BLOGGING!

Well, I'd never thought that I would have a blog again, but here I am, blogging away! My first (and only) time blogging was on Xanga and I was probably only in eighth or ninth grade. I only used it for about two weeks and then deleted it, deciding against posting every insignificant moment of my social life online for all to see. However, I do think this idea of a professional blog is great. It's going to take some getting used to, because I've never been good at maintaining a blog or diary. Plus, as weird as it sounds, I can't hardly stand to be on my computer anymore. Maybe because it's becoming dated (using a 2006 Dell Laptop is like driving a ten year old car), or because I'm so inundated with emails that I don't even want to bother. Regardless, I think it will be nice to have experiences from my education classes on here to share with my classmates and whoever else cares to read this!

Dr. Kist's Multi-Modal Literacies class is interesting, and definitely a lot different than I had originally thought it would be. At first, I assumed it was another version of the Educational Technology course, which would be fine, since I'm pretty well-versed with the computer. However, I was glad to learn that we wouldn't be learning how to operate computer programs, but instead, we would be discovering creative ways to incorporate different modes of literature (ie. movies, video games, music, the Internet) into the classroom. If technology continues booming at the rate that it has been, I can only imagine the computers and cell phones that my students will be using by the time I become a well-seasoned teacher. So, I think it is really great that we are being taught how to incorporate these technologically-advanced teaching methods into the classroom. If times keep changing, then teaching strategies need to continue evolving as well!

Whew! Enough rambling on about that. I guess since this is my first blog entry I will keep it simple and finish up here. We'll see where this new blog leads me to!

Until next time,
Lauren :)