Ms. Frizzle
always said: “If you keep asking questions, you’ll keep getting answers!”. With
this new term beginning I hope to continue to ask question and gain new
knowledge as that it what makes learning so exciting! For those of you who
might have just started following this blog, my name is Emma and I am in my 4th
years of my university journey on my way of becoming a teacher. With watching
Magic School Bus as a child Ms. Frizzle became an inspiration to me. It was the
way she always embraced all her students’ questions and made each class an
experience that has encouraged me to strive to do that the same for my own
future students.
Asking
questions is a vital component to understanding the world around us, the media
and technology make the world available at our fingertips and it is of upmost
importance that our future doctors, politicians and police officers have the
tools they need to be critical or what they see and hear. As a result, this
term I am excited to learn how to apply vital 21st literacies to my
future lessons. Since we live in such an ever changing diverse world I believe
that our education system needs to be aware and open to changes. Change I
believe needs to occur in the ways in which society views success. Standardized
testing does not truly define success and does little to highlight and embrace students’
abilities and talents. With 21st century literacies students will be
able to learn about the world around them that goes above and beyond simple
textbook questions and standardized testing.
We as
future educators, have this amazing opportunity to let our students ask
questions or in Miss Frizzle words: “ask questions, take chances and get messy”.
We no longer need to stand at the top of the classroom and simply “fill”
students with knowledge. With these 21st century literacies (mental
health literacy, media literacy, critical literacy, global literacy, financial
literacy, multicultural literacy, technological literacy, moral literacy, environmental
literacy and character education) we are able to give students opportunities
and chances that are drastically different then those offered in the education
system even 20 years ago. As a result, I believe that through teaching children
these 21st century literacies, they will gain vital knowledge on how
to be critically aware of the world around them and how to become successful
both in their academics and in their future goals.
So fasten your
seatbelts as you follow me in my journey to become a teacher who truly values
her students and believes she can make a difference!
Images:
21st Century literacy skills- http://3.bp.blogspot.com/ mkpJJn1X94I/VMa11k61XcI/AAAAAAAAAEc/g-xwnMzlQCM/s1600/21st%2BCentury%2BLearning.png
Magic School Bus- http://img2.tvtome.com/i/u/408274e7782a4af8ca40c991cbd7cc88.jpg
