Please take my poll about teaching?

Activity #2

I have been in 4-H since eigth grade. 4-H has taught me to try new things like public speaking competitions for an example. They get you more comfortable in speaking in front of people. If you get a job that requires public speaking, I would be able to stand up in front of the crowd and not be scared. In 4-H you are able to learn how to prepare different things. I was in a preparation group for our local 4-H camp. I got to plan activities, classes, crafts, and assemblies that will help me out in the future with jobs. I would have experience planning different activities. 4-H gave me creative ideas for arts and crafts. Since  I am going to be an elementary teacher, 4-H has helped me create and think of creative arts and crafts.

Double Entry Journal #1

Quote:
According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet.


 Response:
I have selected this quote because I strongly agree with this statement by Cathy Davidson. I feel like what today's grade-school children are learning about jobs will not help them in the future. You look at the jobs we have right now. While the years past, new jobs will be created. When the new jobs get created, they have to decrease some of the jobs we have now to make room for the new jobs. So, everything the teachers are telling the grade-school children today, the information is going to be different in five years. I think that some of the jobs we have today can be improved, for example being a teacher. We can improve the salary. Then again, some of the jobs we have today we don’t necessarily need like ,for example they tell us that playing video games is bad for us, so why don’t we try to improve video games to they are not bad for us.

This New York Time article gives more information about how today grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn't been invented yet.

Sources:
Heffernan, Virginia. "Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade. " New York Times 7 August 2011, n. pag. Print.

Schulten, Katherine. "Does Your School Value Students' Digital Skills?. "New York Times n.d., n. pag. Print.

Home, Career, and Belief

I am from Tyler County, West Virginia. If I do have to pick a subject, it would have to be English. I would like to teach pre-k and in elementary I want to teach the lower grades such as first, second, or third. The ways I think children should learn is on some days have a small activity using updated technology. Another day, let the children work in groups and individual on some activites in the classroom. That way the children will learn technology and social skills.