My First Post - Introduction

Hi everyone, my name is Anthony and I am going to be in the Single Subject Mathematics credential program beginning in the fall. I graduated from the University of Redlands in the spring of 2008 with a B.S. in Mathematics and a Minor in Computer Science. The minor in computer science I obtained more than readied me for this course, far surpassing the minimum Computer Competencies requirement for the course. I spent countless hours behind a computer screen writing computer code in many different languages.

I have also had many experiences working with children, mostly in the high school age range. My first experience working with high school students was when I worked as a volunteer tutor at Escondido High School in their AVID program for a year. More recently, I currently hold a job as a tutor at a small tutoring company in Temecula, where I live. I have been doing that for about a year now and I love it. As far as the credential program is concerned, as I said above, I have just recently been admitted to the Single Subject Mathematics program and and currently taking this class, along with the other two pre-requisite courses in order to be fully admitted for the fall.

From this class I hope to network with both current and future teachers to learn about how to apply technology in the classroom. I received some experience with this in my work at Escondido High, however, I would love to hear new ideas from other people about how to integrate it. As someone who considers themselves technically savvy, technology in the classroom is something I will attempt to utilize whenever possible.