About me
I have been teaching professionally since the beginning of 2009, but really I have been teaching in one form or another my entire life. I try to get my students to realize that they are teachers as well as students. I try to get them to realize that in some things, they are the expert and they can use that to enhance their learning experience. Life experiences can help you to reach out to others in a very meaningful way. Those experiences can, if you let them, make you into a stronger and better person that can then help others pull themselves up when they can't see a way out of their situation.
I like technology, at least I say I do, until someone wants me to use it in place of actually teaching material that I believe needs more of the personal touch. Technology in the classroom can be a huge hit or a total flop. It can hinge on the person using it and why they are using it. Our school went to the iPad and Apple TV and sometimes I love it and sometimes if I could throw it out the window, I would. I have a love/hate relationship at times with the iPad. I realize that technology in the… >>>