Thing #3

Whenever I first heard that I had to do a blog I was not sure how it could benifit me in becoming a teacher, but now I understand that a blog can be used for many things. One useful way that I plan to use blogging in my teacher education program and future classroom is to share and attain ideas from other teachers. Teachers share ideas with each other all the time and blogging is a way to extend the availability of good ideas with other teachers.

Thing #2

Whenever I created my blog I did not try to come up with anything very creative for my blog name. I wanted it to have a name that would make my blog easily identifiable as mine, therefor I used my first and last name and added "23" to the end of it so it could be known that it was for this project.

Creating this blog was not very difficult. I have been given a list of things to post about and what exactly to put in them. I could not have asked for the instructions to be any clearer. It is simple and very easy to follow.

When I created my avatar for this blog, I wanted it to look like me as much as possible and reflect who I am. I chose the short, brown hair and brown eyes because it goes with my appearance. I chose the long sleeved t-shirt and jeans because that is what I'm most comfortable wearing day to day. I chose to make my shirt red because that is my favorite color.

Thing #1

After listening to 7 and a half habits of highly successful lifelong learners, I realized that I do most of these things without even thinking about it. Some are harder for me than others, as I am sure is the same for most people, but I realize that every one of them are important. The easiest of the seven and a half habits would be "play." It might not be such a good habit for me at times. Instead of viewing my problems as a challenge, as suggested in habit three, I tend to view them as a barrier, blocking me from moving forward. If I come across one of these barriers, I would much rather play than try and rise to the challenge. The habit that I would say is easiest and most effective for me is habit one, to begin with the end in mind. Before I start anything I picture the end resuld and what I would want it to be. I can set clear goals and it helps me accomplish them rather than working blindly, not knowing what I want to come of the project I have started.