Leadership Class #1

This first week was interesting. I enjoyed learning about the different leadership styles and the fact that each one has it's place. One may have a dominant leadership style, but a good leader knows when to use a little bit of each one. As a leader, I will keep that in mind. I currently lead in my school/job by volunteering for committees and offering teachers help when they need it. Since our school restructured our technology department and we do not have a go to person at the elementary level any more, many teachers come to me for help. I do not turn them away, but help them through any issues that they may have. I also like to turn those teachers who think technology is more of a hassle than good by showing them really how easy it can be. I have also done some work with the parents at the school to help them understand more how SMART boards work and how a teacher would use them in the classroom.

HTML Class #5

In class this week, we learned about many interesting and useful Web 2.0 tools. There are many out there to use, it is just a matter of finding the time to use them. I have to be careful as a third grade teacher because I have to find the balance between the tool being useful and taking too much time just to teach the tool to the kids before they can actually use it successfully. I also discovered this week how to problem solve when writing HTML. I did my work for an assignment and it was not working but I could not figure out why. Sitting down with Kris she taught me to take a little out of the code at a time to find which part was wrong. Eventhough that didn't work (because it was really something else), it was a great strategy to learn. I was just cutting and pasting n different places, not actually taking stuff out. Thanks, Kris!!