Our technology teacher is retiring. Not Earth shattering news, I know. However, being enrolled in the final three credit hours of an Educational Technology Master's program, I am optimistic for a big change in course load next year. I know that this could be a very busy summer, learning new curricula and probably writing new courses, but I am very excited for a summer full of school work for the first time in my life.
I came out of college wearing rose colored glasses. I loved Mathematics and took it upon myself to convince everyone I came across that math, although challenging, could be interesting, beautiful, and, dare I say, fun. I think I have made some progress, but along the way I have found a new passion in technology. I entered this Master's program because I was interested, and over the past two years I have become obsessed. Math, although it will always be my first love, has taken a back seat to the new and exciting things that could be happening in our schools. I may have some freedom in writing a couple of new courses, and although that would take a lot of work and be a big risk, I would be so excited to teach students about something that I am passionate about again.
Where I used to have to convince students that my subject could be enjoyable, I would have interest on a broader scale when students walk into my room, and this is something that I've never had. I must admit I'm excited about the prospect of not needing to focus so much on hooking students and be able to just instruct rather than make a sale in the process. However, as I sit and think about it, I'd still have to be a salesman, just with a different audience. I'd need to convince administrators, board members, and network administrators to allow me to do what I wanted to do, with the applications I wanted to use, and use the websites I wanted to use that may currently be blocked. But, I'd take it. I would love to have classroom full of excited students that I can educate in a subject that is both exciting and relevant to them and me.
If anyone reading has any ideas for elements of these these possible courses, I'm all ears. I could possibly be teaching an Office course in trimesters to Jr. High students, a multimedia applications course to underclassmen, and/or a Read/Write Web course to upperclassmen. I really appreciate any ideas you might have.
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