My First Blog Post!

Here we go! My fist blog post!

My Philosophy of Education in a nutshell:
  In education, every child has the opportunity to learn and grow as well as have an equal opportunity to quality education. Every child that enters into my classroom will, without a doubt, feel safe, comfortable, and the joy of gaining a new friend. My classroom environment will consist of many enriching activities that will revolve around play, hands on learning, and learning from each other. I, the teacher, will support my students in everything that they do and encourage all of their thoughts and ideas. Education is learning through actions, by doing and growing. The school year will consist of fun, excitement, learning, growing, and support.
 
My experiences using technology:
  I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to work in a classroom for the last four years. In my classroom we had two smart boards and a total of 20 iPads that the teachers and students were able to work with. I have created interactive calendars and games for the students to be a part of. I uses the iPads while working with small groups to show a short video or pictures to help further explain my topic I was teaching.

Technology Integration to me:
  To me, technology integration to me means bringing and using technology in the classroom. To me, that is bringing iPads, computers and mobile devices into the classroom that the students will use to learn and grow. Some examples could be interactive powerpoint to teach the correct way to write the letter E. The smart board could be used where the teacher and students practice writing the letter E correctly while other students are using their fingers to correctly write on the iPads. iPads can also be used in small groups or centers for games that are related to what is being taught. For example, letter matching games can be played.

How I will use technology:
  In my future classroom, I plan on using technology quite a bit. I believe that it is something that we are never going to get away from in the real world, so we should be teaching our students how to successfully use it to learn and grow. I will hopefully have the use of a smart board and iPads in the classroom that students and myself can use. This will give us the opportunity to research and play in the classroom.