Technology Self Assessment: School 2.0

I chose to explore NETS-5, Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership and my favorite question under this NET was : "I actively contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession by sharing promising practices for using technology to improve student learning with others in school, profession, and community." This is something I feel is very important because I know that I have already learned a ton of helpful tools and I would love to share them with my future students, as well as in my future professions. For example, Diigo.com because this is a great source that many students are unaware of and can make researching a lot easier. For this question however, there were no current resources for me to further search. Another question that I found interesting was: "I regularly evaluate and reflect on current research and apply promising practices for using existing and emerging tools and resources in support of student learning." This is important to stay up on the current things and ways of technology so that you can keep your students engaged and interested in learning.  The resource under this question was interesting because it talked about allowing schools to have access into accounts that cost money, and I think this is a good thing because the best websites are usually restricted or cost money and children shouldn't have to pay for their education. Technology is the future and students should have more choices and availability to use technology when learning.

Welcome to Terre's Blog!

     Hi there! My name is Terre Shoemaker, first name prounouced like (Terra) not (Terry) but it's okay I get it a lot. I was named after my dad's all time favorite basketball player, the legendary Larry Bird who attended college at Terre Haute Indiana and so that's that. I have one younger sister and two amazing parents. I was born up north in Watsonville California and the moved to the city, not the store, of Hollister California for the first six years of my life. This is where i went to school kindergarten through second grade until moving to Temecula. Third grade I attended Vail Elementary, fourth and fifth I went to Red Hawk Elementary, sixth and seventh grade I went to Vail Ranch Middle, and for eighth grade I attended Gardner Middle school. I sure moved around a lot in the school districts but finally settled down when it came to high school. I attended Great Oak high school all four years and I absolutely loved it there. I then chose to attend Palomar community college and am now a transfer here at Cal State San Marcos. I have played basketball since I was in fourth grade and it is by far my favorite sport. Naturally, being named after a basketball player I am a Boston Celtics fan (Larry Bird's NBA team). I currently work at Jamba Juice in Temecula and my boyfriend of five years and I just recently bought a house together in Menifee. My life has been pretty simple and a ton of fun and so that's all about me for the time being.

     For where I am on the technology continuum I am not quite sure, I think I know a decent amount about the basics of computers but when it comes to the more advanced things I am not quite sure. However, I really enjoy working with computers and I know that there are a lot of amazing things you can do with them and so I am really excited for this class because it is something I am interested in learning and being able to use this information in the future.

     When reading the Mission Statement I find myself nodding my head in agreement of everything that is said. The most important part of the mission statement for me is the very first sentence, "The mission of the College of Education community is to collaboratively transform public education

by preparing thoughtful educators and advancing professional practices." This mission statement actually played a big role in my decision to attend Cal State San Marcos. When I took an education class at Palomar an advisor from San Marcos came and spoke to our class about the advantages of the education system offered there. When the mission statement states, "preparing thoughtful educators and advancing professional practices" I think that this directed towards me because I really wanted to be a part of the ICP program. I am really glad of the decision I made to attend San Marcos because it seems like a very dedicated school.