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Name: Kelly Tenkely
Teaching History: 1 year as a 2nd grade classroom teacher, 6 years as a k-5 technology specialist/teacher.
Currently I am teaching 3-5 grade technology and acting as technology integration specialist and instructional coach for elementary teachers.
Favorite Treats: Pez, Junior Mints, Peanut M&M’s, Cordial Hershey’s Kisses, anything Godiva, Dove, ChocoLove, Hershey…do you see a pattern here? I am a chocoholic!
Favorite Technology: Apple specifially my MacBook Pro, iPhone, and iPod Nano, Pages (the best word processor in the world), iPhoto, Firefox, Twitter, Word Press Skitch, iMovie, GarageBand, Remote Desktop (because I’m a computer teacher), Nintendo Wii (and Wiimote), the Internet…because how great is that?!, and Google Reader.
Favorite Movie: Currently, Wall-E (hooray for Pixar!)
Favorite TV Shows: The Office, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Top Gear, anything HGTV
Best time of day: Just before sunset
Best puppy in the world: Mine! Look at her, have you ever seen a cuter pup?! This is Aya (a Shiba Inu) when she was a year old, she really isn’t much bigger than this now.
So this is me, I figured that after three years of blogging it might be nice to put a face with the posts. I know that I enjoy knowing more about my favorite bloggers and even though I’m not that interesting, I thought: what the heck…I’ll make an about me page anyway! I wasn’t always the computer geek I am today…I kind of fell into the computer teacher roll and found out that I love it and that I have a passion for technology (particularly Apple!!) who knew? My goal is to help teachers fall in love with technology the way that their students have. I believe that technology reaches students in a way that few other mediums can. It ignites a fire, a desire to learn, and gives them the ability to express themselves in meaningful ways. I have never had a student who didn’t love my class…I am a good teacher but I am not THAT good, what they love is using technology to learn. So with that in mind, I set out to give teachers a resource where they could find easy-to-implement ideas for using technology in their own classrooms. I hope that iLearn Technology is a great resource for teachers but also that they would find even one piece of technology that they are passionate about. I have found in my own technology walk, all it took was one really great website (www.starfall.com) and I was hooked. My belief is that technology meets students needs, engages them, and helps them to be the best learner they can be.
