Student Perspectives/R/W

As I write my blog, I am listening to music on i-tunes, I have MTV Cribs playing in the background, I am messaging friends on facebook, and I am doing laundry. My parents would be so ashamed! Every day after school I would come home, sit at the kitchen table, do my homework without ANY distractions, have my parents review the work I had completed and then I could go play. Now..I couldn't imagine focusing on only one thing. Multi-tasking has become a way of life. Trying to keep my grades up in high school all while volunteering in the afternoons and interning on weekends, I learned early on that accomplishing multiple tasks at once beats out focus and concentration any day. Sad..but..true.

I enjoyed reading a "Student's Perspective". The writer reminded me of myself. Piling on internships mixed with volunteering, choosing to read articles online rather than in newspapers, reading quickly just to get through the miserable book. Being a student is the only thing I have ever known. And although I look forward to becoming a teacher, I will continue to be a student as well. I learn new things everyday. Websites that help me with my homework, Podcasts that keep me updated with current events, online discussion boards that give me insight into other peoples perspectives. With a debit card in hand, an i-phone in pocket, and a laptop in tow, I continue to learn precisely how to be a successful student.

Read/Write Tools: Blogging is definitely new to me. I have read other peoples blogs before on ESPN.com and CNN.com but now that I am the one doing the writing, I like the freedom and the creativity blogging presents.

RSS: Something I will definitely set up on my computer in the coming days. Rather than having to visit numerous amounts of websites, only going to one place to read the blogs makes it a lot more convenient.

Podcasts: I have used podcasts before. My father listens to the NPR Podcast on a daily basis, and though his Digital Immigrant knowledge prevents him from doing certain things on the Internet, he has turned me on to podcasts.

Streaming Video: This seems like a neat tool to present to any classroom or as an assignment from homework. Interactive, creative, and fun.

www.google.com/educators/p_docs.com/html
Google docs is a great resource. I will definitely apply this to my classroom as well as using it myself.