Alex+Goodman



My name is Alex Goodman. I am a fifth year senior at Clemson. I live in Duncan, SC right now with my mom, dad, sister, and dog. I have lived in Duncan since I was five years old. My dog Presley is eight years old. He is a Maltese and he is my baby. I am so excited to be started my first Internship at Crestview Elementary. I am also super excited about becoming a teacher. It has been a lifelong dream of mine and it is finally coming true. I am sort of comfortable with technology, but I do not know how to do anything fancy. I do not know how to figure out cords, or software programming, or how to write a program, but I can create things on a word processor, excel, PowerPoint, prezi, and Discovery Education. I also know how to edit pictures with photoshop or iPhoto. At Crestview, there are Promethean boards in the classrooms. I am not very comfortable with interactive whiteboards because I have not had a lot of experience with them, but I hope to learn a lot more about them through my field experience. I am not really sure what other kind of technology is available at our schools. We have three desktop computers in our classroom and one laptop that is connected to the Promethean board. I haven't had the chance to go to the library or computer lab to see the other technology that is available. One thing I found interesting on Edutopia was Project-Based Learning. I think this would be a very valuable tool for my classroom. This would be appropriate for my ideal classroom because students get to do things that apply to their lives. This is so important because students will not see the importance of learning something unless they can see the connection between every day life and the classroom. It will also be very valuable for students because they will really understand what they are doing, so they will remember it throughout their life. Lastly, it will increase motivation. Student motivation is so important because if they don't want to learn, they are not going to.