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= = = = =Information technogy =  ~in our Techno Savvy world~ Today’s society is filled with an enormous abundant of information technology. A child living in today’s western culture is exposed to 20 times the amount of information then they were 50 years ago. This is no doubt considering that home computers have been in household for just over 30 years and the extraordinary online universe linking the world together through the internet is less then 20 years old. With just these two information highways alone, children are exposed willingly or unwillingly to the harsh, uncensored realities of the world.

My teaching philosophy closely relates to the Chinese proverb: //Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.// In relating this philosophy to teaching children, I believe that it is not about giving or making sure they have the right answers all the time, but about showing them how to learn and discover the answers for themselves. It’s about developing, participating and unearthing their desire’s to expand their knowledge. This skill will help them with any and everything they will need for the future. They won’t rely on others for answers; they will take responsibility for their learning and make sure that they ascertain the highest learning achievements possible regardless of their backgrounds. Learning is a procedure of combining paths of knowledge and experience to reach an outcome of understanding. Although some student paths may be similar, their paths will be universally unique as they must learn to overcome the challenges and hurdles that they will encounter.

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