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 * Grade Level/Discipline:**

Currently I am a Media Paraeducator at a large elementary school outside of Baltimore, working on my masters in Education and School Librarianship, hoping to become a School Librarian next year.


 * Few Facts about myself:**


 * 1) **Fact 1**: This is my second career. I worked for 12 years in intelligence before stopping to raise my children for ten years. Now I'm back to work and school for my midlife reinvention (not crisis!).
 * 2) **Fact 2**: I've been training to walk 60 miles next weekend in support of breast cancer research. I'll be doing it over 3 days, thankfully! I've never walked this distance in that period of time so I'm quite excited (and nervous).
 * 3) **Fact 3**: I enjoy cooking and even more so, eating.
 * 4) **Fact 4**: I have a husband and two children, and we love to travel. This summer we went to Quebec. If you have never been, I highly recommend it!

Here is a picture of all of us. The idea was to scream like we were going to die but one of us didn't get the memo.




 * What I'd like to learn or get out of this course:**

Even though I'm a digital immigrant, I'm fascinated by and I use technology daily. I'm raising digital natives and I want to understand how they learn because I can attest that they learn and experience the world VERY differently than we did. And I plan on being a school librarian helping elementary school students learn to safely use the internet and all the wonderful digital tools we have to inquire, create, and share what they learn with others. This course is my elective choice in my masters program.


 * My favorite game(s):** Right now, it's Words With Friends on my iPhone! if you like to play, i'll play with you! I'm bluegrass0811.