PHILOSOPHY

This idea of allowing students to be creative, changes my role in the classroom to more of a facilitator or "helper" role where students are empowered with the application and the concept. In the video clip on the right, you will see me helping an 8th grade student with Macromedia Flash. I get down on her level and listen to what she is trying to do and let her try to solve it. In this example, the student is trying to use music in her animation, I help her by giving advice with how to match the audio with the animation that is occurring in her project. You will see in the video, that I have a rather "fun" personality. I think that enthusiasm for learning and humor are some of the best tools we have as teachers to not only create rapport with our students, but also to show them that learning can be fun!

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