Hi there!
My name is Michaelah! I am a secondary education teacher in the central Mississippi area. I currently teach Anatomy and Physiology, which I greatly enjoy. My journey to education is quite unique and is one that is still continuing. One thing you should know about me is that I am a planner. I genuinely enjoy all things planning; planning events, planning lessons, planning my life, buying planners, all of it. When I was a senior in college at University of Southern Mississippi, I thought I had my whole life planned out. I was engaged to my high school sweetheart who is now my husband. We got married the June after I graduated and I was going to take a year off of school to work as a Physical Therapy Technician before applying to PT school. And for the most part, that all played out accordingly. The only problem was, I did not enjoy Physical Therapy. Now don't get me wrong, I loved the people I worked with and I loved my patients, but I found no fulfillment in work I was doing. It became a mundane, routine task everyday, but I kept going, because in my head, I had to see my plan to fruition. In August of the year I was working as a tech, I got a call from my old high school asking if I would serve as a paraprofessional coach for the dance team. I have been dancing my entire life and was apart of this dance team when I was in high school, so of course I accepted the position. I fell in love with the school all over again and within the course of the next three months, I was coaching, substitute teaching, and pursuing a Master's of Arts in Teaching through Southern Miss. Teaching & Technology Philosophy I immediately fell in love with teaching. From substitute teaching, to getting hired half-way through a school year, to now having completed a full year of teaching. My students are what drive me and keep me going. My teaching philosophy, though it may seem cliché, is if you respect your students, they will respect you in return. High school students are definitely that of a different bread, yet, at the end of the day, they just want to be treated like adults. Now, I am not saying that they are adults yet, as they definitely still have a lot of learn, but treating them with respect as the young adults they are earns respect from them in the long run, allowing for a functional and fun learning environment. As a person who is fairly active on social media, I think technology has greatly impacted society. The use of Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkdIn, and even TikTok to stay connected, promote businesses, and even receive employment has been drastically increased in the last several years. The use of spreadsheets, technological programs, and internet is now an integral part of the workforce. Technology is ever evolving and has become classified as a 21st century skill. Therefore, the introduction and usage of these technologies should be apparent in the classroom. Personally, I use technology in various ways in my class. I have had students use google programs to create documents or slides presentations, create and edit videos demonstrating anatomical movements and terminology, and even discovered a way to prerecord lectures on Edpuzzle for when I am out of school and have a substitute. The possibilities for technology in the classroom are endless. The purpose of this blogfolio will be to hear my thoughts on technology in the classroom and to dissect reading on the same matter. I hope you enjoy reading along and following on this journey with me!
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Eli Morgan
5/30/2021 07:12:20 pm
Hi Michaelah! I'm so glad we get to continue to work together on our MAT journey! I have to agree with you in the fact that teaching does draw you in, and I fell in love with it as well and can only hope for a better semester next year (sans Covid)! I look forward to continuing to work together and having a productive semester in ITD 645!
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Sarah Holder
5/30/2021 07:18:45 pm
Hi Michaelah!
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Carletta S Hurt
6/30/2021 03:10:57 am
HI, Michaelah!
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