As I move through LIBE 477B, I cannot help but be inspired by my classmates.  To a one, they are all so passionate, so willing to try, to innovate, to create.  I truly believe that they will return in September full of energy to try in their schools all that they have learned.

Some are in a similar situation to myself in that they do not hold what the future holds.  I believe this to be a fallacy.  The future holds innovation, creativity, and an exploration of the future that will benefit the students be it as a teacher-librarian, a TOC, or as a parent.

I was reminded to remain aware of why I am doing this, what the pedagogy is, what the learning outcomes are.  I took a look at the admittedly ancient IRP for  English 7.  Students are explicitly expected to explain connections to the world, yet how can they do this when they are excluded from it?  That might be a bit of overuse of alliteration, but this thought is beginning to shape what I’m doing as an educator.  How can I connect my students to their peers, their families, their communities, their world?  ICT has made this a possibility that didn’t exist when I was a child.

I believe that each generation should seek to improve things for the next.  I would like  to establish my part in doing so.

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