Who am I? My name is Samantha Etzler and I am attending my first year at Indiana University. For high school I attended McCutcheon High School. In High school I was on the dance team for three years. During my senior year I helped work in my school's preschool and I really enjoyed that experience. I would really like to teach 3rd or 4th grade. But if I were to teach any other grade levels, I would enjoy that just as much. I enjoy teaching all children and I believe that I will have so much fun teaching whatever grade that I'm assigned to.
My Pedagogical Beliefs To me my classroom is going to be a place where my students feel comfortable and they have fun every day. I want my classroom to always have smiles and laughter and the students are enjoying what they are learning. I will value hard work and always trying even if the students are having a hard time with the material. I always want my students to try their hardest and when they need help, they come to me so they can better understand that work. I want my students to feel comfortable enough to come to me whenever and I don't want them to feel like I won't help them or I don't want to help them.
Technology in The Classroom In my classroom technology will be used but my teaching and the students learning will not be dependent on it. I feel like students learn a lot better when they have physical assignment and have physical activities to interact with. Also, from personal experience I feel as though I am behind when I have to learn directly off of a computer. So, I believe that technology is good to use for some part of class but not all the time. During my time in W200 I learned about a lot of fun and useful websites that help students learn in a way that's not possible without internet. I think I will use technology for certain topics and activities but my students won't be learning off of a computer all the time.
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