Academic Honesty

Academic honesty is a very important part of a successful educational system. I believe it is important to live with integrity and this is something I will teach my students. I will teach this to my students through, first, helping them understand my boundries for my classroom and enforcing those boundries regarding academic dishonesty. I will teach my students that academic honesty is a value for life. Honesty in their education will carry over to future jobs and families. Living with integrity may not be the easiest road to take, but it is definately the most rewarding. I believe that students need to learn life lessons in the school setting. There is no better place to learn them. I will seek to equip my students to be honest, loyal, and truthful citizens as well as students.

Digital Citizenship for Teachers

Digital citizenship for teachers is quite a bit different than that of students. A teacher should be knowledgable and wise about technology for many purposes that students do not have to worry about. Here are a few of those reasons: (1)they need to have boundries for social networking; (2)they need to be knowledgable enough to catch students misusing it; (3) and they need to be knowledgable in order that they might plan for and accomodate students needs. Expanding on the reasons above, (1) boundries are extremely important for teachers on social networking sites because those sites are not private. Your employers, students, and the public in general can all see what you are saying. Time and time again teachers have been fired for what they say on their facebook. These sites are not as private as we may think! Be cautious and wise. (2)Students often misuse technology. Because we live in a technology dependent world we often will find that students are overusing, misusing, or even abusing technology. We need to be able to catch these acts and teach them to think for themselves and to not be dependent on technology to think for them. (3)Planning and accomodating for students is a huge part of education. Technology is an amazing tool for teachers while trying to teach in a school where inclusion is valued. Students may often need help from technology and through a knowledge of it teachers will be able to assist and provide ways in which it can be helpful. Students with disabilities have often benefitted from the use of technology as well as those who do not have disabilities. Technology is a wonderful tool for teachers. Through knowing it, we will be equipped to use it properly.

Philosophy of Education

My philosophy of education is as follows:
I believe that our minds are a gift from God. This being said I believe that we should use them for the purposes God intended. Education is just one way we can use our minds to glorify God and give back to Him through using His gift to us. Education allows us to become better individuals through broadening our minds and looking outside only what we see and experience and looking to what others see and experience. This is an awesome tool for growth!
Also, education is an area which is beneficial to all. Not only do we grow from a good education but, also, others can grow through our participation in bettering the world. Our minds are powerful things. When we use them to our full potential there is no doubt we will change the world for good. In my future classroom, I want to instill in each student a realization of their minds potential and the things that they can do with a good education. I want to teach my students to have a love for learning and a good work ethic to match.

Digital Citizenship for Students

Our world screams for us to use technology. We use technology to communicate, research, teach, learn, the list goes on. Everything we do seems to be becoming more and more reliant on technology. Digital citizenship means that a person knows how to use technology and is efficient in the skills required to use it appropriately. Digital citizens are self-feeders when it comes to the world of technology. They are not affraid to use it and have succes in doind so. Students benefit from this skill in many ways. Technology is a tool that can enhance learning. It is important to teach digital citizenship concepts because we are members of this world and certain responsibilities come with that title. If our students do not have digital citizenship they will not be able to reach their full potential in partnering with future employers, in college, or in furthering knowledge.

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