Introducing Myself

Hi! My name is Caroline Yvette. They are my two first names. I never used either of them until I became an adult. The only name I ever was was my real middle name. I am still called by that name by all my family members and close friends. I guess that was the name my parents gave me and the others were given to me by my grandparents. Then I was registered by the Registrar of Births in my native Trinidad as such. I love all my names. I think they are mostly used by royal families who adore their children. I have two lovely girls and they are very smart. I get some of my insight of the average day in a classroom from them. They are very outspoken and forthright about their passions. My husband too is in school. He is studying Diesel Technology. Other than his family, this is the love of his life.

Teaching has Changed

Over the years I realized teaching has changed. Back in the day teaching was all pen and paperwork, and textbooks and notebooks. Now it's all this new technology. Fine, I understand that it is easier to grade, make tests, lesson plans, and communicate with other staff and parents by computer; but teaching too.

This is absolutely amazing what can be done to improve the interest amongst our students. They are already bombarded by all these multimedia forms of information. If we as teachers prepare classwork for them in the format they have become accustomed to, then we might be able to reach more students and get the curriculum information out to them.

When I taught elementary school at 19 years old, I had to make my own charts, my own manipulatives, use the chalkboard, and mostly only textbooks; now why not make a powerpoint presentation, send them to get the information online, give them an interactive quiz that was designed to meet their needs, tell the lesson in the form of a digital story. A whole hosts of ways are out there to help teachers.

Wow! When would teachers stop learning? Can we? I guess, never. For as long as we stay in this profession we would have to keep up with the times. I had my daughter tell me, "you have to make your comments interesting, and interactive, get into it (she's a tech guru", well I hope I did.

First Semester as Preservice Teacher

The first semester at my new school is almost over. Everything is coming together now. There are many ways that all my classes are related. The main goal here is to work towards the common goal of being trained to meet the needs of the students that I will meet when I am in the classroom.

About Me

I am a student in college. I have recently transferred to this college to be an education major with the content area of Mathematics. I enjoy working with young people and I sleep and eat math.