Since I'm not currently in the classroom, I decided to share a personal experience that will hopefully give those who view it a little insight into what a typical military family might experience during a deployment.
This video shows snippets of our lives as we went through a 7 month deployment. Although there may have been some rough moments along the way, we both endured the hardships thrown our way. It wasn't our first deployment (nor will it be the last) but making it especially difficult was the birth of our daughter exactly 4 weeks after my husband deployed. He returned the day before she turned 6 months old.
[music was taken from www.freeplaymusic.com]
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Teaching with Google Earth
I wanted to post the work my group and I did that I talked about in the previous post. We basically each did a portion and a couple of the group members put it all together and posted it to YouTube.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Virtual Group Work
I'll start by saying that I typically DO NOT enjoy group work in classes I am taking... never have. I don't know too many people who do... maybe those who hope to not have to do as much work?
Anyway, for one of my on-line classes we were recently given an assignment in which we had to work in a group. This was my first experience doing 'virtual group work'. I sort of dreaded it, as I typically do with any group assignments, but it turned out not to be so bad. The Internet and technology has made this type of thing pretty simple. It certainly helped that my group members were on top of things on their end too!
So, I guess my point is, that I still prefer NOT to do group work, but this little experience with virtual group work was a good one!
Anyway, for one of my on-line classes we were recently given an assignment in which we had to work in a group. This was my first experience doing 'virtual group work'. I sort of dreaded it, as I typically do with any group assignments, but it turned out not to be so bad. The Internet and technology has made this type of thing pretty simple. It certainly helped that my group members were on top of things on their end too!
So, I guess my point is, that I still prefer NOT to do group work, but this little experience with virtual group work was a good one!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
First Post
Welcome to my new blog!
Most of what you will find in future posts will have to do with my work in my MA program. I decided to go back to school for an MA in Educational Technology. After a lot of research, I finally found a great program through SDSU that I could do completely online. I have never taken a course online prior to beginning the program last fall, but so far it has not been too difficult a transition from traditional classroom learning. Although I admit I have had to work on my self-discipline, that's for sure.
For the past two years I have not worked in the classroom, but instead chose to stay home to raise my daughter. It was a HUGE change for me to not work, but I wouldn't trade the time I've had with her for anything. I will be going back to work in the fall, which is exciting and kind of sad at the same time. Prior to leaving work, I was teaching at La Contenta Middle School in Yucca Valley, CA as an 8th grade physical science teacher. I never thought I'd like teaching physical science, since I'm a bio girl, but it was actually a pretty cool subject to teach. Hopefully I'll get a position in a life science or biology class, but I wouldn't mind teaching physical science again.
I'm very excited for what the future will hold when I complete my MA program. At this point I think I want to stay in the K12 world, but who knows!
Most of what you will find in future posts will have to do with my work in my MA program. I decided to go back to school for an MA in Educational Technology. After a lot of research, I finally found a great program through SDSU that I could do completely online. I have never taken a course online prior to beginning the program last fall, but so far it has not been too difficult a transition from traditional classroom learning. Although I admit I have had to work on my self-discipline, that's for sure.
For the past two years I have not worked in the classroom, but instead chose to stay home to raise my daughter. It was a HUGE change for me to not work, but I wouldn't trade the time I've had with her for anything. I will be going back to work in the fall, which is exciting and kind of sad at the same time. Prior to leaving work, I was teaching at La Contenta Middle School in Yucca Valley, CA as an 8th grade physical science teacher. I never thought I'd like teaching physical science, since I'm a bio girl, but it was actually a pretty cool subject to teach. Hopefully I'll get a position in a life science or biology class, but I wouldn't mind teaching physical science again.
I'm very excited for what the future will hold when I complete my MA program. At this point I think I want to stay in the K12 world, but who knows!
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