My name is Kathy Jollit, and to be totally honest, I am feeling a little overwhelmed by all this technology that we are being introduced to in week 1! Is it just me? Setting up a twitter account...and now blogging-- ya'll bear with me- eventually I'll get the hang of it!
I am middle school science teacher in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This year I coached the 7th grade girls basketball team- and I now have a whole new respect for coaches! I am taking this course in order to renew my teaching certificate because I took a few years off from teaching while my daughter was little and my husband was in Iraq with the Army--- and now I am short on the required experience requirement for renewal. I specifically picked this course because I can really use some help with technology in education. At my school, every student has been issued a MacBook Air- our textbooks are online, our assignments (or a lot of them anyway) are online, everything in our district is moving toward digitalization-- which has been awesome and amazing, but it has also been really challenging-- so I am looking for any help I can get on ways to effectively integrate technology into my classroom!
On a personal note, I have been married to my college sweetheart for the last 10 years. We have one 5 year old daughter who keeps me crazy busy with all of her activities -- school, karate, dance, girl scouts, soccer-- we are expecting our second daughter on July 4-- so I'm excited and nervous about that! And rounding out the family we have a 100 lb mutt named Koa that loves long walks, naps, and pancakes!
I'm excited about learning new tricks for using technology in this class!
Hey Kathy! Congrats on the upcoming addition to your family. July 4th is an exciting due date!
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Hey Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog. I am new utilizing Twitter and Blogger as well. Congratulations to the new baby. I look forward online interacting this semester.
Christina
Hi Kathy, I enjoyed reading you r blog as well. Technically I am retired and teach part time at JSU in the Family and Consumer Sciences dept. I have always loved sewing and seeing the joy and satisfaction in my students is such a thrill for me. I too, am overwhelmed by the new technology, I just THOUGHT I knew what was what! This class is a short term so was are getting in double-time. It is a challenge but a rewarding one.I have been thinking about you with the flu, pregnant and classwork. I wish you luck!
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