Daycare Mission Statement

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INTRODUCTION Operating a home daycare where I only enroll preschool age children, I have incorporated technology into my classroom as a way to communicate and collaborate with students, parents, the local community and the global community. Because the use of technology has proven to be beneficial in my home business, it is my plan to continue this practice when I complete my degree program and open up my first preschool center. As an educator I understand that it is important to reach and have a positive impact on as many children as possible. Therefore, I will use technology to not only help my students but children around the world. MISSION STATEMENT My mission is to provide every child with a quality education in a developmentally…show more content…
Students sometimes become so dependent upon technology that they are not exposed to the traditional ways of learning. Because some students might rely on technology in every area of learning, they might never experience what it is like to visit a library or read a printed textbook, especially since so many books can be purchased on audio now. Other disadvantages are that students’ handwriting skills might suffer due to a lack of practice because of their use of the computer to always write reports and essays. Always relying on the computer to find and correct errors while creating documents can result in students having very poor progress in grammar and spelling skills. Because many students also rely on the computer’s calculator, their ability to learn the proper methods of solving math problems might not be as enhanced. Because the traditional ways of learning are still readily available to students, it is important that parents and teachers encourage children to rely on them and not become solely dependent on…show more content…
“The institutions traditionally procure, provide and control the technology for learning but now students are acquiring their own personal technologies for learning and institutions are challenged to keep pace” (Research in Technology Learning, 2010). Computers and other technical devices that are being used to enhance student learning helps to make teaching more creative and effective; however, it has also caused a lot of confusion and chaos in regards to ethics. Once teachers only had to be concerned about the basic rules of classroom etiquette and they could govern their classroom visually. Now teachers have to implement rules and guidelines to ensure that technology in the classroom is being used for its intended purpose to protect students from lurking dangers that might not always be detected by human
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