New-Trend-Schools

After reading- Global Achievement Gap (Chapter 6), I feel.... inadequate. Who am I to create superb ideas and inspire kids to learn and have them complete projects I would have gawked at as a student (and may or may not be gawking at now)? Clearly, this is coming from a person who has never had to create a lesson plan in her life and, obviously this is a challenge for me. However, I have decided lately that I like challenges and these teachers only serve as an inspiration for me to find ways to think outside the box. Every child learns in different ways; some find traditional schooling stimulating (otherwise, where would all these creative teachers come from?) and some thrive in these new-trend schools like the HTH. The ultimate goal would be to have these different types of schools available to every child so they can find what is right for them.

Happy Medium

I won't lie; I hate technology. Admittedly, my life would not be half as awesome as it is without some of the advancements I have been privy to my entire time on this earth. I have noticed that I am the youngest person in the class which will give some the false impression that I know more about these things than most others in the class but this is a lie. As a result of my strong dislike of computers and everything that goes wrong with them, my friends are constantly showing me basic resources that I had no idea existed which are, in fact, quite helpful. That is the main thing I think I will get out of this class; even if I don't use all of the things we learn in this class in my classroom (whenever I finally do get into one), I will have at least been exposed to them and know that they are available to me. Honestly, I do realize that technology can help students learn their material. My only fear is that I forget this information as a result of my stubborn mindset that students' lives should not revolve around their computers. Finding a happy medium between using technology in the classroom and learning in traditional ways is one of my goals for the semester.