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H. Hammoud

CEP 810: Teaching for

Understanding with
Computers
 these vacations with my no longer the prime
family, but it as well source of knowledge and
helped me develop as a information. Anyone with
better teacher access to the Internet can
Just looking at my life
professional have access to all what
currently, I never thought
development by they need to know and
I would be a teacher.  As
providing me with time learn. Therefore teachers
a child, I dreamt of being
to attend courses and should be lifelong
an astronaut or a fashion
workshops learners and be able to
designer. However, today
be ole model in the lives
after many years of
oft heir students and to
teaching and still
The only person who be able provide insight
continuing to do so, I’m
and to guide their
enjoying what I thought is educated is the one
who has learned how student
I’ll never do. I consider
myself lucky for having a to learn and change."
chance to impact ~Carl Rogers
student’s lives for the I have always loved
better. Statistics have I believe to learn is to, integrating technology in
proved that most that change and to accept my teaching, was not
have attempted this job change within yourself always welcome or
have quitted in their and to adapt to the provided with the
earlier years. This only change around . To learn necessary help to do that.
comes to indicate how to teach in different ways I remember few years
truly challenging this than those which we are ago the management nct
profession is, and that used to is the big of the school I worked at
not everyone can become challenge. Not only we was impressed by my
a teacher. I believe that teachers need to learn technology integration
being a teacher is not how to better teachers plans and ideas.
only the most challenging but to acquire and
careers but the most practice the skills that I can say that things that I
rewarding and fulfilling. enable us to achieve this. have self- taught myself
And most importantly, to are much more than the
On a personal level, continuously assess the things that I have learned
being a teacher has its learning process and as a child at school. I
perks. The school reflect on their never felt that I know
calendar, gave me a improvement The enough about any
chance to be around my traditional methods of subject. I’m in constant
family more often than teaching that most of us search for new
any other job would have grew up with are technologies, resources
provided. It included, fading. . and ideas to learn first
having similar vacations then tto teach and and
such as winter break and put them into practice in
summer holiday. Not Teacher’s role in today’s my classroom. I like to
only did I have an digital world has changed have my students fully
opportunity to spend drastically. Teachers are engaged in my class by
 I am always eager try
new things in my life. I
seek opportunities to try
new things and believe
that one should try
anything before they
decide whether they like
or not. I think one learn.
One thing that I yet to try
and dreamt about doing
ever since that I can
remember is do the Bull
Run in Spain. This
exicting thrilling run

I see myself as a person

with a passion for trying
new things. A person
who always

"One must learn by doing

the thing; for though you
think you know it, you
have no certainty, until
you try." – Sophocles