Thing #1 of "23 Things"

Lifelong Learning and Learning 2.0

All right… Hi everyone! Hello strangers! This is my first Blog. I have written stuff before on the internet but never a blog and never in English, so please bear with me and don’t be too demanding with my English.
This Blog is about “Thing #1” of the 23 things that I should do as part of the grade for a college class. Thing #1 is about “Seven and 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners”. In a few words, these habits are goals, responsibility, attitude, confidence, planning, and to be a teacher and a player; to have fun when learning. Finally, the use of technology to enhance humans’ natural limits and to increase productivity is also an important habit.
I am a “Lifelong Learner” and I believe I have all of these habits although some come easier than others. I have immediate and long term goals. My immediate goals as a learner are to get the most out of this class (Instructional Technology Strategies) with the objective to improve my teaching. I teach Algebra 1 in a High School. Another immediate goal is to finish reading some books about classroom management and strategies as well as to learn more techniques and ideas to better prepare my students. My long term goal is to get a MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching). My real long term goal involves continuing education as far as I can go… maybe one day I decide to finish a Ph.D.
I am responsible, confident and have a positive learning attitude. I am a teacher who loves to see the spark of understanding in my students' faces. I enjoy teaching more than anything; I always did, even when I was a kid.
I like discipline. Discipline is crucial in any classroom, but especially in a math classroom. However, my students know that there is a very young side in me. When there is time to play I am the first one in line.
The use of technology to my advantage is perhaps the easiest of all the habits. I’ve been a technology junkie since the invention of the computer. I was building computers and digital components based on Intel microprocessors 8080, 8086, 8088 and also Z80 since my college years in the eighties (I graduated in 1986 with a Master in Physics and Mathematics and a concentration in digital electronics for automation of physics experiments).
The hardest habit for me is what I call planning: “Create your own learning toolbox”. I think is harder because it requires organization and planning ahead. I am not necessarily a disorganized person, but I have to admit that I am not very organized either. Also, I like adventure and the factor of surprise and spontaneity!
I suppose I should work on improving all of the habits, especially this last one: Planning and creating a learning toolbox.

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