Thursday, November 6, 2008

Educational Technology Blog

I am a graduate student studying to be a teacher at TIU in Deerfield. I am also an Illinois registered architect. I am married, have 2 children, both in school, and live in the Far North Shore Suburbs of Chicago. I like sports, when it involves my family. I travel every other year to Europe as my spouse is from Germany.

I decided to become a teacher at this time in order to fufill a calling that I have had since highschool. When my daughter was in middle school, she had to overcome the negative influence of a teacher. This illustrated to me a need for more and better teachers of our youth. And what better way to influence the youth with strong Christian values to be good citizens than in teaching career?

In work I use compters daily to draw buildings, compute business models on spreadsheets, operate accounting functions, write letters, read news, and communicate through the internet. In addition, I download pictures from my camera both for building records and personal use. My home is networked with 5 computers, 2 for business, 1 for personal , 2 for children. We do not use facebook or other chat forums in our home.

I expect that I will become more proficient in publishing (personal and internet). I also expect to learn about a smattering of newer personal tools for communication. A huge concern is the outright availability of mine and my families personal information for easy viewing.

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