Blog Sixteen

If I built a school...

If I built a school, my classroom would be quiet different from the normal, everyday classroom. I want my classroom to accommodate each of my students, so each year with a new group of kids, my classroom would have to change. There are two ways my classroom would differ from all other classrooms and one would be the way it is set up. In my classroom, there are going to be different sections, including a reading section filled with Kindles and iPads and a hands on section where my students will participate in project based learning activities. My classroom will be painted in bright colors and my students projects will hung all over the walls, the bright colors are to keep it fun and I want my students to be proud of their work which is why I plan to hang them up.

The second way my classroom will be different from other classrooms is by the way I teach. I want to make learning fun from my students. I want them to be able to be life long learners, so I plan to teach using hands on activities. Pencils and paper will be no where near as important as blogging and using search engines such as discovery ed in my classroom.

My Final Reflection
For my very first blog, I was asked to write a blog on "If you built a school..." Of course my response would be quiet different from what was given at the beginning of the semester. I have learned so much about technology and ways to incorporate in into my classroom. In my first response, I focused more on the set up of my classroom vs. my actual techniques of teaching. In my classroom, I plan to teach using the project based learning approach. I am going to be the type of educator that Dr. Strange stressed throughout this semester, a no burp back educator. My students will work collaboratively with other students, I have learned so much from group work and I want to share this same experiences with my students. Each lesson that will be taught in my classroom will be done using some source of technology. I have always thought of technology as being important and I have always played to teach using technology in my classroom, and after this semester I have learned just how important teaching with technology real is. There are many reason teaching with technology is so useful, but in my opinion the most important reason is because our students need it.