EEND 677 Introduction Blog

Hi!
My name is Sheila Daly, I teach 5th Grade ESL at Roosevelt Elementary.  I taught three years in South Korea for the South Korean Government. I volunteered as a teacher in India for about three weeks, and I have traveled about twenty countries in my lifetime (I intend my list to keep growing). South Korea was an incredible experience and if I did not have family in Illinois, I would have returned to SK a long time ago. I am currently finishing my fifth year in Cicero, IL, and have overall been very pleased with my experience working in this very unique subculture.

My current “comfort level” with technology would be “lan Status”(totally joking). I am comfortable enough with turning a computer on and off and basic programs. I utilize GAFE daily, and my students are often collaboratively working in their Google Classroom. There are other websites I have experimented with throughout the past few months that I have enjoyed using with my students. Some of those websites are Linoit.com and FlipGrid, in addition to all the wonders Google Suite offers!

In regards to EdTech successes and failures, my exposure is rudimentary and I don’t feel I have had an opportunity to truly “succeed” or truly “fail”.  Taking these courses is definitely something outside the “comfort zone”. So here comes the anxiety, insecurity, confusion, and all the fun of being a student in an unfamiliar territory! Woohoo!
I suppose it is a humble reminder how our students sometimes must feel when presented with new information 💙💚💛