Alex+Corey

**Hello! My name is Alex Corey, and I am from Kingstree, South Carolina. I am currently a senior, early childhood major at Clemson University. After I graduate I plan to attend graduate school and receive a masters in either speech pathology or early intervention. I have a passion for children, and I am very excited that I will have the chance to work with children everyday. It is amazing to see how much potential every child has, and it will be my responsible to make sure that my students are given that opportunity. In my free time I enjoy hiking, going to the beach, and spending quality time with my friends and family.**  

=Alex Corey's PLN=

**The Inspired Apple:** The Inspired Apple is a blog of a first grade teacher named Abby, although she calls herself Blabbling Abby. On this blog she posts many lesson plan ideas and projects. This blog also includes other resources including other teachers' blogs and websites. I really like that she gives credit to any ideas that she gets from other people or websites. Also, I really like how on the left hand side of the page she has a "find it fast" area where she groups topics together. **Pinterest:** Pinterest is a great blog to use as a teacher. It allows you to organize and store things that you find on the web. Pinterest has many predetermined categories, but you also have the option of creating your own. Some of the things that are found on this website are arts and crafts ideas, educational idea, themed ideas, and ways to design your classroom.
 * Discovery Education: ** Discovery Education is a website that comes from the Discovery Channel. I really like that on this website there is an opinion at the top of the page to go into teacher content. This is a great option to have because you don't have to logon to recieve these privileges . Under the teacher content, it breaks it up into grades and then into content areas. This is a great place to get dependable lesson plans and lesson plan ideas.

After exploring other teacher's blogs and educational websites, I realized how beneficial technology is in the field of education. By using the PLN web I was able to see that there are so many dependable resources out there. I will definitely use some of the websites, that I have found while doing this assignment, when I start teaching. Many of these websites are a great way to brainstorm and get creative ideas. Although the internet has many great ideas out there, it is very important as a teacher, to be able to identify whether a website is dependable or undependable. This assignment was a good way to start exploring the web in a professional manner.

=Blabberize= Poem- http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/202.html Picture- http://www.halloweenclipart.com/halloween_clipart_images/a_cute_cartoon_jack_o_lantern_smiling_for_halloween_trick_or_treaters_0515-1008-1901-3203.html

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I will use this activity in my class often. I think that this is a great way to get the students engaged and stay focused. In an early childhood classroom this would work great with oral language development, which is a kindergarten standard. Standard K-4 and indicators 1 and 2 state that the student begins to create writing that includes a clear focus, coherent organization, sufficient detail, and effective voice. Which generate ideas orally or in writing using strategies such as drawing, using pictures, and literary models, and generates complete sentences orally and in writing. This activity gives young students a great opportunity to create their own stories orally and if the student is advanced enough, have them write out their story first. Blabberize could also work well when teaching about history to keep the students interested. I could use this particular one in my class while I was teaching about fall. Also, it could spark a discussion about whether or not a pumpkin could actually grown in a person, which would be connected to science standards of the life cycle. This activity can be used so much in the classroom.