Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Evaluating the Website Evaluation


After finishing the website evaluation, I realized that there were several criteria, to look for when evaluating a website, that I did not realized were important.  For example, one such criteria was the date that the site was last revised.  I would have never thought to check for a revision date, but now that I have gone through this evaluation process I realize how the revision date would be an important factor in a website's validity.  If the information on a website has not been revised in years, then it is probably out-dated.  I definitely feel more prepared to evaluate websites for use in my future classrooms.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Welcome and Expectations

Welcome to my Blog!

Hello, my name is Pamela Bryan.  I am currently majoring in Mathematics and minoring in Secondary Education at the University of Tennessee.  I will graduate in May 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree and plan to graduate in May 2014 with a Masters in Education.  I am interested in becoming a teacher because I love working with kids and I want to make a positive difference in their lives.  I also like the work schedule because someday I would like to have a family of my own.  As a teacher, I will be able to work while my kids are in school and to be off while my kids are off.

I'm a little nervous about taking this course because I am not very tech savvy.  I do, however, expect to learn a lot from this course because of my lack of experience with technology.  I hope that I will be able to use the technology tools that I learn in this class in my own classroom someday.