Digital Blog Post #E - Chapter 7

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Digital Blog Post #D - Chapter 5

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Digital Blog Post #C - Chapter 3

Digital Blog Post #B - Chapter 2

First, while reading the statistics under Developing Lessons and Engaging Students about student boredom and alienation I was not shocked at all. It says that two-thirds of high school students report feeling bored in their classes every day. Also, that when teachers only do lectures in the classroom that is when the students are least engaged. To be honest, in high school I just got by. I didn't really care about any of my classes. I was part of that "let-me-get-this-done-as-quick-as-I-can" group. I did really well in all of my classes but I was never engaged in what I was doing. I completely agree with the textbook saying that some teachers fail in connecting academic material from the textbook to real-world situations that can happen to us as students. A lot of confusions in lessons can be eliminated just by connecting situations to the real world! That's how my father had always taught me when he would help me with homework. I think using technology WILL keep students engaged in classrooms and just actually want to be there. I really like the idea of getting into small groups and each group having a different activity. One hands on, one with the computer, and one using technology with the teacher!

Second, after reading Your Teaching Philosophy I would like to think that I want to be in a in between teacher-centered classroom and student-centered classroom. In a teacher-centered classroom I feel that it is more lecture type. Those types of teachers use student test scores to see who has learned and who hasn't. In a student-centered classroom it is completely different. In my eyes it is way more engaging for the students. Although, I would like for my classroom to be more towards a student-centered classroom I find it would be best to be in between these two philosophies because I different subjects have different ways to be taught. I love the idea of students being able to come up to the board and showing their classmates how to do a problem and just asking questions digging a little deeper into their minds about certain topics. 

Third, while reading Using Technology to Enhance Teaching I thought about one specific teacher I had in high school. She was an amazing history teacher! She used one of the two central aspects of the work of teachers: Instructional practices. In instructional practices you use methods of teaching using technology. You look up stuff on the web during class discussions, use power-points, all of that good stuff. In her class we had class discussions every day. She always sat at her desk or on the high chair in front of the class and always had stories that related to each topic. She would show us personal pictures from historical sites she's been to whenever we would reach that subject in the book. She would show us videos from youtube. It was just a very engaging class and I learned so much! 

In conclusion, this chapter really helped me see where I stand and what I want to do in my own classroom. I am now starting to understand how technology is so important to be implemented into the classroom! It helps teachers in many ways, just by being able to do lesson plans and having everything saved online. Having access to so many sources to use in your lesson plan is awesome! There is seriously so much out there. It helps students be engaged in the classroom and see everything that there is out there and put it all to use!



Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Blended Learning: Making it Work in Your Classroom. (2014, September 11). Retrieved September 10, 2015.