July 7, 2011

My name is Kate Garcia and I am a senior at Temple University, and this is my first summer (and online) class ever with Temple. I was a little hesitant to take an online class, but I figured this would be the perfect class because it is all about technology and communication, which is what an online class offers. My expectations for this class are rather high and I am very excited to learn new material to help me become an effective teacher. I feel that technology is very important today, especially in the classroom because it is overlooked by many teachers. I am only 22, but I wish that when I was in elementary school I had the resources and technology that many students have today in the classrooms. I hope to get a lot out of this course. I feel that I am technology savvy, but I also feel that there is a lot that I do not know, because technology is always changing. I feel that it is very important to be up-to-date with the latest technology because I want to be the best educator I can be and I feel that in order to do that I have to relate to my students, and I feel this class will help be understand everything I need to know about things like PowerPoint and Excel.