When administrators provide laptops to students in the elementary classroom the technological experience helps prepare students for their future. “The use of technology in education provides students with technology literacy, information literacy, capacity for life-long learning and other skills necessary for the 21st century workplace” (Grinager 2). As the world evolves it becomes more dependent on technology. This dependence causes a need for children to learn how to use technology. The…
beginning to learn the alphabet. Then as I progressed in elementary school I went from learning to read children’s books to chapter books, as well as learning to write on my own. Following that I moved on to middle school writing plenty of essays advancing in my literary career. Now, as I move onto high school, I’m creating more essays than I ever have before, and I would call it one of the major points in my literary career. Throughout my career, reading and writing haves always seemed like a…
A sit-down interview, in the interviewee’s classroom, on April 22, 2016, resulted in responses from Rachel Koplin, a female Elementary Education teacher at Deerfield Elementary School, in Deerfield, Wisconsin. The purpose of the interview was to gain information and insight for an individual considering entering the field of Elementary Education including areas such as expectations, requirements, frustrations, and advice. The interview contained ten initial questions, with four additional…
in both body and mind, a time when a child is learning how to interact with the world and those around him, both physically, socially, and emotionally (Berger 2008). Children will transition into elementary school, if they have not already, as well as face the transition from their elementary schools…
education system. For many years the education system has not evolved. There has been a lack of incorruption with technology. However, it is time for this change. Schools need to use technology from an early age so students can start to learn the tools they need to be as successful as they can get. It is extremely important to educate elementary…
From the Dewey Color Assessment for the Career Leadership Evaluation I discovered that I was a blue-green personality. From this result, I was presented with new information on my personality and how to influence others. Some qualities I learned more about were my natural talents and how to succeed in a work environment, strengths and weaknesses, and important characteristics that related to possible future careers. While, the assessment seems ridiculous, the results were surprising, and…
From an early age I have been exposed to the benefits and triumphs available to someone who works as an educator. Coming from a family where both my parents were involved in Education has had a substantial impact on my career choices. My mother has been a Special Education Teacher, and my father an Educational Audiologist, for more than 30 years. I can remember walking over to mom’s classroom after most days in junior high and being enlisted to help out in some varying degree. Whether it was…
Sometimes it seems that my ambition, goals, timing and opportunity have mirrored fate of Hansel’s breadcrumbs. My experience form elementary to present are rather uneventful if not boring. Elementary school is probably the most enlightening period of my childhood; I can remember so many firsts. Elementary school is where I developed a need to read. My fourth-grade teacher encouraged us to read series. Box Car Children, Little House on the Prairie, the Bobbsey Twins are the series which first…
class setting was diverse. While walking through Forest Hills Elementary, seeing the principal, vice principal, administration, staff, teachers and students are racial and ethnically diverse. The principal and vice principal were very passionate about their students and wanting them to excel. The school is located in Coral Springs. However, Forest Hills Elementary is a Title 1 school. Since, the school is a Title 1, Broward County School District means, “at least 50% of students must enroll in…
a music producer, then my last one before I finally found my calling was a music manager. There were reasons why I chose all of those professions, but it’s the last one that has stuck with me in my heart. I final job calling was to be an elementary school teacher. I found this calling…