Introduction

Hello, my name is Meagan Marion and I am a first grade teacher at an OPS elementary school in Omaha, NE. This is my second year of teaching. I went to UNL for 3 years of my undergrad and to UNO for 2 years. I graduated with my degree in elementary education in May 2008. The purpose of this blog will be to post class projects and provide relevant educational information.

I consider myself pretty comfortable with technology. Things are always changing, but I try to keep up as best as I can. I have grown up as a PC person, but since I started teaching I have only used and currently use a Mac laptop, and I love it. So I guess you could say I'm both a PC and a Mac person. In my classroom I do not have a smart board or Elmo, all I have is an overhead projector, so integrating technology into my class can be tough at times. I do have 3 student computers and I have students work on them once a week to take reading tests and then several times a week to listen to a book. I use Word 2008.

I decided to pursue my master's degree at Peru State College right now because my husband is still in law school, so we both wanted to get our education done at the same time. Also, it's a great way to enhance my teaching practice. I like the online format of the E-cohort program as well.