I Feel Smart...

So while doing this whole grad school thing for a while, I have done alot of papers, projects, etc; you catch the drift. Well one of my projects last fall was to write a White Paper. According to Wikipedia, a White Paper is an authoritative report or guide that often addresses issues and how to solve them. White papers are used to educate readers and help people make decisions. I chose to write a white paper on iPods and their use in an educational setting. Dr. Jones has our papers online and made each of us put a blurb about copyright. Over the past 6 months, I have had 2 people request to use my information and also cite me in their paper. Cite Me? What?!?! Whoever would of thought when doing APA citation for papers number of times, that someone would in return mention my name.....

For this assignment not only did we have to write a white paper but we had a share fair for teachers, principals, school officials to come and see what we had to offer to technology and education.

So we were supposed to make a poster, and of course I cant do anything just normal....instead I made a life size iPod as my poster.

The Big Move

So yesterday was a day of moving from where I have lived for the past 2 years to being in limbo and living with my Mimi. Mimi lives in Charlotte off of Park Rd. (In proximity of near South Park) She graciously has taken me in so I can finish grad school and work for these remaining 2 months.

Well all week I have been packing and trying to get organized in the same process. Finally come Friday, I was more overwhelmed than ever and at that point ditched the organizational process and just started stuffing boxes.

This was before the boxes started multiplying and somehow take up half of the garage.

Thankfully my parents came up to help me move and my Mimi came over to help as well. I have finally hit the 39 days till graduation mark, and I have tons to do before I get to it. In a little while I will be heading back to Rock Hill to clean the house and say goodbye to my home of the past 2 years!

Spring Break 2K10

Well it is my last college spring break. With nothing planned except just doctors appointments and plenty of quality time with the boyfriend. Being that it is spring break it makes me reminisce of Panama City 2007 & Winthrop's Beat Down on Notre Dame at the Big Dance to make the 2nd round.This year, Winthrop has made it again to the Big Dance and will be playing in the 'play in' game against Arkansas Pine Bluff. If they win this game, then they will make it to probably more than likely get the mess beat out of them by Duke.

I have had a couple of leads for some job possibilities in Aiken County & York County #3. I hope that they may lead to a possible job.

Also, I had to go to Columbia on Friday and saw one of my best friends Erica to give her something and to top it off that night she got engaged!!! Yay! It makes me happy to see my friends grow and prosper with their lives!

57 days till Graduation...

So today marks the day that it will only be 57 days till I have completed my Masters Degree. Now I know I have been counting down for sometime now, and have a lot to finish and complete before May 6 gets here. These past two years have flown by so fast. I can hardly believe that 2 years ago I was completing my Student Internship and getting ready to graduate with my Undergraduate Degree.

The job search has been going and going....but not really "going anywhere". With all of these budget cuts, I pray every night that someone will see my spark, drive, and talent ( as well as my unique Masters Degree) and hire me to enrich the lives of today's youth :).

Today for my Capstone Course (Masters Project) we started our bi-weekly "Tech Club" where we will be integrating Technology and Literacy with the Kindergarten Students at Macfeat Laboratory School. In addition, we are inviting parents to come and learn about what the students are studying and to learn new ways that technology can be used in their own homes. As well as learning great tips for reading aloud with their children. Our first meeting was on Dinosaurs and Fossils. I read a blog, Free Technology for Teachers regularly and found a great post sharing how there was a simulation on the Smithsonian's Website about Fossils. This was great as we read the Book, Fossils Tell of Long Ago.

This book was great informational text to help explain what Fossils are and where they have come from. The children loved the book, but the best part was getting to work with the "Big Computer" (AKA SMARTboard). Each student was able to take part in the "Virtual Dig". It was so neat to hear what they already knew about paleontologist as well as their enthusiasm to be virtual paleontologist. This piece of technology allows students to go through the whole process of being a paleontologist and what happens to the remains once it reaches the museum.

With 57 days left till graduation, I have so much to be thankful for as well. The opportunities I have been afforded by working at the laboratory school are unreal. I am just so lucky that I chose my destiny of sticking around Winthrop and knocking my Masters out of the way.