My technology experience is technically still in the works. I am in the process of finishing the computer competency requirement (the ccr exam), i have completed 3 out of the 4 parts to the exam and all I have left is the spreadsheet excel part of the exam. I'm taking the final part of the exam this Wednesday and am hoping to pass it although i need to brush up on my excel skills. After i have finished that part I will be in the clear and finished with the CCR. In certain ways I feel like I am sometimes computer iliterate and am constantly learning new things about technology and how to work with computers. I am very familiar with only a few websites including facebook, of course, and mindbodyonline which is a website i use at the yoga studios in order to check people into my classes.
Although I never really considered it before, I am already a teacher. I have been teaching yoga for 2 years now and have even taught kids yoga classes. I have one more full semester left at Cal State before I finish my undergrad in Spanish language and culture and am starting some prereqs for the speech pathology program starting here in Fall '10. Last semester for my span 399 internship class, I got a chance to work at a bilingual spanish imersion school and was placed in 7th and 8th grade classrooms where i volunteered throughout the semester for a total of 50 hours. It was a great experience and i loved working with the kids.
I hope to recieve a greater knowledge of computers by taking this class. This class will also help me learn more about my own computer since we will be working with macs the entire time. I also hope to be able to apply these technical skills in a classroom setting someday and use the methods learned to be a more effective teacher.
Good job on reflecting...I realize the longer I sit in prereq classes the more reflecting I do about myself and others. We are all teachers and students in many ways everyday-just not in the traditional settings or with gov't approved pieces of paper. You are going to make an amazing classroom teacher because of your yoga background; it will be an assest for your students because you can give them access to their inner landscape, and you can teach from a grounded place as well. Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences!
ReplyDeleteIt was great reading your blog! I think that it is so cool that you are a yoga teacher. I promise that I do not live in a cave, but I have never taken a yoga class and I do not nave a facebook. I would love to take a class sometime and I think that I will make a facebook account one of these days. After all, my sisters and all of my friends have an account. They use it to keep it in touch with people that they would otherwise never talk to. Anyways, I wish you the best of luck with your speech pathology program. With all of your experience, you will be nothing short of an amazing teacher!
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't know you are not technically versed by your blog page. I know myself being insecure or not having a firm grasp on the concepts is what makes me feel I do not know much. If you take an inventory of our knowledge we may discover we know more than we think we do. Cool site I like the use of color and the creativity involved.
ReplyDeleteYoga is a very old "technology" of the body and mind (correct me if I'm wrong). Do people use any sort of electronic technology in yoga instructions?
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