Hello everyone,
I look forward to working with all of you this summer. My name is Jose Garcia and I am currently a Spanish Teacher in district 204. I teach Spanish 3 and 4 honors at Waubonsie Valley high school and this will be my 14th year. We have been pretty lucky at WV to provide all the students with a chromebook or as the students call it "chromie".
I have used a wide array of applications, but mainly google. I would like to see what other options I may have that is not google related. I was forced to learn quickly how to create videos and other online video tools during our quarantine and hybrid model but feel like I just scratched the surface. I would like to see how I can develop my skills through these classes.
As a long time soccer coach for WV it would be great to incorporate some technology into my training sessions. I have seen some creative ways to train online and would be interested in how someone can accomplish this.
Finally, I enjoy technology but do miss the one on one communication with my students. With the likeliness of going back to full time in the fall, I'm excited to use what I learn in this class in my classroom and not on zoom. If I can engage my students in a new and exciting way, I am all for it.
Hi fellow 204 employee! I teacher special edudcation at Fischer...I have never heard our kids call the chromebooks "chromie," that's pretty funny. I can only imagine teacher a foregin language while rooming and zooming was a bit challenging. I think it's great you will be able to incorporate technology into coaching. I am with you on the missing good old fashion communication. I felt very lucky that about half of my caseload came back to in person, felt great to have some real interaction. Happy start of summer :)
ReplyDeleteHI, Jose, I giggled a little when I read your comment about "chromie"...going back to my days in high school as a student and people calling their friends "homie". I'm glad to hear that you are open to learning new edtech tools. We are definitely better together as we learn from each other and with each other.
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