Literacy and learning

When I am reading, I find myself in a world other then my own.  I get so focused and forget where I am that it can sometimes be a bad thing.  My approach to literacy has been defined through my struggles in my academics.  It does not matter what I am reading, I am guaranteed to have to read everything a few times.  With light reading, usually I just start to lose my place on pages when I am tired but cannot put the book down.  When I am reading with more substance, I need to read and re-read.  I typically read with an internet connection just in case I cannot figure out what something is.  While this is not something I share very often, it has become a very important part of who I am.  As a good student, people assume I just get it and it does not take work but the truth is my grades are always from hard work.  As a mother with a child with learning disabilities (ADHD and Dyslexia) my struggles have become a way to help my daughter.  I am able to see better ways to do things and of course different ways to look at things.

I am a huge fan of technology in learning.  I am a kinesthetic learner and followed by audio.  So just reading print makes me struggle.  My daughter has the same issue and both of us find that using audio while reading it greatly increases our comprehension.  While reading, I actually start reading to myself.  Literacy is essential but I believe in classrooms the traditional eyes on paper will soon be no longer.  Not everyone learns that way and to allow students to be successful and become prepared for college, I believe flexibility and allow students to learn the way they need to will be imperative.  The unfortunate part of the common core, it appears to me the parent that we are removing that individualized learning that is really needed for success.  I believe in letting the teachers teach!

Introduction

I have always been interested in starting a blog.  This will be s great way to start! I am a tech nerd but am not quick to change what I know. I am very familiar with many social media sites and even for a research paper I once looked at the impact of technology in the classroom. However moodlerooms seems to be giving me a bit of a run for my money.

As a mom of two young kids, I figure I need to learn this stuff to keep ahead of them to keep an eye on their cyber foot print.

I am looking forward to this course and even more excited now that I know I can use my new iPad while I travel for work to keep up on school work!