My Beliefs

My Beliefs

I believe that there needs to be a happy medium between technology and other forms of teaching. There are several different ways you can use media in writing and still teach the art of cursive, which some experts say is essential in helping both sides of the brain grow and connect equally. We also need to be sensitive to our students and their technological abilities.

I have seen many teachers have their students write out their rough drafts by hand first then type up their final copy. I like this idea but what if occasionally we had the students type up their rough draft and write out their final copy in their very best hand writing. I think this way could keep things fresh and give the student a chance to practice their hand writing skills. They could then illustrate their stories with their own art work. The times that they type up their final story the teacher can show them how to insert pictures from the internet, thus improving their computer skills.

As teachers we need to be sensitive to those students that might not have a computer at home. I observed a teacher that had put some practice tests for the ended of the year tests on her web site. She could track who took the tests, at what time, how long it took them to do it and how well each student did. I asked her what she had the students without a computer should do. She said nothing; they could go to the library and use theirs or go to a neighbor s house and borrow theirs. I didn’t like this mentality of thinking. I believe that multi-media lessons are wonderful and can enrich just about any lesson in any subject but if not used to its fullest capability and doing the same thing every day the students can still become bored.