Thing #3 - Registering My Blog

Registering my blog with the class was very simple and I cannot wait to browse my classmates blogs! I definitely plan to have an active blog for my classroom when I begin teaching. I believe that strong communication with your students and their parents is crucial to a successful school year. For my classroom blog, I plan to have weekly newsletters, an overview of the week's unit, as well as any other school news. I would also love to publish a podcast involving my students every now and then about our classroom.

Thing #2 - Setting Up My Blog

Question:  How did you decide on your posting name and the name of your blog?

I named my blog Stephanie’s 23 Things Blog because this is the theme of my blog, answering these 23 things to help me become more experienced with blogging. I’m posting under my first and last name so my classmates and professor can easily identify me without saying “ok, who is this again?”.

Question: What was your experience in creating the blog? Was it hard for you or easy? Why?

I’ve always wanted to be a blogger because I enjoy writing and I love reading other people’s blogs. I have attempted many blogs in the past and I find myself struggling to stay consistent with it. I’m fairly experienced in setting up a blog, but when making this one I was confused with Blogger’s new format so I may need to switch it to the old format.

Question: How does your avatar reflect your personality? Did you create an avatar that looks like your real self or someone totally different? Why?

I tried to make my avatar look like myself as much as possible and I believe it’s a fairly good representation of myself.  I couldn’t do without the Starbucks cup, I absolutely LOVE their Chai Lattes!

Thing #1 - Lifelong Learning

Thing #1 – Lifelong Learning

I’ve always approached new situations in my life as learning experiences. Whether it is meeting new people, starting a new job, even starting back to school; in the end we learn a lot from our environment. Learning is an ongoing experience. However, I admit that sometimes I don’t approach learning as positively as I should.  Of the 7 ½ Learning Habits, Habit #3 – View problems as challenges – is actually my hardest.  I sometimes don’t see problems as challenges but as just problems.  I tend to over-analyze and over-think things instead of approaching the problem positively. 

I believe that my strongest (or easiest) learning habit is Habit #7 – Teach/mentor others.  In every job that I’ve had, I have been appointed as a mentor or trainer.  I’m very detail-oriented and have (I’ve been told) very good inter-personal skills. I like to teach and discover how people learn best and how to help them succeed at their highest level.