Podcasting

media type="file" key="Cherie Why I want to be a History Teacher mp3.mp3" align="center" Why I want to become a history teacher. My Podcast is about why I want to be a high school history teacher. It gives examples on how I will run my classroom. It also talks about what got me interested in history and how I want to impact the lives of students. This Podcast is for other teachers to see what makes me a good teacher and how I can take my own experiences to enhance my teaching curriculum and skills. I want to show people that education can relate to students and it doesn't have to be so unrelateable to students. If teachers relate history to students they will learn more about it and become interested in it. Podcast Script Hello my name is Cherie Parks and I want to teach social studies in a high school classroom. I want to become a teacher because I want to make a difference in a child’s life. I want to make learning fun and active instead of just sitting in a classroom. I want my students to experience history instead of just reading about it or listening to a lecture. I want students who don’t necessarily enjoy history to see that it can be fun and interesting. I want my classroom to be an interactive environment that all students can learn in. I think a teacher needs to present information that a student needs to know, but in a fun interesting way. The role of a student is to come to class, participate, and learn as much as they can. I want to get students interested in history and be excited about it. I have always enjoyed history. As a child I wanted to learn as much as I possibly could. I even went through phases of historical topics. These topics include the Titanic, Rosa Parks, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, and the holocaust. I often would read books and find out as much information as I possibly could. I distinctly remember going to the library and looking up information so when I came across events on my trips I would know things about it. I want my students to become interested in topics like I have, even if these topics are not the same. I cannot learn about these topics enough, and I am sure that the more topics I learn about the longer the list will be. To become a better teacher i would like to travel the world. I hope to bring my photos and videos of my trips. I hope to bring my photos and videos of my trips to show my students first hand, historical places. I want to show students my photos and videos in wishing that it will make history a more personable topic that students can relate to. This is why I want to be a history teacher.