Thing 3

Writing a blog can be useful for teacher education programs because it can help other people who are trying to be teachers. Being able to see what other people are thinking can be helpful to others that are going through the same things or situations. Seeing other colleagues blogs can help you to relate to issues they are dealing with and you can offer advice to them. It's a good opportunity to get tips and learn from others. Keeping a blog in your classroom would be good for your students because it would give them an opportunity to express themselves and they can post about how they feel about things. This could also show the students how much alike they actually think and they can help others by answering each others questions or by encouraging each other.

Thing 2

I have no previous experience in making a blog. Before I started this blog, I had no idea how to make a blog. I decided on my blog name and post because I am original and I just used my name Heather Lowery. My experience in creating this blog was hard for me. I did not know how to create avatars or upload images before this class. I created an avatar that looks like me because that's who I am. I have hair that is brown/black that touches my shoulder and brown eyes. I created a pink shirt because pink is one of my favorite colors and jeans because I like to wear jeans. My avatar has sneakers on because I like to be comfortable and wear sneakers. The sneakers match the shirt because I like for my outfits to match. I'm an easy going person and I can change my look whenever I have to.

Thing 1

I think that the easiest habit for me to do out of the 7 1/2 things is habit one: to begin with a goal in mind. This is easy for me because I always make goals for myself whether big or small. I try to always achieve my goals and if I come up short, I can see what I need to do next time to make it. The hardest habit for me would be habit four: Have confidence in yourself as a competent, reflective learner. This is hard for me because I'm always questioning myself and wondering if I'm doing things right. Sometimes, I do not have confidence in myself and it's hard for me to believe I'm doing things right because I feel that I can always improve myself. I need to understand that what I'm doing is good enough. My experience in setting up this blog was challenging to me because I have never kept a blog before and I had to learn what to do. I'm not a very creative person, so trying to create this blog was not fun for me. I don't mind writing down my feelings because I feel that its good to let them out. I just wish that they already had a blog already with photos and sayings, but then it wouldn't be my own so I see why they did not do that. I want to learn how to keep a blog and to see examples of other people's blogs. I hope I end up doing this right.