Hello! I am Angela Espinosa. I am an Elementary Education major, and my goal is to teach 3rd or 4th grade (you know, before the kids start getting a little crazy...). My favorite subjects include math and reading, and I have been a teaching assistant at Galloway Elementary School for ten years. I am a mother of three children - Christopher, Valerie, and Jonathan - a puppy, and three turtles. I enjoy playing soccer, I LOVE Elvis Presley (to the point of my children often bemoaning my constant playing of his music) and visiting his home of Graceland, Tennessee. I also always look forward to going to the beach on our annual family summer vacations.
Technology in the classroom is quickly becoming an integral part of our lives, and that doesn't look like it will change anytime soon. These days, children are always plugged in with their iPod's, smart phones, computers, and more, that it would be ill-advised at this point to avoid using technology. It would be, for lack of a better term, trying to force robots to work with clubs and bones. Technology is the way of the future, for better or worse, so it it best that we teach the children of today the art of it, so they can go with confidence into the world of tomorrow.
Now, the biggest obstacle in the way of those who want to do something big is, "Well, how do I do it?" That's the same question I am asking. How can I integrate technology into the classroom better? I want to help in the classroom, nurture and teach my students to become prodigies themselves at technology. And that is why I have enrolled in this class - not just to answer my own questions, but to answer my future students' questions. I want to contribute to our children's future in technology; and therefore I can leave my footprints on students' young minds as they learn what I will learn from this class, all about technology.
