Out with the Old, In with the New!

   Another year of school kicks off this September 2014, but it seems different than the rest.  Since I first started my education path, there has been much change in all aspects of the classroom and school dynamics.  I tend to think back of my high school days, learning under some of the toughest teachers who believed in the idea that, "If you can manage to get by my tests and curriculum, then we will discuss an appropriate grade after."  My math teachers always believed in black and white knowledge and teaching the content as it stands.  For many of us in school today, we still agree with this because that is how we were taught originally.

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   Society has changed and so has education streams.  Technology has begun to over power our world, so why not incorporate it into our classrooms?  As a future teacher it is hard not to seek out new ways to educate and motivate students to learn.  The "old" method just won't cut it anymore.  It is time to blend in the alternative and explore the creative.  This 2014 school year excites me to the new possibilities and strategies we as future teachers will discover.  As discussed in our class, we need to dissect the old methods, to create the new method!

Here's to another year of ditching the 'old' and creating the 'new'!

MG