Graduation and Beyond...

So I know I have not written in this blog in awhile, but a lot of exciting things have been happening with my future teaching career. I'm thinking about changing the name to my blog to something more general about teaching because I don't want the main focus to just be on technology, but on everything going on in my teaching. That doesn't mean that I won't be talking about technology in the classroom. I just want to broaden the topic a bit. I will have to think about a creative title sometime. Anyways, so this past weekend I officially graduated from Michigan State University with honors and with a bachelor's degree in elementary education with teaching minors in math and geography. I was a little nervous beforehand about graduating and starting a new chapter in my life,b but recently I have been talking with my CT for next year, which has made me really excited! I am in Hazel Park at Webster elementary and I will be teaching 2nd grade, which is a year younger than what I have previously experienced. My teacher said that most of the students live in rented homes and they are low income, but I am already used to this because of my experience at Reo Elementary this year, so I already understand the circumstances. I am meeting with her next week Thursday so I can become introduced to the school and ask her any questions that I have. She sounds really nice and helpful and said she would give me some things to look over this summer and would give me class lists and schedules as soon as she receives them so I am acquainted with everything before the first day of school. She seems very on top of this and I would assume she has had an MSU intern before because of how helpful she seems already. I'm ready to dive into a new part of my life and to help this school out as best as I can. I can't wait to get started and am going to prepare all summer for this internship in hopes that I make a great impression on the school and change some students' lives for the better.