1. Introduction:
Hello, my name is Lindsey Gipson, I am twenty-seven years old, and have grown up in Southern Alabama my entire life. I live here with my wonderful family: Daryl, my husband who is a Mobile Police Officer and a drill sergeant in the Army Reserves, my Third Grade daughter Camryn and my 3 month old daughter Marleigh. They are by far the best part of my life. As you can imagine we stay very busy juggling my husbands career, the two little ones, and now my new adventure as a student! I have spent the past 5 years working at Springhill Medical Center Lab as a lab tech and then moving up to Client Service Coordinator. This title lead me to the opportunity to teach new employees and work with some high school students who were thinking about pursuing a career in Laboratory Science. While doing this I a realized that I really enjoy teaching and I have a passion for science, and this is what has brought me to USA this semester . I have decided to go back to school and become a science teacher.
In my opinion it takes so much more than reading facts in a book and giving tests to be a good teacher. To be a not just good but affective teacher you must give students an experience. Give them a reason to remember that: “The basic structural and functional unit of all living things is a cell!” I just recited that definition from memory, a memory of my experience in 9th grade Biology where we laughed and danced to a rap my teacher made up about cells. I will never forget that! I want to make student’s experiences in my class unforgettable. I want them to not only remember the material I have taught them but to be able to use it and apply it to their everyday life. This has now become my passion. I am excited about this class, because I want to know how to use todays advances in communication and technology to help me reach my goal!
2. Randy Pausch on Time Management
This is the first time I have heard of Dr. Pausch, but I enjoyed the video on "Time Management". I loved hearing that it's ok to change your to do list. This doesn't mean you have failed, it just means that sometimes things just change. It also doesn't mean that you shouldn't make a to do list at all for fear that it might change. Pausch gives a nice tip: Start with the hardest thing on your list first, this will make the rest of the list easier to complete. Great video!
