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‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍I believe that by becoming a teacher I am agreeing to become an important part of my students’ lives. I am agreeing to be a person that can be relied on, that will be fair, organized, and interesting. I will know my content knowledge and be prepared to teach it. I will set goals and expectation for my students and actively help them achieve and meet them. I will create a classroom that is fun, exciting, safe, and conducive to learning. I will respect, challenge, and inspire my students to become critical thinkers and thoughtful people. ‍‍‍‍‍‍ Technology has always been seen in my life. My dad was in the military and his job there was working on computers and whatever came along with that. So, ever since I can remember we had a computer in my house. (I'm only 23) I remember never being able to use the phone to call friends from school because we had dial up internet. Now the thought of being on the internet messing with my phone calls is laughable. I remember Windows 95 and the skiing game that you had to escape from the abominable snowman in. I feel like I've kind of grown up with Windows.

Technology today amazes me, and to think where its going blows my mind. I don't feel like I am dependent on technology like a lot of people I see today. I know some people that can't have a 5 minute conversation without looking at their phone or sending a text. It drives me crazy, and its one of the few downsides I see of technology. The plus sides are of course the ability to stay connected to people (yes I realize I just said this was a downside). I love being able to text someone for a quick question without having a complete conversation, or being able to text several people at the same time without having to call each and having the same conversation. I also love being able to check my email from my phone, especially for school.

My experience in the classroom with technology I think has been sort of limited. My elementary school didn't have computers in the classrooms but we had computer lab every week. In middle school I learned to type quickly in a class then moved to an old school and I cant remember using a computer while I was there. And in high school all of my computer work was done at home. I think this is a shame considering how valuable computers could be in the classroom.

Computers are an important part of most kid's lives outside of school, I think that educators need to realize this and embrace it. Computers can do so many different and educational things that could be extremely useful to teachers and keep the interest of the students.

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This video shocked me, as I suppose was it's purpose. I've watched it a couple times now and I can't believe some of the things I read. I find it ironic that soon China will be the largest English speaking country in the world, coming before America.It amazes me how fast countries all around us are moving ahead of us. American politicians talk about how we should be number one in math and science and a million other things, but none of them really ever do anything to get us there. Instead of actually putting an importance on kids doing well in they they put an importance on scoring high on tests, which is not the same thing. One common factor you see in the countries that are surpassing us is their emphasis on schooling. We do a lot of talking here, but who actually does anything to support it?

TED TALKS!!

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I really love this idea of doodling as a learning tool. I find it ironic that all through school my teachers have told my classes that we were not to doodle on the pages, they wanted only "clean" papers. But maybe if they allowed students to doodle, they would have been able to recall more of what the teacher taught. I think this could be a valuable, simple tool for teachers to incorporate, or at least allow in their classroom. This could also be a good classroom management tool, a lot of student interruptions come from bored students that have been told to sit still, but if they are allowed to doodle then they have something to keep their attention.

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Listening is a very important tool that teachers rely on to teacher their students, but that students are loosing the ability to use to comprehend. In today's society, where you can easily get through life with out having to verbally interact with anyone, people are loosing their capability to listen effectively. This is detrimental to today's classroom because teachers rely on students to be able to understand and then actively engage, verbally, during lessons. I love the four activities that were given and I think these would be great short activities to incorporate into all classrooms to helps students focus. I also like the RASA thought and think this could be implemented as a rule in listening to each other during class.

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This is a video that all teachers should see. The power of a smile in the classroom is unmeasurable. This about situations most teachers encounter: 1. a student who is upset or angry, maybe even with the teacher, a smile is contagious so when that student sees a genuine smile from their teacher it would automatically make them smile and once you put a smile on your face your brain begins to release endorphins that make you happy. So just a smile can make a student's day better. 2. Many teachers get over whelmed and/or stressed out at some point in their day/week/year, so by the same rule if they just make themselves smile soon their brain will make that a real smile and can help reduce stress. Teachers must always be aware of their body language and a smile is one of the most universal languages a teacher can use.

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This semester I am also enrolled in Cultural Diversity and this video really speaks to that class. It also speaks to US schools. In today's schools there are more and more and more students that speak a language other than English and our system treats them as if they aren't as smart as the students that do speak English. But really, how likely is that? or how unfair? US schools need to rethink their take on non-English speaking students, sure they should learn it but we must give them the opportunity and TOOLS to do so. And until we give them these we shouldn't diminish their intelligence by treating them as if they aren't as smart as the English speaking kids.

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