As somebody that grew up on the tail end of technology innovations, and has seen nearly all types of technology become increasingly more advanced, it is my personal goal to create a positive technology based classroom that is still able to create personable relationships. In order to accomplish this it takes initiative and perseverance, both of which are a part of the growth mindset. I personally believe the how is the most important in the pursuant and accomplishing goals - because it's the hard work that goes into the goals that actually gets the person to complete them. I do consider myself primarily a fixed mindset, although it's something I have the mind now to change about myself and others I encounter.
The fixed mindset is something that I have already attempted to cure myself and students. I work in the part of the district that has a higher percentage of low socioeconomic students, that being said they have few goals for themselves. Once they decide they can't do something, they won't fail - a fixed mindset. I showed the videos we watched to my students and spoke to them of the impossibility they faced, and the fact that they could overcome it. I believe that the fixed mindset is something we are meant to help children get themselves out of. As Carol Dweck experienced the different students deal with their failures differently, I aspire to challenge my students, and to help them overcome their mindsets and create new ones with our newfound education!
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