Hi! This is my first time using a blog so I hope I am not to boring! I never thought of starting a blog, but for my class Curriculum Planning and Development it seemed like a good reason to. This class is opening my eyes to a whole new world of teaching and learning. I am learning so many things I never knew existed in the teaching world, and enjoying learning new techniques that I can use one day as a teacher. There is such a huge world online of teaching blogs and websites that I never were out there. Websites such as Slideshare.com and delicious.com and teaching programs such as Inspiration are some things this class introduced me to and look forward to using. I am also learning a lot through the readings which has opened my eyes to a whole new world. For example, I learned that curriculum is not just simply the content teachers give students during the year. I learned that there are a bunch of different types of curriculum. I learned that curriculum exists outside of the classroom such as phantom and societal curriculums. There are also concepts I was aware of but this class taught me more about it. For example, active learning is a concept I was aware of but gained more knowledge of. I thought it was interesting that there is little active learning occuring in classrooms but it is easy to bring in to a classroom. I learned that mock trials is a great way to bring active learning in the classroom. Ok that is all for now but I will post later on in the week!