The One That Pursued Development

What inspired you to pursue development?

Well, where do I begin?

I wanted to become a teacher since I was 7 years old. When I finally became a teacher and moved to British Columbia, I quickly realized how outdated the curriculum was. In Ontario, the education curriculum was recently revised to widely incorporate technology, so I learned to incorporate it in an interactive way using resources like Scratch. I loved it, and so did my students. I saw higher levels of engagement and collaboration in subjects such as Math, which for the majority, was the least liked subject. Students overcame many barriers because technology supported differentiation, created opportunities for personalized learning, and fostered an inclusive learning environment.

When I started working in the public and private school systems in B.C., it was clear that many students did not have any experience with technology, and it was even more clear that many students would have benefited from it. I thought the answer seemed pretty simple, but I soon realized that it was much more complex. One of the biggest barriers is the lack of teachers with the necessary confidence and understanding of technology. This begs the question - how do we create more teachers to become tech literate if the educators who are empowering prospective teachers are not? The entire education system needed reform from the ground up, so I thought the best way to reform the system was to learn more about technology through real-life experiences. That was when I decided to pursue development. My hope is to use my experiences to change classroom pedagogies and B.C.’s education system to be inclusive of technology.

After MANY months of research, I finally I chose Perpetual Education.