Well, I feel kinda guilty about this so I'm going to talk about it. Earlier in my blog I talked about things for my educational philosophy that was just junk. I've since changed my mind and my philosophy but I have'nt written about it in the blog so I guess I should. My philosophy is based on the teachers and students learning about computers. But in the right way. Too many times students don't learn as much as they could from computers because their teachers have not had the opportunities to learn about the computer and what they can do with it. Adminisitration is selfish with dollars to send them to truly learn how to use the computer to make the lessons for the students thought provoking, fun, interesting and to teach them to think critically. So there. Now I feel better. I've already turned in my paper, so this come kinda "after the fact" but it is in the blog like it is supposed to be!

losing my education technology paper (this sucks)

I'm so mad I could spit! I wrote my philosophy and I could swear I saved it on the computer but now I can't find it. I must have typed it and then forgotten to save it and the crummy part of it all is I can't remember what I wrote! I have a thing with my brain (seriously, I am bipolar) and it just won't let me remember things sometimes. Now I'm going to have to do it over and I'm not sure what to say! I've got to get back in that frame of mind, I guess, I just don't have very long to do it in. What a bitch. I'm so so so so so mad at myself. Sometimes I just do the stupidest things. Everything was totally different than it was in my blog. I completely changed it from what I wrote about educational technology in the blog. I just wish I could remember what it was. I should've written it down then at least I'd have some idea what to write about.

I'm supposed to blog about my vision about educational technology is and I'm sure I have one! Guess I'd better start thinking! My purpose and expectations of this class is to learn what I need to learn to be a librarian. That probably sounds terrible but and its not completely true. I also want to learn more about computing and new things about the computer and how to use it. I just get tired of being so stupid about it! I'm obtaining my degree for several reasons. One because it is one of my goals to be the first person in my family with a master's degree (I want one, too!), next you need higher and higher degrees in the workplace to be able to get jobs, and you need a master's degree to be a librarian, which is what I am going to be if I ever get out of school!

My current goals are to finish school and do a good job for my employer. My long term goals are to use my degree to get a job as a librarian at a public school and enjoy my job. My educational technology philosophy--this is a hard one because I never feel like I have "philosophies" about things--I do, I'm sure-- I just don't feel like it. Let's try. I believe that technology belongs in schools. There are so many great things students can learn from computers that it would be a travesty for schools not to have computers. Much of the learning today comes from computers and is facilitated by teachers. The problem is teachers don't really know how to ues these computers to the best of their ability so it has become drill and kill on lots of things. I think the teachers need to be taught how to use these computers in their classrooms or in a lab and having the technology would be much better used. However, this said, just having the computers is a step in the right direction. Allowing those students who are computer savy to "Play" on them, supervised of course" you may find out some useful things and some ways to have some lessons on them yourself. My vision, put in a nutshell, is, "Educational/instructional technology supports instruction and student in schools." I used the following articles

Ausband, Leigh T., Instructional Technology Specialists and Curriculum Work, Fall 2006, 39,1,1-21.

Brill,Jennifer M., Galloway, Chad. Perils and promises: University instructors' integration of technology in classroom-based practices. British Journal of Educational Technology, Jan2007, 38,1,95-105,11.

I'm supposed to list some TSDs which is hard because I don't know what all computers can do, but for one thing:

I want to learn how to cut the heads off people and put them on someone else!
I want to learn Microsoft Work better.
I want to learn spreadsheets better.
I want to be able to read instructions from a teacher and be able to do the things he/she says to do on the computer without panicing.
I want to learn desktop publishing.

Well, I'm in no shape to share any technological skills, but the reason I want to learn these is because some of them are fun (the head, the publishing) but the majority of these I need for employment and my personal life.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Lisa Walden and I am attending TAMU as a master's student studying library science. I am looking forward to being a librarian in a public school sometime soon. I like to read, cook (when I get the chance) play with dogs (I have to play with other people's dogs now because I had to get rid of mine when I moved to Commerce :( , ride bicycles, spend time with my family and have fun! I taught in the public schools for 14 years and that was enough for me! Now I work full time in the A&M Library as a Library Assistant. It's a great job and one that allows me some time to study sometimes. I have a great boss and great people to work with as well. This is the first time for me to have or write in a blog so I'm doing something I'm very uncomfortable with. I'm not even sure I'm writing in the right place. Probably not! I don't know where this is going to go. Out into Cyberspace!