My EME 2040 Blog: Digital Blog Post #B

Developing lessons and engaging students are two very import steps to setting up your every day classroom environment. Teachers creating lesson plans for the day, week, or year, have to think of the best ways to engage the students. Striving for the best out come every day is what the teacher wants. No teacher wants to look out into their class and see "can we get this over with already" faces. Engaging the students through technology and with more conversation in the classroom is a goal to have. According to Indiana University's ongoing High School Survey of Student Engagement, it is known that only 75% of students that enroll in high school graduate in four years. For many students they drop out because classes were not engaging and they just had no interest (Maloy. 2013). I knew students would miss certain classes because they did not like the teacher or just were to tired to go, but I never knew because a class was not engaging that it would lead to students not graduating, WILD!

Overcoming a digital disconnect between the students and teachers is a real problem. Teachers knowing which technology to use and how to use it to engage the students and interest them for the entire class period is important. Having barriers on what you can and cannot operate can be a huge set back as a teacher. Knowing the latest release of technology will not only impress your students but it will engage and interest them in what else you can teach them.

With all of that being said teachers including technology into their philosophy of teaching is extremely important and beneficial! Giving the students the best education in the most interesting and engaging way is what is the most important. Having the students exciting to come to your class and eager to learn what you have in store for them next is just an exciting feeling! Don't let the students know more than you, take a stand and show them what you know. Making my class the best class is my goal!