End of semester

This semester has come to a close, and as sad as it is to say goodbye to all of my students, it is also opening new doors to new opportunities.  As I said at the beginning of the semester, I was working on developing my personal learning network, which was a part of an Independent study. I knew I would be learning a lot from blogging and Twitter, and with no prior experience in blogging or twitter, I did not realize what all it could provide to me as a future educator.  I  found many helpful blogs, people to follow, pieces of technology, and much more.  I read blogs and check my twitter daily, which before I had never done.  I have found all different resources that I will use in my classrooms, as well as just important information, that will forever be important to me as I start teaching in the Fall. 

Although my class may be over, I look forward to using my twitter and my blog to tell of my study abroad experience in England this summer as well as my Student Teaching next year.  I know that this Personal Learning Network will be a great resource for me in the future. So, I ask, what other ways do you keep up on what is going on in the world?  Also, what are your favorite pieces of technology, blogs, or other teacher resources you use for your classroom?

Last clinical

As the end of the year draws near, I have had to say goodbye to all of the students I have been working with.  On the last day of my first grade clinicals, all of the students spent time reviewing what they had done throughout the year, and I feel that I learned a lot as well as my student.  Some of the activities I completed with my student this semester were a 5 person Readers Theater of the Hungry Caterpillar with Props, creating an A to Z animal book, and reading different books (her favorite being "The Night I Followed My Dog").  We used my ipod and computer a little, but I would have liked to spend more time with technology. Throughout the year, I felt limited on the technology that I could use, due to the fact that the students did not know how to type very well and we had to provide technology rather than using the schools. As a teacher how do you overcome the technology limitations?  What type of technology do you use with students?