Technology through Time

It is that time of year. The time to resubmit our Philosophy of Education. I like to think it is a good time to reflect on how my philosophy has changed over the year. Ms. Hum’s Philosophy of Education What guides my teaching? I strongly believe that every person has the ability to learn. We may be different types and rates of learners, but we all possess the ability to learn.   My goal is to reach every student and help them to be successful, independent learners, striving to become so engaged in their learning, they grow the skills of being passionate life-long learners with hopes that they will in turn give back to their family and community. So what are elements that guide this philosophy? Children are individuals and therefore should be taught as such. Every person is unique, in their personality and learning styles. Therefore teaching all students in the same manner does not help each person to be successful. Instead, as a teacher I provide a variety of ...

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A teacher requested that I put together a rubric that her students could use to grow the characteristics and traits for being a strong distance delivery student in an Interactive Videoconference Class. This is the first version of the rubric and checklist.

Social studies teachers: This is a great video for students on what's happening in Syria. https://t.co/6FPKiyIi6X via @voxdotcom — John Spencer (@spencerideas) November 17, 2015

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you have a fun technology lesson you will be doing in your classroom?  Contact me and I can help be extra support in your classroom.  Do you have an idea for a technology project but want help implementing it?  Contact me and I can support you in planning and/or implementing.  Do you want to try a new technology project but are unsure how to go about it?  Contact me, I have lots of technology ideas that we can discuss.  ————————————————————————————————————————— Two Lessons you Can Apply Across Content Areas:  Choose your Own Adventure Google Forms:  Remember the old Choose Your Own Adventure Novels? Help students create their own, whether it is for a science investigation or retelling an event in history.  Lesson: https://docs.google.com/a/k12northstar.org/document/d/1yFJ07RppdaA2VPid6TWS4lMOVHf239uP386C25I5_YI/edit?usp=sharing Pres...