John 8:31 says ""if you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples." Teaching our curriculum with fidelity and including Common Core State Standards as well as creating a rigorous learning environment is important to sustain a proper education for our students. Piccianno (2011) "Drawing from experiential theories, a basic assumption is that children are born with a natural curiosity about the world, and the main function of schooling should be to stimulate that curiosity (4). Experiences are so imperative for all students to learn. One experience students might not have is getting muddy or playing with a can and kicking it across the yard. Children learn from their experiences sitting in front of a computer isn't always a great idea. As a first grade teacher, I see a lack of little experiences that I loved to discover as a child. When are we going to let our students experience life rather than thinking of them as a statistic or a "member" of the course (as a distant learner perspective)? I read a Facebook post from a friend that said her daughter was dressed in her tennis shoes and athletic wear because she was going to have a fitness test and the child being disappointed because it was a test on the computer about her health....?
I love technology I just feel we need to have a balance with our school system. Piccianno (2011) expressed that children need experiences with technology. The fact that we have major companies going "green" and our schools are the last to receive or even learn how to use major technology so that our students can explore and experience the realm of their future and us as teachers...the ones that we are supposed to shape can't even get our hands on updated machines and let alone know how to use them!!
Picciano, A.G. (2011). Educational leadership and planning technology (5th ed.). Hunter College,
NY: Allyn &Bacon
Maggie, thank you so much for your reply to my post. I definitely live by the verse, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Any time that I seem to face a challenge, it always works out but definitely not by my own doing. The same verse applies in my marriage, work place, and with friends. My husband and I being polar opposites can be fun but also very challenging as we both tend to have different ways of approaching situations and sometimes have to talk things over because we do not always see eye to eye. However, having my husband around has forced me to learn to work with people who are different in their approaches than I am. I honestly have the biggest struggles when I am around other Sages. Usually there are way too many people that want to run the show and can cause lots of tension. I am still a work in progress but growth and change are very good. These challenges are little ways that God is molding me to be who He has called me to be.
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