Introduction

... half kidding.

My name is Elizabeth: I am a former MPS student, current MPS intern & student teacher, and aspiring future MPS teacher. In the short-term, my professional goals are to (1) build relationships with my students and colleagues at Audubon Technology & Communication Center High School, where I'm teaching an introductory psychology course, (2) pass the edTPA & graduate from the UW-Milwaukee School of Education, and (3) maintain some semblance of composure.

In the long term, I want to work as a social studies teacher in Milwaukee. My primary focuses in my philosophy of education are culturally responsive pedagogy and standards-based practice. I think that integrating local history, culture, and geography can be compelling ways to connect academic content to students' prior knowledge and real lives.

Here are some resources that I have used, or plan to use:

OldMapsOnline:  an online index of over 400,000 maps from archives and libraries from around the world.

Google Arts and Culture: a great resource for art, artifacts, archival photos, and other images for instruction, but also a tool that I'd love to set students loose on for research projects (they can curate their own galleries!)

Google Expeditions: I'd love to have enough Google Cardboards for students to use the VR features (and use their phones for good), but even without, an awesome resource for students to experience faraway destinations (and medical models!).


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