My name is Julia Moseley, and I’m a first-year teacher in metro-Atlanta! I graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Science in 2013. After a few years in the workforce, I returned to Kennesaw State University where I will soon receive a Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary English.
The late Rita Pierson gets to the heart of who I aim to be as a teacher in her TED Talk, “Every Kid Needs a Champion.” If we want our students to engage in meaningful learning, they have to know that we care for them, that we believe in them, and that we take who they are into account when formulating our curriculum.
Whether we like it or not, technology plays an enormous part in who our students are, how they see themselves, and how they learn about the world around them. Our students are part of the Tech Generation; that is to say, technology has played an integral part of their lives from the moment they came into this world. As educators, we have the potential to use technology to unlock a level of learning that surpasses what has been done in English classrooms until this point. The thought of this can be daunting, that’s for sure– but together, we can turn our classrooms into a space where our students can use what they know best – technology – to create, invent, and explore the world around them in new and rich ways.
To learn more about me, click here. I look forward to learning together!
The High-Tech Teacher 