Where It All Starts...

Summer is officially over and the new semester has started. There's so much to experience in this upcoming semester and I am excited for every minute of it. Walking into class the first day, I didn't know what to expect. After walking out of class that day, I will admit, I was a little overwhelmed. There is so much to learn and do in this class, but it will all be worth it. Everything I learn in this class will make us become the best teacher we can be!

Week 1

Monday August 26, 2013

Today was the start of our journey through Ed 3120.02 with Dr. Smirnova. I walked in and saw so many familiar faces, and a few unfamiliar. We started off the class by making name tags. On one side we wrote our names, on the other side we answered four questions that Dr. Smirnova asked us. After, we met with a partner and discusses our answers. Finally, we met in groups of four to five and had to introduce our partner to the others in the group.  Lastly, in our groups, we summarized everyones answers and discussed them with the class. I think this was a great way for us all to learn a little about each other and our thoughts on social studies.

Wednesday August 28, 2013

We mixed things up a bit today. Instead of meeting in the classroom today, we met in the curriculum library in Hudson Hall. The librarian, Tiffany, helped us learn how to use the library website to find books and how to find books on the shelves. She taught us how to read the codes on the books to know what genre they are and how to figure out what grade level they are for. She also taught us how find articles on the databases on the computer. After that, she introduced us the world of kidspiration and inspiration. Lastly, she showed  us how to make worksheets on Microsoft Publisher. I enjoyed having class in the Curriculum Library and thought Tiffany helped us a lot in what we needed to know.


Friday August 30, 2013

Today we started presenting our About Me projects. We all had to submit them to e-class and went one by one to present them. Everyone had to use a different digital media device to introduce themselves. While someone was presenting, the rest of the class was commenting on the persons presentation on the e-class. We wrote three things we liked about the presentation and one thing we wished the person had done. For my About Me project, I wrote about myself in about.me.com. After I was done, I checked all of the comments I got. I mostly had positive feedback, which was good. The thing most people said they wished was that I had talked more about myself.

Here is my About Me out project if you would like to check it out!