My Teaching Blog

Technology can be a big help in the classroom. I feel the more we advance down the road of technology the easier it will become to teach students. things like smart boards, google classroom and others are good examples of technology that is used in today’s teaching. For example smart boards would be an effective learning tool for students because it can give in class activities a fun edge while also being super interactive. Google classroom for another example can be used for communication amongst students and teachers for things such as feedback and help with material that is being taught. other things like tablets and smartphones are good tools within the classroom because it helps with submitting assignments, communication between parties along with interactive lessons/ personalized learning. With all the new advancements in technology some of the traditional tech still has its place. things such as traditional textbooks and whiteboards can still be useful tools when it comes down t...

 The educational philosophy I align myself with would be existentialism. My goal as a teacher is to give my students something to look forward to. A future that maybe they themselves have not pictured. The goal of existentialism is have them search for purpose, give them individual freedoms and teach some responsibility. One classroom activity I feel would be having students write a paper on character-dilemmas. This will allow students to explore dilemmas characters face throughout a story and allow the students to reflect and discuss if what the character did was right or wrong along with how the character developed through the story. This will help with their sense of morality giving ethical dilemmas a character faces and how they feel he or she made the right decision in that moment. Another activity that would be good for students especially when it comes to critical thinking as well as other skills would be what if scenarios. Give them scenarios about characters in books ...

  Welcome to my blog my name is Noah Rafael. I am a 24 year old aspiring English teacher. I want to teach high school level English as well as possibly teaching English over seas. This blog is a journey to me becoming a teacher and taking you along the way through the processes of becoming a good teacher.