Web 2.0 Tools

Facebook is a social networking site designed for people to connect and share. Facebook would be helpful in my classroom because I could create an account that is just for my class to look at. They could view class updates and have a chance to connect with other students in class. This would be great because the students can get help from one another, post questions, set up study groups and make friends outside of class. The other fantastic thing about using facebook in the classroom is that so many students already know how to use it! Most young people love social networking sites and spend numerous hours on them. I think it would be a great tool in the classroom. The other tool I found to be useful in my classroom is youtube. Youtube is a website where you can broadcast yourself to the world. You can create videos and publish them so everyone can see them. Since I am teaching PE I think this will be a useful demonstration tool for my students. I can post techniques and show examples of movements they are learning. I can walk them through step by step what to do and have a video to further help them understand. For PE I think this will be helpful because some movements are hard to describe in words and can more easily demonstrated through video. Both of these tools will be helpful in my subject area!

Bio

My name is Cindy Blanco and I've lived in Salem, Oregon for the past 15 years. Before that I lived in Pittsburgh, Kansas a tiny little town of about 10,000 people. When I was 8 my Dad was offered a job and we bought a school bus for the move to Oregon. We took out all the seats, loaded up all our belongings, cats, you name it and drove to Oregon! The trip was a great adventure I will always remember. When we got to Oregon I was disappointed because I missed the sunshine we left behind in Kansas. Over time I have come to appreciate the rain because it gives us the beautiful green landscape. When I was 17 I met my high school sweetheart at a school dance and it was love at first sight. When I was twenty we tied the knot! After high school I attended Chemeketa Community College and when I graduated I transferred to Western Oregon University where I got a Bachelor's Degree in Education. My major was PE and my minor was Health Education. I love going to school and plan on never stopping if at all possible. My hobbies are fishing, going to any sporting event, playing basketball and softball, hiking, training my two jack russel's, watching movies, going to plays and museums, and traveling.