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Day 1 w/ Maggie Mae




Hello I am Maggie Mae. I am a fourth year student at The Florida State University, majoring in Family & Child Sciences with a minor in education. With my studies I hope to work with children and help them develop into the model citizens, who are able to succeed regardless of their background or what they come from. I currently work with the Boys & Girls Club as Assistant Site Coordinator to help mold students into their best selves. I directly handle about 20 1st and 2nd grade students while having to manage and govern about 90 students, ranging from kindergarten to 5th grade.

Being a millennial I have a pretty decent history with working with technology in a educational setting. I believe I grew up during a great period because I got to experience a wide variety of technology in school. From big white mac books, overhead projectors, to laptop carts and now tablets I feel like I have seen it all. I now use technology in my place of work educating my students by getting lessons online that the students can watch and learn from, and also by creating online games such as jeopardy that they can enjoy.

In this class I hope to learn more about how to use technology resources to my advantage and to the advantage of my students. I believe that my expertise in techonlogy is very surface level and basic. Therefore, I hope this class can teach me more about new technology and also how to use that technology to my advantage. Students now are very tech savvy, they have phones before they hit puberty and play with drones in their free time, after if this course I hope to be just as half as savvy as my students.

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  1. annamiller333January 15, 2019 at 8:39 AM

    I like this! I want to be a professor so I relate to wanting to know more about technology in order to be a better teacher for my students. Growing up, I did have experience with technology, but nothing compared to the technology in schools today.

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  2. Gabby LawlorJanuary 17, 2019 at 8:13 AM

    Loved this post, Maggie! I have a lot of experience working with younger students as well so I definitely relate. I love your goals for the future! They lean toward a more non-traditional educational career which I love because I want to go into theatre education but by being the Artistic Director of a children's theatre or working as the head of an arts educational outreach program.

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