How does field trips benefit children?

Field trips were a really important part of my elementary education. I remembered that going to field trips was a very fun and educational experience. Filed trips are not only a fun experience, but it also gives an opportunity to the child to have an educational experience away from their regular school. Sometimes sitting down the whole day in one class gets pretty boring, therefore students need a break from being in a class and educational field trips can be a very helpful option. Educational field trips include zoos, nature centers, community agencies such, hospitals, government agencies, and science museums. "Not only do field trips provide alternative educational opportunities for children, but it can also benefit the community" (Kulas, 2014). Overall educational field trips do help students learn in a different environment and teachers should take their students to field trips that can benefit their education. 

Technology and Education

Technology has really come a long way in the last 10 years or so. Technology really helps make life easier, take for example before when you where traveling you would need to use a map to get from point A to point B. But now the majority of people have some navigation App on their Cell Phone. This is just one of the ways that it helps. Recently there has been an argument that technology also has its downfall especially when it comes to kids. The biggest of them all is that now kids are spending all their time in front of a screen of some sort whether it be a TV, Computer or phone screen. A lot of the time a child enjoys playing games in front of a screen instead of doing their homework which really effect the level of education kids are getting in today's world. But there is also a way technology can help us further and enhance education. Here are just some ways it may help. 

Virtual or online learning: This is Good because sometimes at a school there is not a teacher to teach the subject you want so you can just find a online school and take a course there without the hassle of having to travel to different places.

• Full-time online schools: This is basically the same as the previous one just mentioned but the difference is that instead of leaving you house you can take all your classes from the comfort of your home, this comes in extremely helpful if you live far away from any good schools of even if you are a stay at home mom trying to get a degree.
• Blended learning: The strategy of blending online learning with school-based instruction is often utilized to accommodate students’ diverse learning styles and to enable them to work before or after school in ways that are not possible with full-time conventional classroom instruction. This can be very helpful to children who really struggle in the classroom and it may make learning more interesting to them.      

These are just a Few of the ways technology can help us with education, I am excited for the years to come to see how much more we further this advancement. 

Regardless if you are a religious teacher or not, being a teacher is a great responsibility. Its one of the most underestimated and underpaid jobs there is. The effort it takes to be a good teacher is crazy.
Something that also plays a part is being a teacher is where you are teaching. For example public schools may be more difficult because the classes are bigger and the kids may be ruder. But in a private school the classes might be smaller and the kids might be kinder. So that might be easier to handle. Usually the student to teacher ratio is smaller in private schools, which may enable a better learning environment for the students.  In my opinion I think that Christian schools are the best because they give more then just education, they provide you with solid a foundation.   
 

Sports and The Benefits

Sports in a big part in school especially public schools. But us as Adventist we don't really support or are involved in sports as much as the rest of the world. Which in my opinion is bad because sports is more then just a way to stay in shape. Regardless of what people say sports can be very helpful, especially to kids. Children have to be active every day. Physical activity stimulates growth and leads to improved physical and emotional health. Today, research shows that the importance of physical activity in children is stronger than ever. Another thing that kids learn from sports is sharing and team work which will definitely help them when is comes to real life situations. There is more then just these benefits, kids who are active are less likely to get sick and suffer from various health diseases when older. Exercise also helps relief stress, and Even moderate physical activity has been shown to improve a child’s skill at arithmetic, reading, and memorization. Sports can also boost the self-esteem and confidence of the children as well, especially when they find a sport they are good at. So in my opinion I think we should include sports more.

Great Teacher Don't Teach

What are the characteristics of an effective teacher? Just go back in time and think of the best teachers that you have ever had. I can almost guarantee that the teacher you are thinking of was not one that always went by the book and just read off slides. Its most likely one that had a real passion for what they were teaching and was always upbeat. An effective teacher provides experiences that created long-term memories. They create images in your head that will always come back. Even with this being said you might still be thinking how outrageous it is to say that great teachers don't teach. A teacher is more like a driving instructor in a way they stack the deck so that students have a reason to learn and in the process can't help but learn mainly by teaching themselves. This knowledge then becomes permanent and cherished rather than fake and irrelevant.