Reflection Week 8

This week I would like to reflect on my journey so far. When I sat in my interview today for the Education Department this class came to mind many times as my group discussed current topics. The question was asked about budget cuts and what our views were on cutting the arts. This question made me think about how diverse a teacher needs to be to be successful. As teachers we may have to teach art, and music in the classroom if the specialists are cut. Someone in the group asked, "But what if we aren't good at art or music?" I thought about this class and the UEN Scavenger Hunt. If you aren't good at music there are plenty of music games and interactives specific to the grade to help you teach in music. I didn't explore the art subject on UEN as well as the music subject but I am sure it is the same. Then, there was another debate on the subject of interns. One person in my group strongly opposed interns. She thinks interns are used for the purpose of saving money only. She thinks they aren't as well prepared as student teachers. I disagree with her because interns are going to use every tool they can to do a good job so they will be hired the following year. I think one way to be a good teacher is to use the technology that is available to them. I didn't realize how much technology supports teachers. The school I currently work at only has computers in the library and the typing classroom but I am excited to know that there are elementary schools out there that have a computer for every student right in Alpine School District. We need to find out how they got their computers and follow their example because I am now a technology believer for the classroom!