Character education teaches morals, ethics, manners, conflict resolution, and respect. As a future teacher, the author will teach these important lessons, as students may not learn them at home. Different technologies like YouTube, QR codes, Facebook, Voki, and posters can be used to engage students on topics like bullying, manners, respect, and hygiene. For example, students can scan QR codes to learn about manners and respect, or watch videos on a Voki character. A Facebook page allows the teacher to post and students to comment on issues like bullying. Overall, character education is essential for students to develop good character as citizens and family members.

1. Melissa Frye
21st
Century Education
Character Education
Our pillar, Character Education, is the teaching of morals, manners, ethical
reasoning, conflict resolution, and respect. As a future teacher, it is important that I
realize it will be my job to teach my students about the importance of good character
because they always can’t get the proper teachings of that at home from their parent or
guardian. The different types of technology a teacher can use to teach character
education would be YouTube, QR’s, Facebook, Voki, and Posters. Using YouTube, the
class can make different PSA’s on topics such as bullying or good hygiene. QR’s can be
made for students to scan to look up websites on manners and respect for your parents. A
Voki can be used as a fun character children will be interested in listening to on a variety
of topics, such as respect, saying please and thank you, and being kind to others in spite
of differences we may have. A poster can be made to show the proper steps to wash your
hands, or you can make one on diversity to show that everyone is different. As a group,
we made a Character Education Facebook page that allows the teacher to post comments,
questions, or videos and links to the wall, and students can respond back with whatever
comments they have. They can also use this page as a confidential place they can tell the
teacher about possible bullying going on or any other type of problem the student may be
having or witnessing. Overall Character Education is something all teachers need to
incorporate in their classrooms. It is something that children need to learn early in order
to be a citizen, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, or daughter with proper character.