Welcome to our Class Blog! It will be used in a variety of ways to extend course content. It is open to YOU to find creative ways to use it to solidify and extend your own learning!!!
Topics discussed in class will be discussed and explored here through your interaction and sharing with one another. Questions relative to class material and assignments are welcome here. Information relative to tests will be posted here such as sample questions and model answers. Posting to the blog - either your own initial posts, responding to others or a combination of the two is a REQUIRED part of the course and a part of your overall grade. You are required to post each month of the semester and it is most beneficial to you and your peers if you take time to do this at least once weekly.
Get started by posting a brief introduction of yourself! Please include your major, years at EKU and home town/state. You may include other information about you, your family, future goals, etc.
My name is Sarah Morrow. I am a freshman here at EKU, majoring in Special Education LBD. I am from Cincinnati Ohio and I participated in a vocational school program for aspiring teachers my senior year of high school. It was there that I fell in love with special education. I’m still undecided on what exactly I want to teach, but as of right now I am thinking high school students that have multiple handicaps. I am looking forward to this semester and being a part of SED 260!
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm Robin Hawkins and I'm a sophomore at EKU. My major is Special Education and I have been here are EKU for going on two years. I am originally from Frankfort, Kentucky but live here in Richmond now.
ReplyDeleteI'm taking this class as a requirement for my major, but I am eager to learn more about this content that will be essential to my career. I look forward to learning and taking the new information along with me as I become an educator!
My name is Carol and I live in London, Kentucky, this is my second semester at EKU. I am working on my getting my degree in special education EBD with a minor in psychology. I have worked with students that suffer from severe to moderate disabilities and now with Emotional Behavior Disorders. I have worked in the educational field for 15 years and absolutely love my job! I hope someday I can help make a difference in the lives of those children. I consider what I do a blessing rather than a job. These children deserve a chance in life just as everyone else, most are dealt a bad hand and that is where we strive to make it better for them. Most come from broken and abusive homes and cry out for attention and misbehaving is the way they go about to get it.
ReplyDeleteI have been married for 26 years, my husband and I have two boys, both are married and now have families of their own. We have been blessed with one grandchild. There is nothing like being a grandparent! I love being outdoors, mowing, four wheeling and gardening; just anything to get me outside! I enjoy spending time with my family and friends.
I am looking forward to this class and semester.
Greetings! My full name is Charity Danielle Reed and I'm from Barbourville Kentucky (which is in very close proximity to the blog above this one) but now I live in Richmond. This is my fourth year at EKU, however, I will not be graduating this semester due to the gift and the curse of the ITP program (I'm totes kidding I love ITP!) Which brings me to my major, I am studying to be an Interpreter of American Sign Language and I will have a minor in Special Education. Looking forward to the class! See you guys Thursday!
ReplyDeleteHello everyone. My name is Danny O'Toole. I am a Special Ed. LBD/ Middle Grade Social Studies major. I am a Senior at EKU and plan on doing my student teaching next spring. I grew up on a farm in Owen County, KY. I plan to teach back there after i graduate. I'm looking forward to this class.
ReplyDeleteHello everyone. My name is Linda Stocker but my nickname is Shelly. I started school after being out for 10 yrs. I got saved, started teaching Preschool age through 2nd grade at church. When it was time for the 2nd grade children to move up to the 3rd grade class room they cried. From there God impressed upon my heart to return to school and become an elementary teacher. I am K through 5 certified with a minor in Child and Family (2005). I am a graduate student, I am currently enrolled in the IECE program and will complete my certification in the summer. Then I plan on finishing my masters in Reading and writing.
ReplyDeleteI taught first grade for 2 years in Estill County. However, when two of the schools merged they had too many teachers. Therefore, I lost my position. I taught 2 years in Fayette County. I taught in a special traditional classroom for behavior children grades 1st through 5th. The classroom was called Highly Structured Intervention Classroom. The students would work their way through a level system to return back to the classroom (98% of the students returned to the classroom successfully). I am currently subbing and looking for a full time position.
I live in Berea with my wonderful little dog named Layla. Who has me well trained. I also have two cats Gizzie and Otto and some fish. I don't have any children but get my niece Bethany almost every weekend. I am very active in my church, my passion is teaching and shaping lives, I like to spend time with my family and friends, and work out at the gym.
Hello everyone! My name is Jaime Younce and I am a junior here at EKU. I am majoring in Special Education LBD and Elementary Education P-5. I have always known I wanted to be a teacher, but just decided last year that I wanted to teach special education. I'm looking forward to taking this class!
ReplyDeleteI am from a small town in Michigan called White Pigeon. It's about a six hour drive from here. I often get asked how I ended up at EKU, and the answer is: my mom went here, so I get a discount, the education program is good, I got a scholarship, the rest of my extended family lives in Eastern Kentucky so I can visit often and I wanted to get away from home, even though that meant leaving my family, friends and fiance! It was a great decision because I love it here! :)
Hello, my name is Sarah Stokes and I am from London, KY. I transferred to EKU with my AA with hopes to teach middle school deaf and hard of hearing. I was initially inspired to work with the deaf and hard of hearing because I have a wonderful niece and nephew that were both born severely hearing impaired. I see first hand how much patience, and work it takes and is needed to help them learn and function in school and in everyday life. Hopefully after I graduate I will be able not to just make a difference in my families life but also in the school system.
