Teaching Philosophy

Although I had never been one who had enjoyed anything associated with school, during the middle of my senior year of high school my views upon it had changed. This had completely changed my outlook on almost everything that was connected to school. The thing that had changed my view on school had been one of the art teachers in my school had came up to me one day as I was sitting in the library and had given me some advice as I was drawing a portrait. I was never used to people coming up to me and giving me advice as I as drawing a portrait. Having never taking a formal art class getting advice on different techniques of drawing was something new for me. The teacher had kept coming back to see my progress with my drawings throughout the school year. This teacher had been what had influenced me to want to be a teacher. I want to be able to watch a student develop as I had.

Technology is an important tool to use within a class room. I believe this because it allows students to interact with multiple sources that could not be available without it. When student are giving the opportunity to use technology to research a topic opposed to searching though books they are more enthused to be able to search in ways that that are more familiar with. They are also able to access online library’s that may be too far away for them to physically access. Technology is also important to use in the class room because when students are introduced to it at a younger age and keep using it throughout their education they are able to familiarize themselves with all of the different possible ways to use it. This is important for the student because once they graduate out of schools where they are using technology on a daily basis and get a job where they are using similar programs which they had learned they will not find it as an obstacle preventing them from doing their job to the fullest.

I would like to be able to integrate technology into my future class room. I believe that this would be important for students to use because it enables them to encounter different things that they would not be able to experience. Through these new experiences they would be able further development their understanding for the technology that is available to them.