From+my+Heart

A letter to you from me!!

1. What did you learn about yourself (as a person) as a result of doing this wiki and the technology products; I have learned so much about myself in this class. I have learned my passion for little ones and that I can truly come up with great ideas and become the best teacher ever. Learning all these technology products has opened my eyes to whole new world of making learning fun. 2. What did you learn about being a teacher from writing your unit; I have learned that writing a unit is very hard but also fun. That being a teacher its takes dedication and creativity to put into the classroom so that every student can learn the way they need to learn. 3. What you are most proud of as a result of doing your products; I am most proud of all the videos and the ability to use all the different tools that I learned. 4. What you would do differently next time you write a unit and use technology What i would do differently, well because I spent more time then needed probably on a lot of the projects. I would want to plan more so I know what I want to do and how I want it to look before I go head first in with a new and exciting tool and spend hours and making it perfect. I also would like to have more ideas for one unit, I felt like it was hard to use all the tools for a small lesson plan.

5. What you are most concerned about with using technology and how you will overcome obstacles with technology; My most concern is especially for kindergartners is their ability to use the different technology tools presented. I had hard time making sure the lesson plans where not to challenged for them. To over come this would be to just learn what they can and cannot do and also using the tools all together as class instead of individual. 6. What you are most concerned about with teaching and how you will overcome obstacles; My concern about teaching is not making a difference in my students life. I want to be make a difference in each student where they will never forget me. I want to be the teacher that they will say "she believed in me" she made learning fun". Overcoming this is by working harder and really using these tools to enhance my teaching.

7. What you are most excited or intrigued about with regards to using technology; I am so excited to use these new tools. Even in my personal life. I am so excited to use technology and make school and learning more fun. 8. What you are most excited or intrigued about with teaching; I am most excited about teaching is being creative with my lesson plans and building relationships with my students. Also just making a difference in each students life. 9. Which century will you teach in--the twentieth or twentyfirst and what indicators will be present that most epitomize your classroom? I will be teaching in both. I feel as though good old paper and pencil is always good and so is using technology. I feel as though using different ways in the classroom is the best because each child learns different and if you can find a way for each student that means they are going to be more successful then ever. 10. What difference will you make? I will make a BIG difference. Students that come from me and going to feel smart and ready for anything. They are going to want to learn and enjoy learning.