Lindsey+Burkhart

Hi there! My name is Lindsey Burkhart and I am a graduate student in the University of Cincinnati's College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services. I just finished up my student teaching Master's Internship last quarter, and now I am ready to obtain my teaching license and get my own classroom! I have earned my Bachelor's Degree in Biology from U.C. and am currently working towards becoming certified to teach all of the Integrated Sciences to Secondary students. The Integrated Sciences are basically any and all science subjects which can be taught in a high school setting, such as General Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy, Earth Science, Genetics, Forensics, etc. Besides teaching, my other passion is travelling, anywhere and everywhere, and I like to share my experiences with my students. I hope to learn from this class how to integrate many different types of technology into my lessons regardless of which science subject I teach. However, I am afraid of investing a lot of time into technology because it has failed me several times in the past. I also am afraid that I my lack of confidence in using "high-technology" in front of students shows, and I would like to change that. My definition of "educational technology" is any kind of tool which a teacher can utilize in order to promote or facilitate interest and efficiency in learning situations. []

This is the picture in which I chose to use to visually express the way I feel about educational technology and technology in the classrooom in general. It is a "world" made up of LED lighted pictures. Each picture is of something which makes up our world, but thanks to the High Definition technology used, we are able to see certain things that, without this technology, would be much harder, like examing a distant galaxy in space.

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My comment was: "I totally agree with you, being a non-traditional (older) student myself, that I am happily suprised about the things I keep learning in college. I also really enjoy expressing myself through metaphors as well! My only regret in my college experience is that I did not get the opportunity to explore more of this creativity by taking some upper-level art courses!"