In my original teaching philosophy post I gave you the bare bones on why and how I teach. I teach the ABCD’s; Attitude, Behavior, Character, and Discipline to my students. In the process of the course my paradigms have switched slightly. I don’t think I will be able to teach the way I used to ever again. Although I still find the principles of my ABCD’s important and essential, I also found a new approach to creating ownership in learning. Technology is common ground and gives the teacher a window into the heart and soul of it’s students. When I think about my original philosophy both methods are going for the same thing creating citizens responsible for their own learning outcomes.
Teaching with technology gives me different ABCD’s:
A Advantages: the advantages of using technology clearly out way the reasons not too. It is a new pedagogy emerging in our teaching culture. From access at home to use in the classroom teachers have broadened the learning environment.
B Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, YouTube, Ning , and Jing are all tools to display audio, pictures, videos, articles, news and so much more to enrich the educational experience.
C Create an environment of community learning. Social networks make learning together a journey unlike any classroom I’ve been in. Students become the teachers and teachers only direct and orchestrate possibilities. The internet and all it’s resources make the old encyclopedia laughable.
D Do it! Although I have been hesitant to do some of the things I’ve been asked to do in EDU 255, I just did it. The more I do the better I get. The more familiar I am with these tools the better opportunities I can create for my students. Isn’t that theme of our last week, practice, practice, practice? As it is with my philosophy, just do it!
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