ReplyDeleteThis is my fourth semester at EKU and I can't wait to continue learning and getting on my way to a fulfilling career.
Hello, my name is Courtney McGuire and I live in Berea, Kentucky. This is my third year at EKU. I am majoring in Elementary Education P-5 and Special Education LBD. I am so excited to begin this semester because that means I am one step closer to my future and everything that it brings!
ReplyDeleteHello all!! I am Allen Ball (John Allen Ball. Sometimes that gets confusing for professors because I don't go by my first name. I am a grad student. I finished my bacholors degree here at EKU in the ITP (interpreter training program)in 2002. I worked in educational interpreting for 6 years Harrison County. Then after finishing my Masters Degree teaching LBD at Georgetown College, I took the Deaf/Hard of Hearing teaching position in Harrison County with a teaching waivor until I finished my DHH Certification. That is what I'm doing now. I am in my 3rd year teaching and love working with kids. I am also the Speech Team coach at the high school. I also work with the Drama Dept at the High school as the stage mananger and lighting tech. I sing karaoke as a hobby. I was a Karaoke DJ for 8 years, in between doing all this other stuff. I went back to school when I was 28 and am still continuing my education at age 40, so don't ever let anyone say that you can't do it. Only you can decide that and you have to believe in yourself! Be that little red train engine and shout it out, "I think I can!", and you will!.
ReplyDeleteOh and I forgot.. I live in Lexington and have been there since 1999, I lived in Danvile 5 years prior to that, but I am originally from New Haven, KY which is just south of Bardstown, KY where MY Old Kentucky Home is located. I have a partner of 10 years, 2 dogs, and 2 cats. We are a happy little family. I also love to cook and my grandmother taught me well.
ReplyDeleteHello :) I'm a little late on this one, but my name is Catherine Laswell. I am a sophomore and majoring in ITP. I am originally from Danville, Kentucky. I hope to graduate asap and get a well paying interpreting job and to start a family. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to read your intros here and look at your cards! It's also fun to read your expectations of me! I can't wait for you to see those and know that I have a huge commitment to meet them!
ReplyDeleteHello! I'm Amanda Williamson. I'm a junior and majoring in Communication Disorders at the moment. I live off campus in Richmond but Belfry, KY is my home. :)
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Lacey Collip. I'm a sophomore, majoring in LBD/Elem. Ed (P-5). I am originally from Canada, but have been living in Indianapolis, IN since I was about 6. I have an older sister, who is married to a Marine, they live out in California. I have been taking Spanish since I was 5 and have been fluent since about 4th or 5th grade.
ReplyDeleteI realized I wanted to be a teacher my senior year of high school when I got the opportunity to take a class that allowed me to be a cadet teacher in a fourth grade classroom. I then began to realize that the major I had originally chosen to go to school for, Forensic Science, was not at all what I really wanted to spend the rest of my life doing. So here I am. :]
HI!! My name is Tiffany Gasaway. I'm a Junior majoring in Communication Disorders. I'm from Fairfield, Oh. In the future I want to have a career that I am helping children. I have always loved being around kids and want to be helping them with their problems. I am excited about this class and learning more about kids and Special Education.
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ReplyDeleteHi everyone!! My name is Chelsea Boyce and I am a sophomore here at EKU. I am majoring in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education. I am loving it so far! I currently live in Cincinnati, OH but I was born and raised in a small country town in North Carolina.
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm Ashley Overbeck, i am a sophomore at EKU. i am also majoring is Deaf education with a double major in Math education because I love math. I am originally from West Chester OH, grew up right down the street from Kings Island my whole life. finally got to move out and come to Richmond for college and i love it.
ReplyDeleteAshley, did you have a season pass to go to KI so you could go often or living that close it was no big deal so didn't really go?
ReplyDeleteNow that we have a a couple of classes it's neat to read these and put a name/story with a face!
ReplyDeleteHey everyone! I'm Macey Shoulders and a Junior. I'm from Henderson, Ky and I transferred here in spring of 09. My major is special education-IECE with a child development minor. My goal is to teach pre-school and so far i'm loving every minute of it :) There is nothing like hearing a story from a three year old, they say the funniest things!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone, my name is Johnna Rose. I'm enrolled in the IECE program and hope to earn my degree this fall. I'm a mother of two crazy girls. Savannah is 10 and Emily is 7. I live in Jackson County and a employed Sand Gap Elem. as a aide in a pre-school classroom.
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm Mandy Profitt. I just changed majors from psychology to special education-lbd and this is the end of my second year at Eastern Kentucky University. I'm from Powell county but I live on campus and I work as a student tutor at Kit Carson Elementary.
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