Welcome to my teaching blog. I am currently in my second semester of classes at CSU San Marcos in pursuit of my teaching credential. We start the semester off with 8 weeks of classes as students and this semester we are learning all about PLNs (personal learning networks). As someone who uses their computer to write papers, listen to music, keep pictures, check Facebook and more recently Pinterest, this blogging thing is quite difficult. I have subscribed to a plethora of new websites, my favorite being Live Binders. Being the organized and paper loving person that I am, Live Binders actually makes me feel like the internet (or world wide web as I love to call it) can be organized; which is a huge step toward a positive relationship with the world wide web.
Whenever I think about doing something online or researching my head immediately feels full and confused. So far, these classes have helped take away the initial fear by focusing on the purpose of each site and showing how it will help us become better teachers! I'm all for anything that will make me a better teacher; hence the amount of grammar books I bought last semester to survive teaching grammar. Teaching in itself is an adventure and now I have the whole internet at my fingertips to make it that much more fun and effective for my students. I will post on here when I have time between classes, teaching/observing and my other two jobs, coaching gymnastics and Pad Squad with the San Diego Padres.
My goal with this blog is to share my experiences and brilliant ideas (that are not usually mine) and connect with other educators because we all know the best way to be a teacher is to steal from others and make it work for you. I won't promise that it is helpful in the beginning, but there are some possibilities of entertainment in my journey as a teacher in training.
