Passion and curiosity are massive driving forces that give me a deep purpose to learn and to teach. Technology allows me to not only learn in a new and different way, but also to teach my students in a much more creative way. Thus, as an educator, my mission is to educate my students not only by teaching but also making use of available technologies to help them build their understanding of the technology as a part of the education process and to increase their motivation. My vision is to help my students to graduate with 21st century skills to succeed in work and life and to be productive members of the society so that my students will be good explorers and communicators of knowledge by using technology while I also expand my role of teaching from teacher to a facilitator, modeler, learning architect, connected learner, change agent, and synthesizer.
Therefore, I use technology in many ways because I believe it better demonstrates my passion and curiosity. I use technology to find answers to my questions and to accomplish my goals. I connect with other teachers through social networking, blogging, and online courses. When I have a question in mind, I send it out to these people whose personal interests or expertise can help me to find answers to my questions or to solve my problems. I use mails, group discussion boards, wikis, blogs, Google docs, Twitter, and Facebook to connect with these people. I use social bookmarking tools to manage and organize bookmarks of resources online because just like other people, I have those days that I struggle to keep track of new ideas. I also use technology to create new tools to address the needs of my students better.
As for how I use technologies to inspire passion and curiosity in my classroom, technology in my classroom is used for communicating and working collaboratively, facilitating student learning and creativity, using critical thinking skills to plan research and to manage projects, modeling instruction, record keeping, and sharing work. To accomplish that, I teach using videos, podcasts, online graphic organizers, interactive online activities, webquests, and websites. I also make use of the interactive white board I have in my classroom. I also use numerous tech tools to teach and among my favorites are Glogster, Prezi, Powtoon, Voicethread, Weebly, Mind Meister, and Facebook.
In conclusion, I believe the process of learning is devalued by focusing on the result. We, as teachers, need to honor that process and our students’ desire for passion and curiosity. Technology is a great way to inspire passion and curiosity in our classroom because if the content is presented in different ways and provides options for learners, then it can be guaranteed that information is accessible to learners with different learning styles and comprehension is also easier for many students in the class.
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Therefore, I use technology in many ways because I believe it better demonstrates my passion and curiosity. I use technology to find answers to my questions and to accomplish my goals. I connect with other teachers through social networking, blogging, and online courses. When I have a question in mind, I send it out to these people whose personal interests or expertise can help me to find answers to my questions or to solve my problems. I use mails, group discussion boards, wikis, blogs, Google docs, Twitter, and Facebook to connect with these people. I use social bookmarking tools to manage and organize bookmarks of resources online because just like other people, I have those days that I struggle to keep track of new ideas. I also use technology to create new tools to address the needs of my students better.
As for how I use technologies to inspire passion and curiosity in my classroom, technology in my classroom is used for communicating and working collaboratively, facilitating student learning and creativity, using critical thinking skills to plan research and to manage projects, modeling instruction, record keeping, and sharing work. To accomplish that, I teach using videos, podcasts, online graphic organizers, interactive online activities, webquests, and websites. I also make use of the interactive white board I have in my classroom. I also use numerous tech tools to teach and among my favorites are Glogster, Prezi, Powtoon, Voicethread, Weebly, Mind Meister, and Facebook.
In conclusion, I believe the process of learning is devalued by focusing on the result. We, as teachers, need to honor that process and our students’ desire for passion and curiosity. Technology is a great way to inspire passion and curiosity in our classroom because if the content is presented in different ways and provides options for learners, then it can be guaranteed that information is accessible to learners with different learning styles and comprehension is also easier for many students in the class.
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