Monday, August 22, 2011

My Learning Goals

My expectation for this class is to learn how to utilize technology in the most practical and effective way possible. I know I love when teachers use blogs and have clear connections and outlets for people to use and to follow. Blogging as a teacher can be so useful for parents to follow the activities their children are involved in and to remain updated on what is going on in your classroom.
I have never blogged before, or been very well-organized with documenting progress or announcements. This will be excellent practice for me to get in the habit of updating information and documenting resources, news, etc. 

Introduction to the class

Informal introduction to class
Through my degree I am certified to teach K-12, but I hope to teach at the elementary school level. I have been playing piano for seventeen years and it is still as much of a passion today as it was years ago. I am the oldest of six kids and so I have been around children my entire life and I still love them as well. I was home-schooled until my Junior year of high school when I enrolled at Rockwood High in Roane County. I attended a community college and then transferred to UT in the fall of 2008. I want to be a teacher because I can’t imagine doing anything else. Sharing my passion with others sounds like a great job to me! For fun: I love watching Independent movies at Downtown West theater, eating Asian food. I love all the arts. Any kind of live performance is awesome for me, be it theater or music. I could also spend hours in McKay’s or any type of book/music store.