The Person I Chose With Interview

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The person I chose to interview is my daughters 6th grade teacher Ms. Runyon. The reason I chose her is because she has been teaching for many years and she came to this school with little technology teaching skills as she was used to standing up in front of the class and teaching on a chalk/white board. She also had little computer skills in general so it was a learning experience for her all the way around.
Ms. Runyon came to Vail in 2006, and it was already integrated technology to assist in the teaching process. It took her some time to get up to speed in teaching with the assistance of technology. It was required since Vail Academy and High School is a technology driven school. She was hesitant at first since she was new to this teaching style but found that it had more benefits to the students than before. She was able to teach in a flipped formatted way; meaning she would teach in class using her computer on a smart board, then the students were able to go home and see what was done in class that day just in case they missed anything in their notes.
When wondering if the use of technology has strengthened the effectiveness of her as a teacher and if she thinks it is beneficial for the students she thinks it has strengthened her teaching ability and also believes there it is beneficial for the students. She does think it has because the kids are able to follow along and it doesn’t have to be written on the board for the kids to copy they are able to listen and write a few notes of their own instead of trying to copy everything she is writing on the board. Yes, and no. Yes, in the way that for the students that understand the material they are able to move forward and get their work done without having to wait for others to ...

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...sight was good for me. Although I am not great at interviewing I wanted to interview someone I knew but since they were on fall break I had to wait until Friday for her to get back into town I found it a little uncomfortable asking her to meet with me while she was still on vacation but I did it and I learned a lot. Then reading the articles I found and seeing all of the studies that have been conducted in so many different age groups was eye opening. To be able to see the kids’ progress charts on her computer that she receives while the kids are working is great because she can give them the help that they need when they need it instead of waiting until a benchmark test comes back with a bad grade. I think this kind of teaching is so beneficial that I wish I would have had this advantage when I was younger but I do see that I implement it in my learning in college.

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