Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Thing 1: Blogging

     My name is Terri and this is my first time blogging.  I feel very uncertain about all of this but hope to become more comfortable as I work through my Cool Tools for School online PD.  I'm a teacher/libraian at Trinity Catholic School in upstate NY.  I have a wonderful husband of 16 years and 2 beautiful teenagers that keep me very busy when not at school.
     I am hoping that this course gives me many tools to enhance my students learning and love of learning.  I feel that it is important to connect with each child that passes through my door on an individual basis.  In order for me to do that, I need to stay up to date on new technology and ways of reaching even our most challenging students.  I feel that this course will help me accomplish this.
     I have learned through this first lesson that I'm more apprehensive about blogging than I expected to be.  I thought that it would be easy to set up and use a blog and I'm sure I will get there but I'm not there yet.  I can see the value in teaching students to blog but don't know if I will use it with my students at this time.  I need to become much more comfortable with all of this first.  So, let the learning continue...