Thursday, March 3, 2011

Utilizing the blog as an educational tool

I think it's pretty exciting to actually make a blog and use it! I had tried creating one last year, but was unsuccessful. The short intro "how to create a blog" video really helped me to set one up with just the basics.
So the first official blog I created was a personal one. It was a blog about my new joy in cowbells. If you click on my profile, you can check that one out it you want.

So a brief introduction about me. My name is Helen and I went to Cal State Fullerton for my B.S. in Child and Adolescent Studies. I complete the multiple subject program there as well in 2007. In the fall of 2009, I started the Graduate program and will be completing in May 2011 (only 2 months away!??!!!).

I currently teach at a private Japanese High School in Torrance where I work with the students on their speaking and pronunciation skills and U.S. government and economics.

I have created a website that I plan to use with my students. I discussed it with my cohort buddies to see what the different options were. It seemed like Google had a free one, but a www.teacherweb.com was a service you could pay for that had most things set up. I considered this, but ultimately decided "no" because I didn't want to fork out the $40.00 for a year subscription, and I thought it would be good to actually learn how to make my own. Maybe when I get my own classroom and a full time teaching position, I'll use the paid version.=)

With that said, I am currently using Google and their templates.

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