Monday, February 4, 2008
Nice to Meet You!
Hi. My name is Debby. I worked in advertising for many years, but after having two children, the hours were just to demanding. So at the age of 40, I went back to school for my teaching certficate. Presently, I am a third grade teacher for the Rahway Public School District. The class I have this year has been terrific. I am really enjoying my teaching experience. Surprise, surprise. Our school librarian/medi specialist wanted to work with high school students. So, when the high school librarian/media specialist retired, she moved up. My principal could not find anyone he felt he could work with on a day to day schedule so, he asked me if I would be interested in going back to school to train for the position. Change in my job is very common for me. I love learning different skills and tasks. So I told him I would take the job, but not until September. I did not want to leave my students in the middle of the year. The principal and the superintendent both agreed. Here I am, back at school at loving the challenge. As for technology, I feel what I know is very limited. I look forward to learning more.
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Hi Debby,
I just wanted to give you the names of those CD-rom games you may be interested in:
Reader Rabbit
Playschool (any of them)
Fredi Fish (sp?)
Jump Start is one of my favorites.
They are all sorted by grades, so look for the one that suits your students' level.
To buy these, you could go to Best Buy, Staples or even BJs. I've gotten lots there too.
Good Luck!
Laurence
Hi,
I have played those games too. Not only did my pre-schooler enjoy the Freddy Fish games, but I didn't mind them either (until they were played over and over and over). Definitely check out Staples for the software. You can usually find games there for 10 dollars. And congrats on being brave enough to come into teaching!
How Do I Learn Best....
I know we all learn in many different ways. But as for the way I feel I learn the best, I believe that would be from hands-on learning. I remember in high school, listening to a teacher lecture on a skill and thinking, "what is she try to say?" Then we would practice the skill together in class and it all made sense to me. Let me be more specific, I remember in science class watching the teacher do a lesson on water absorption. We spoke about the different materials we were going to use. They were a piece of paper, a piece of wax paper and a piece of tin foil. We had to predict which one of these materials would water absorb into and which one would it not absorb into. After the predicts were made, we were actually able to do the experiment and see for ourselves. After the experiment, it all made perfect sense to me. See was believing for me!
Hands on learning in video games is interesting, because it isn't as direct as it might seem. The things you are doing (moving, shooting, driving) are actually happening in a two-dimensional space and are mediated by a controller that we have to learn. I know one of the hardest things for me with my game has been learning to use the controller correctly.
Well, it's Wednesday night and I decided it was time I went back to "Simsville" (The Sims) tonight. I can't believe how much I forgot since I was on it last. Not only did I loose alot, but now I have more questions like...
what is my purpose in this game? Is it to control the people? Buy a house? Build a neighborhood? And once I by items and put them in my house, how do I turn them in the right direction? I did buy so much tonight. I even bought a hot tub. Well, better luck next time for me. Keep your fingers crossed. This is going to be a long haul.
Debby
OK-now I know why computers and I DO NOT GET ALONG! After spenting about 1/2 hour setting up my SIMS family, giving them names and biographies, I hit a button and I lost it all! Oh yes, all of it. Computers are so frustrating for me. So then I decided to come to my blog and type a short message, and the computer kept on saying that Google had a server error. Please try again in 30 seconds. Well, of course after several tries I realized that it was not working for me. SO.....I shut down my comoputer, waited about 10 minutes, then came back to my blog. Thank you computer, for allowing ME to do my assignment.
I'll come back later to try again. Right now, I am to aggravated.
Saturday morning and I am feeling better today. This time I was able to create my own family, The Clark's, and I did not lose any of them. I created a dad, Pierpont. A mom, Claudette, and a daughter Hazel. I used one of their homes this week. The next couple of weeks, I would like to build my own home. The Clark's home needs a help in decorating. I am working on it. This week I some how managed to have a TV in the front yard. Not sure how it happened, but hopefully, for me, I will begin to get better at this game. After last night's disaster I had little hope. Today, I am feeling just a bit more confident. I am keeping the faith.
Debby,
OH MY GOD we should have chosen a different game! Seriously, Freddy Fish was easier!!!
I asked my daughter 3 questions and she is done helping me. I built a family (what's with those turn-ons and turn-offs?) but I couldn't get them into their house! I tried to decorate and the game asked me to sell my window! what the heck, I like windows!
What town did you pick? Are you building from scratch? Did you find the tutorial? Are you ready to buy a Webkinz and forget this game yet? It's not that I want the easy way out but I really don't get how these kids figure this all out without reading the instructions?
laurence
Debby -- You're putting all your posts in your comments, instead of on your page. Go and login to Blogger.com and then sign in with your email and password and click "new post" so all your posts will show up on your page and we can all read them more easily. : )
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