to my personal pages. My twitter account will also be available for students to view. Social networking sites can be beneficial only we use them with a watchful eye.

Podcasting

I intend to use iTunes in the classroom in numerous ways. Most of the students of today have iPods or other digital media players. I intend to record lectures, homework assignments, and have the students broadcast their own podcasts. This inspires creativity and will help the student have a reference point if they forgot some notes or were sick on a particular day.

If you have iTunes
Click Here for a podcast I took part in during EDM 310

Life Experience

I have seen things in my life (good, bad, and otherwise) that I believe students in high school could benefit from. As I said in my teaching philosophy, I think the student will only learn from someone they respect. I understand where they are coming from when they lament about boring teachers, and I empathize with the feeling that no one understands them. My point is that I believe I have a calling to teach the kids that people overlook because they seem to just not want to try or care. I was one of those kids and it took too long for me to come around. I don't want that for these students. Nothing shocks me.

Interactive Presentaions

I intend to use interactive Presentaions made with programs and services like GoogleDocs and PowerPoint.

Here is a sample of one my goup and I created for our EDM 310 Course

My Personal Learning Network

I plan to use my PLN to help my classroom's progress. Here are some of the tools and people in this network.

Twitter



Delicious

Blog


And the list goes on and on. I will use personal contacts I have acquired throughout the field of education and a few that are not directly involved with education, but have some relevance to the classroom and aiding lessons.

Teaching Philosphy

As I progress in my major, I may augment this statement. I have recently changed my major so I have not had many classes dealing directly with education, so I may be slightly idealistic in my philosophy and possibly too simplistic, but I know why I descided to pursue a career in this field. I have tought guitar lessons and pften take a leadership role in other aspects of my life so I think I have an inkling of an idea what my philosophy is.


I believe that a student will only learn if they allow themselves to learn.

I believe a student will only learn if they respect their teacher,but not necessarily if they fear or dislike their teacher.

I believe a teacher should not limit their lessons to the ciriculum, but they are obligated to show the student how to apply the ciriculum to their life in the real world.

I believe students do not need to regurgitate information, they need to learn information that will help them later in life. Regurgitation is for standardized tests. Furthermore, Regurgitation is not learning.

I believe the teacher should put in more time/effort on their assignments than they ever expect of their student.