It will be extremely effective for myself to use technology in different ways. I would like to become a History teacher and having access to the internet or having a smart board would be very useful and effective. During lessons if say I wanted to show a clip from a movie like The Patriot, I could, just by searching the scene on Google I will be able to show the clip without having to play the entire movie or by fast forwarding through a tape or DVD. When I was a student, I payed more attention to a movie that was being shown, than notes put on the board by a teacher. I'm sure there will be students like myself who have trouble focusing on a teacher who just puts notes on the board, that's why I will try to switch things up to keep the attention of all of my students at all times.
I think that History is a very important subject for children to understand. The importance of history is that we make sure we learn from mistakes and also learn what has worked is past situations. A lot of people seem to have a negative view on history classes, and I just don't see why because I believe that everything that has been taught over the years in schools has some importance to life and developing a proper education. Over the summer I work at a camp in North Carolina and I really enjoy doing it. I take after boys from ages 14-16 24 hours a day and i find it entertaining as well as good practice for teaching one day. Because I wanna teach high school history, I will probably be teaching kids the same age as my campers and hope that I will enjoy it as much as I do at camp. I realize the responsibility and work will certainly surpass those at a summer camp being a teacher, but I am ready for the challenge and excited to start.
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