The Start of Miss Amanda's Journey through Science and Technology!

The Start of Miss Amanda's Journey through Science and Technology!

Welcome to my blog! My name is Amanda Almodovar and I am an English major with a concentration in Early Childhood education and a dual certification in Childhood Education and Special Education! I am very excited to get started with Science Methods this spring because last semester I took Social Studies Methods with Dr. Smirnova and fell in love with the teaching methods that I learned. The lessons that I observed and taught myself are quality glimpses of  education that I will take with me forever! Through Social Studies Methods I adapted to myself to several different aspects of technology and became a qualified 21st century technological educator! 

In our first class of Science Methods Dr. Smirnova asked us to draw what we believe a scientist looks like! We then posted our scientist drawings in  the Introduction to Science Methods Slideshow! We created a brand new blog and I named it "A Journey through Science and Technology!" and I chose to use Kahoot to create my Digital Me Project that is due next Tuesday. I am so excited to create a Kahoot quiz to see if my fellow classmates can get to know me!

 Most importantly in this first class, we reflected on the video that Dr. Smirnova showed us! Reflection is such an important aspect of teaching. If you do not know what you should improve on, then you cannot get any better! That being said, this video was extremely breathtaking, surprising, and also moving. When watching this YouTube Video there were many different statistics that were given that broke my heart. The reality of the 21st century is that it is bitter sweet because there are positive and negative experiences. The positive side is that there are many different opportunities for students to learn in a more direct and interactive way. 

Watching this video I was happy to see that so many students worldwide are interested in learning through technology but I was sad to see that children are getting their hands on books less and less each year because of the change in technology. This video made me realize that as visual learners and 21st century students, we must adapt our lessons and make accommodations to best fit our ability to teach our students. 

All in all, I am so ready to continue my learning and understanding of technology in the 21st century to enable myself the skills to be the best future teacher I can be!! Thank you for stopping in to my blog! :)