- Describe something that you’ve learned as a result of your fellowship that will change how you teach this year. Something that I learned this year as a result of my fellowship was Renewable Energy; what it is and how important it is. As a result of my experience learning about Renewable Energy, I have incorporated a lesson on Solar Energy. This is a new lesson obtained from my fellowship experience that I will teach to my Exploring Business classes next year.
- How did this experience change your outlook as an educator?The experience changed my outlook because it exposed me to a whole new field of Renewable Energy and how important it is to teach our students about all the possibilities out there for our world and future. I realized how important it is to find other viable solutions for Energy, whether it be solar, wind, etc..
- Did it open you up to new possibilities? Please list some of those possibilities.
Possibilities include:
- that we don’t only have to relay on electricity, to light our homes and businesses any longer.
- that we no longer have to use gasoline to run our automobiles, other alternatives can be more cost efficient plus reduce carbon dioxide
- how carbon dioxide effects the ozone/global warming
- how powerful and critical wind is for producing wind energy
- What will you do differently as an educator? What I will do differently going forward is incorporate more information and resources about Renewable Energy into my lesson plans. I will also invite more outside speakers to talk to my students about Renewable Energy.
- Did it affirm any ideals that you may have already had? If so, how so? Yes, it did affirm the ideal I had about Solar Energy and how it’s becoming more and more popular in households and businesses. Solar Energy is the way of the future and it makes more sense from a cost effective point of view to utilize it. I now see on a broader spectrum Renewable Energy makes a lot of sense.