All+About+Me

= About Me = My name is Zack Conner. I was born in Denver, Colorado, and i have lived in Colorado my entire life. I enjoy snowboarding, running, playing hockey, any outdoor activities and i am a huge sports fan. I graduated from Cherokee Trail High School in 2007 where i was very involved. I ran cross country and track, and was involved in many other groups and activities. I now attend Metropolitan State College of Denver where i major in history and secondary education. I have a passion for history and can't wait to start teaching.

= Why you should hire me = I realized at a young age that teaching was the career for me. I loved the different classroom environments and all of the teacher's unique approaches to teaching their subjects. Social studies is a subject that is difficult for a lot of students to really get into. For me lecture based classes work because i always find interests in social studies but that doesn't work for most students. As a teacher i will work hard to integrate new technologies in my classroom to keep the students interested. I will use wikis like this one in each class to give the students an interactive place to reinforce subjects taught in the classroom. It is also important to teach students to learn form the past and apply solutions of the past to problems of the present. A philosophy that i have is that students need to be able to relate to the past and the best way to do this is to show a lot of case studies of kids their age in the time period we are studying. My class will be the perfect balance of fun and work. media type="custom" key="10405674"