When looking back at how “simple” I thought teaching was when I first started, I was very very wrong.

I started out with planning coming easily to me. I could create a lesson on a topic the morning before teaching it and then teach and preform like I was on a stage and it was the hundredth time I had done it.

I have come to realize that real teaching brings much more than presenting a topic to students. It takes thought and careful consideration as to how to make it meaningful to students. A big piece of this is technology. Students are exposed to technology on a daily basis in the world. In order to teach relevantly I have to bring that in to keep the content relevant to them.

Realizing to keep my students engaged in a pandemic when they are on computers all day they must get some extra rather than notes and homework. When gaming is involved the students are much  more likely to participate and engage in the learning. They bring in what they have heard and seen and done through their notes to try and beat their classmates. It also lets those know that aren’t sure that they may need to participate in class more.