Thursday, February 11, 2010

Technology and Teaching

I don't think that being in Utah keeps us behind in the ways of technology as any other states. Sure, there might be states that are really high-tech, but I think that we're keeping up. There's not really anything that is holding us back from technology. The schools might be though, since teaching, and the way high schools are different in every state might have something to do with it, but other than that, I don't think so.

I think teaching with technology might help us learn better, by keeping up with the modern trends in life such as technology of course, jobs, research and other ways that technology is used in life. It might help us get more into subjects, because I know that whenever a teacher has some cool high-tech thing it gets me interested in learning. It also might help us by giving us information and training in careers for our future. The future is all about technology, and learning how to use it, will really help us out later in life.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Teachers I Get Along With

Since we're reading Nothing But The Truth, which involves a boy who doesn't get along with a teacher, I want you to consider teacher-student relationships you've had in the past. Have you had teachers that you just got along with whether or not you did well in their class? Have you had teachers whose personality just didn't mesh with yours? Without naming names, expound upon these ideas and thoughtfully consider how personality differences or similarities have affected you in your classes.

I have had some teachers in the past who have just been really fun, and they've taught great, and it made me love their class. There also have been teachers who are fun and nice, but the way they teach just doesn't work for me. In Elementary school I had this really fun teacher, she was really nice, she made the learning fun, and it was a great year for me. Just the way she was understanding, and she didn't put herself above all of us third-graders, like she was better than us, but she had fun with us and tried to help us in a way that we enjoyed it.

I've also had horrible teachers that I just hated because I didn't understand the way they taught, or they were just plain mean, and they didn't care about any of the students. They basically just taught, to teach, not to enjoy helping and teaching people, like the good teachers do, but instead they did it maybe because there was nothing else better to do, or they just like to torture children. Whatever there reason for being there is, they were not a good teacher.