Thing 2

Currently, this is my first encounter with blogging. I am not an extremely avid technology guru as some persons my age. I am also not 100% confident in "playing around" with technology, due to the fact that most technology breaks when I have that mind set. Alas, here I am in technology class giving the 2.0 a fair shot.
As a high school and previous college student I was a pretty terrible writer. I have some mild learning difficulties when it comes to processing my thoughts and writing them out. I was told I struggled in spelling (but don't we all). Needless to say, my past writing and reading experiences have been less than successful. I must also say that I am an extremely slow typist so I see this class as a typing intro as well as a technology intro.
My blog name was picked solely on the fact that I would be able to remember it easily since it is my name. my blog posting name is "Wood's contemplations" because that is how I see this blog site. I see it as journal.
In creating the blog I found the processes quite easy, but I wonder how much of that was because we were being walked through the process by Ms. Richardson. If I had to do it on my own I am confident that some time this century I would have figured out how to set it up. There are several steps that have to be done to create the blog account which leads to a slight challenge when trying to attempt it on your own.
Creating the avatar was a fun and frustrating experience. When uploading it to the blog I kept putting it in the wrong gadget. Uploading it to the wrong gadget makes it load in the wrong spot on the main page. After 3 attempts I finally was able to put the avatar where it needed to be. My avatar shows me as a relax person. I chose to depict myself in a relaxed manner since that is when I'm most happy. So overall this was a fun and exciting step to further my technology education. 

Thing 1

Thing 1:

Habit #4 is one that I would consider to be a struggle for me. Habit #4 states “have confidence in your-self as a confident effective learner.” It’s extremely difficult to teach students to be life-long learners when I, as a future teacher, don’t feel confident in my own learning sometimes. I find myself knowing the right answers as teachers ask questions, but due to a “self-esteem” issue, I’m too scared to share my answers. More often than not my answers are always right. Habit #4 poses challenges, but I have to constantly remind myself that I am a thinker, and wrong answers mean learning is/will take place.

Habit #3 I believe to be a strength for me. Habit #3 states “view problems as challenges.” I am one of those “special few” that love working with special needs students. I see a special needs child as an opportunity for growth and progress. Working with special needs children is a huge challenge, one in which I learn something new each time there is an interaction. Within a classroom, I don’t see problem children; I see an opportunity to learn something new; an opportunity to figure out “why.” This habit is why I want to be a BCBA (as far as the behavior side goes). I want to help children by teaching them replacement behaviors for inappropriate behaviors. Behaviors are a problem, but they are a problem with a solution as long as you are up for the challenge.