I created a metaphor about how I see myself as a teacher to preschool students. I feel that my experience as a dancer has helped me embrace the idea that we are all very unique. We all have different talents and abilities that deserve to be recognized and celebrated. I feel that my role as… More Classroom Metaphor

  What a powerful message George Couros’s gives in his article “The mindset of an innovator.” I literally started talking to myself, wrote down quotes and agreed out loud with his philosophy. Like George Couros I believe that I am an innovator. I never knew that my personal thoughts and philosophies could be labeled as… More I am striving to be a everyday Innovator!

  This week I was asked to keep an “attention journal” when ever I was online. This exercise was set up to help me become more aware of how “my mind-in combination with the Web-works”. Even though there was no wrong or right way to this exercise it was awkward to document what I did, how… More Outsider Looking in

    Today I am taking advantage of being connected to the online world! It has been several days with very little internet access. Here are some more of my daily creates to share with you! You are going to be in BIG trouble mister. You hear me, No body messes with my bananas. #tdc1645 #diglitclass pic.twitter.com/FAYZsKrDCN — Charity… More More Daily Creates!

I have to admit that I had the worst attitude about doing the daily creates. In a previous blog I referred to DS 106 as my nemesis. I have to admit my initial reaction to the daily creates could not have been more worng. In fact I have learned to LOVE logging on and searching… More Daily Creates Continued…

  If you followed my blog last week then you will know that I did not have the opportunity to do any Boat learning but…. I am pleased to share that I did get some quality boating time in last night. After a week of fair and all day Saturday at a wedding our family… More Boating 101 coming to an end…

  Am I digitally mindful? Being digitally mindful is something that I have been conscious about for a while now. I feel that technology plays a role in my life but I no longer let it control or consume me. I am very comfortable unplugging from my device and being present in what’s going on… More Am I Digitally Mindful???

Before this weeks assignment I had never heard the term “digital activism”. I really wasn’t sure what it meant at all. Which lead me to google it. Out of all the websites I scanned I felt like this site  gave me the best summary of what Digital Activism is and the tools used by digital… More Digital Activism

Are any of you wondering why I am starting off my Blog with this quote? Especially  since my Blog title is about heading to the County fair.. Please allow me to explain…. This week I have put in ZERO hours towards my Independent Learning Project. YIKES! All my good intentions of learning something new about the boat this… More Headed to the County Fair!

Here are a few of my daily creates this week: YoungMeNowMe #tdc1640 What was your defining Moment? #tdc1639 Becoming a mom… Draw the House You Grew up in #tdc#1630 Into the sun #tdc 1629 Create a hip Acroname for your neighborhood #1636   Oh…Yeah… #tdc1641 Have you heard ‘Audio Recording’ by charitywyatt on #SoundCloud? #np… More Daily Creates Week 2

  Last week I could not have imagined that I would have success in creating. I was very frustrated by the ds106 website and to be honest I was 100% confused about how it all worked. The problem wasn’t the site (even though I blamed it for being too confusing) it was me and my… More My first Youtube Video

This week was pretty uneventful as far as driving the boat goes. We traveled for the Holiday weekend to Ogallala and spent some quality time with good friends on Lake McConahay. Lake McConahay was so busy, I am talking hundreds of boats operating at the same time. It was crazy! I did not feel comfortable… More Boat maintance…

The Challenges of Raising a Digital Native | Devorah Heitner, Ph.D. | TEDxNaperville Video   I am starting off my blog post about digital citizenship with a TEDTalk. I feel like this is a very powerful talk that has helped give my some perspective on technology today and how kids (and adults) interact with technology… More Digital Footprints

I have to admit that I have never “googled” myself before… So doing so tonight made me a little nervous. When I googled just my name two of my images showed up amongst a bunch of random strangers. My current Twitter profile picture popped up and an old Facebook profile picture. When I clicked on… More What Does Google say about me?

I am literally laughing right now, I just read over my blog post for week #2 and in that blog I made a comment that learning to pull a water skier would be easier then a tube… Well, I stand to be corrected. Pulling a skier is a little more complicated then I would have… More Learning to Drive the Boat Take #3

  I have really struggled with understanding ds106 and the daily creates. For me I felt like the ds106 had too much information for an excited beginner. I was expecting the site to be different from what it is. I spent a lot of time scurrying the site for how to start. I created a gravatar, connected… More ds106… My nemesis

Today I have been focusing on a word that ironically, I heard from a funeral I attended yesterday . The word is inspire. As I am looking at our assignment sheet and trying to collect my thoughts for what to blog about concerning digital storytelling and podcasts the word inspire keeps coming up for me. To… More Digital Stories and Podcasts

This week was amazing! We had cabin full of friends,  family and a bunch of kids hanging out. (the photo above shows some of our visitors shoes)suppers at 10:00pm, smores around the campfire and lots of laughs. It is was fun to officially welcome summer while playing on the water.  We spent 4 days at… More Learning to drive the boat take #2

I have to admit when I read over the assignments for the week I was a little intimidated by the abbreviation PLN and finding out what it meant. I slumped down in my comfy office chair and googled the term. The first sentence I read was “If you’ve never heard of a PLN, the funny… More PLN’s???

Scott Dinsmore: How to find work you love <iframe src=”https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/scott_dinsmore_how_to_find_work_you_love.html” width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen> During the TEDTALK Scott Dinsmore ends his talk with posing the question, “What is the work you can’t not do?”Hearing Scott’s message solidified for me that the choice I am making in pursuing an Early Childhood Education degree… More What is the work you can’t not do?

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.” ~Brene Brown https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html I have to admit after spending literally all day on the computer doing homework I wasn’t very enthused with the idea about watching another TEDTALK tonight. I had a “to do List” that needed written out that was distracting my desire to keep plugging away… More The power of Vulnerability by Brene’Brown

My husband and I have always had a dream of owning a cabin and a boat. Literally for years we have been purchasing items for a boat that didn’t exist. We would hit a Cabalas sale and make a purchase for the “someday” boat. Every once in a while I would catch a glimpse of… More Learning to Drive a Boat!

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This is the excerpt for a placeholder post. It can be deleted, or edited to make it your own.… More Life’s a dance you learn as you go….