Erica+Barnaskey

My name is Erica Barnaskey. I am a Senior at Clemson University, and majoring in Early Childhood Education. I want to become a teacher because nothing in the world could ever beat the look in a child’s eyes when they have learned something new. I believe if teachers are connecting with their students, are aware of each students progress, are creative, and have a positive attitude students will be able to flourish in the classroom. This Fall, I am attending a practicum experience twice a week in Mrs. William's kindergarten classroom at Ravenel Elementary School in Seneca, South Carolina. I have already learned so much from this experience and I am so excited to have this wonderful learning opportunity. I was raised in Central, South Carolina. I enjoy Clemson football, fishing, hiking, going to the movies, reading, and spending time with friends and family.

**Erica Barnaskey's PLN** __Discovery Education:__ The first PLN is Discovery Education. This website is a great resource for teachers. You can go into the website and select the grade level and the topic of the lesson you are wanting to teach. Most of the lesson have videos that correlate to the lessons. This is very beneficial to the students because they can actually see a video of what your lesson is pertaining to. __PE Central:__ Pe Central is a great website for teacher's to find fun and unique ways to incorporate movement into their lessons. There are unlimited ideas and lesson plans for teachers to look through, and find one that fits their class. All of the lesson plans on the site are used to get children up on their feet and physically moving in the classroom.

 __Totally Tots:__ Totally tots is a blog with tons of free teacher activities. There are fun songs and crafts that can be done with students. Also, for helping students with their ABC's there is a list of helpful children's books for each letter of the alphabet. On the Totally Tots blog teachers can also find fun resources for teachers in middle the. For example, on the website there are ways you can use a cardboard box in classroom to a castle for the dramatic arts center. As a result of doing the PLN activity I have discovered websites and resources that I will definitely use when I am a teacher. Children are so fascinated by technology and all of the resources will be great tools for me to us as a teacher to get children interested and involved in lessons.

=**Blabberize**=

Poem- Mrs. Williams' Kindergarten Classroom Ravenel Elementary School Image- http://www.clker.com/clipart-9844.html

media type="custom" key="10855656" This activity correlates to the ELA Standards and the Guiding Principles in many ways. For ELA Standard K-3 The student understands and uses skills and strategies to read. Under Pneumonic Awareness and Phonics indicator K-3.13 Create rhyming words in response to an oral prompt. I could let students listen to the blabberize above and then have a discussion with them about what other words might rhyme with "host" or "toast". This blabberize could also be used to address ELA Standard K-3 indicator K-3.15 Use visual information including beginning sounds, ending sounds, and onsets and rimes. I could ask students to think of words that end in the same way the word "host" ends in. This activity also correlates with the Guiding Principles. Guiding Principle 8 states that, an effective English language arts curriculum utilizes all forms of media to prepare students to live in an information-rich society. By using Blabberize I could have student create their own poems and then record them. Blabberize could also be used in higher grades for discussing presidents or political leaders. I will definitely use Blabberize a lot when I have my own classroom because it makes learning fun for the students!