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Run Spot run....
My Dad loved Dr. Suess and read it to us. I learn to read and write in 1st grade - beginning the learning curve -
Book Fairs in the library
I loved to look at books, but I hated to read. It was hard for me and I couldn't concentrate. I faked reading in the "reading circle" -
High School - reading necessary
Learning to find answers without fully reading text. I enjoyed looking at the dictionary and encylopedias. I read directions for sewing, cooking, arts and crafts. I could write for the newspaper and yearbook, but I didn't have the eloquent story writing one of my friends had. Where did that eloquence come from I wondered. -
Art History in college
Had to read this huge book and remember what I read. I had to develop new skills and techniques to master this reading. I learned better note taking, how to find what was important, how to review the text first for clues. -
Reading for Fun
I found a love for Agatha Christy books and read them for severl years. -
Technology
I first learned to use the old punch card computers at MU -
Personal Computer
Our first personal computer to learn how to use -
Farming and starting a journal
I choose to raise sheep, I had to read all about them and stay current with magazine reading.
I start a journal to help me deal with my family relationships. -
Teaching
I decide to get my certificate to teach art. Educational journals, education jargon..........new process. Reading, writing, lesson plans, psychology, reflections.......... -
Masters
Begin UMKC for masters program. Took some time off and picked it up later. More reading, more educational jargon, more refection and professional writing skills needed. -
Cell Phone
New forms of communication -
Internet
It becomes common to use -
Internet use daily
It is now a daily use - e-mail a form of writing and keeping current
research of information at our fingertips
new skills needed to determine valid use and information -
Facebook and Personal Networking
More new ways to communicate, write, get and share information, compile information................what is next? -
10 years of teaching
Every year I learn, every year I find new things to teach, new ways to teach them, and new questions for myself...........
