Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Classroom Newsletter- (NETS I, III)

newsletterALS

In this assignment I created a classroom newsletter using MicrosoftWord. I pretended like I was a teacher, and that I would make this specific newsletter for the students in my classroom. Since I want to be a math teacher, I pretended like I was teaching a math class. In the newsletter I talked about myself and gave an introduction to my new incoming students. Then I talked about how technology would be incorporated in my classroom. I made my newsletter colorful and added graphics to it as well.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Intro Letter of Ashley Salvino


Hi everyone! My name is Ashley Salvino. I am 20 years old. I am from a town called Glendora, which is in LA County not far from Pasadena. I went through all of my K-12 schooling in the Glendora Unified School District. Firstly, I went to elementary school at Cullen Elementary. Then I went to Goddard Middle School, and graduated from Glendora High School in 2007. I moved to San Marcos after I graduated high school to go to CSUSM. I lived in the dorms my freshman year, and then moved off campus my sophomore year. I have been living in a condo a few minutes away from campus with two roommates I met here at CSUSM! I am minoring in math in hopes to be a middle school math teacher. I can’t wait to learn more about computers, especially Macs! :)

I love computers, and working on them! I own and use many other technological devices as well such as a cell phone, camera, GPS navigational system, IPod, etc. Unfortunately I feel like I am Mac illiterate! I am definitely a PC person and have been my entire life. I definitely depend on technology. I check my emails daily, along with social networks such as Facebook, and Twitter. I use my cell phone daily as well. I feel like technology and computers are considered a necessity nowadays, instead of a personal preference. I use Microsoft Office 2007 for a PC computer.

My favorite and most relatable part of the CSUSM Mission Statement is the last sentence of it. It says that the practices we will learn are committed to student-centered education. I think it is very important that the College of Education focuses on the students and puts them first. As a teacher my number one priority is the students and their learning and growth in my classroom, and for me to be able to teach them in the most effective and successful way I can. I never read the College of Education Mission Statement prior to attending CSUSM; however I think it is an excellent statement to model to all of its students.




In this assignment, I introduced myself by writing and answering questions about myself. I created my first post on my blog, and also uploaded a picture of myself.