The Transparent Tech Teacher |
In 2003, I graduated from university and entered the REAL world. My first teaching job came by happenstance and was with a school where I had previously done a lot of subbing. In October, an FTE became available which the teachers voted to use to employ a technology teacher...yours truly! Thus, my first REAL teaching job was placed in my inexperienced hands and I was in the field of technology education completely by accident. I didn't have any training or even special interest in technology, but it was a salaried job with benefits so I neither hesitated nor complained. Fast forward 14 years where I am just beginning my 6th year as a technology teacher at a charter school in Idaho. I now specialize in and love teaching technology.
Since that first teaching job in Draper, Utah I have come so far. The experiences I've had with technology as I strive to teach new and interesting topics to my students as well as content of my master's courses have equipped me to be more prepared and effective teacher than I was 14 years ago. This coming school year, I'm teaching a coding elective for the first time ever. I've allotted time for coding with students in previous years, but this is the first year we'll offer an elective where the focus is strictly coding. It's exciting to look back and see the road that brought me to this point, but it's even more exhilarating to look ahead at the path in front of me. Where will my experiences lead to next? I hope to be a transparent teacher. Transparent is defined as, "easily seen through, recognized or detected; obvious; open, frank, candid" (dictionary app). As with any relationship, being genuine puts a lot of deposits in the emotional bank account. This is the way I try to interact with my students. My blog title is a reminder that candid teaching is important to me.
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7/1/2017 03:39:25 pm
Welcome to EDTECH537 Becky! Glad to have you along for this journey over the next seven weeks.
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