Blog #5

What?
This week, we continued to learn more about UEN. Though, we went into more depth and talked about the Pioneer Library, eMedia, and much more. We learned about many more sources that pair up with UEN to better help us as educators.

So What?
Learning about UEN and all of its advantages, I feel has been very beneficial to me. I had no idea about all the things that I could do with it up until last week. I feel like we are learning about UEN so that we could become better educators and fully take advantage of the tools and resources that are available to us. It could very well help me network with other colleagues.

Also, with my life in general, it could help keep me a little better organized. Professionaly, I could have everything I need at my fingertips at this site...... contacts, information, tools, resources, etc. In my personal life, as an educator and parent, I can teach my son when he becomes of are & introduce him to all the resoruces that could help him learn and become a better learner and student.

Now what?
For my future students, I feel that if I incorporate UEN in the classroom, I could tap into "their world." We are in an age where kids are becoming very technologically advanced and they are becoming digital learners. Even though I will be teaching music, I can still tap into technology so that they can still learn music through technology.

It could also help me connect with collegaues and parents alike. Set up appointments, allow parents to know what and how their children are doing.

It's my wish that I will use technology in my classroom. I want my students to stay engaged. As I mentioned earlier, as a music teacher, I feel that you can still incorporate technology in the classroom. As well as being able to send assignments home with my students to work on to be able to become better musicians.

Video Reflection
A vision of students today
When I stop to think about it, especially after watching this video. I wonder, how many teachers know who they are teaching. Of course they know who they are teaching, but do they know what type of learners they have in their classroom? Do they care? Do they know their names? Most importantly, do they keep their students engaged?

I have had teachers, who sad to say, I felt like they just didn't care. I feel that this is sad and and educators, we must care about every student that comes into our classroom. Students are not dumb, they know what is going on and most of them realize if the teacher doesn't care, and like one of the students said in the video...... they realize that they are one of the lucky ones and not many people in the world have the opportunity to get a good education. As educators, we must not take this lightly.