February 4,2010 Vanesa Fonseca-Garcia Volume 1 Issue 1

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and
leave a trail.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

using computers to practice math

Welcome!
W
facts. Along with using
elcome to
technology to make learning fun
class 2nd
we will also use it to
graders. I hope
communicate. In order to do this
that this year you
we will use the following
will discover a love
technology and programs:
for learning. I am
Projectors
excited and ready
Computers
for a year of
Over heads
adventure. Before
PowerPoint
we learn anything
Microsoft
I would like you to learn some
Word
things about me. I was born in
Excel
Indio, CA. I love to read mystery
books. My favorite children’s
books are from the Arthur series. I Class Norms
I
love teaching all subjects and n order to have safe fun in the
will make sure that you enjoy class room we need to set some
learning about all topics. classroom norms. These norms
are set in order to be able to
manage the classroom smoothly.
Technology Here are the classroom norms:

I
understand that Raise your hand before
most of you spend a you speak
significant part of Be prepared to learn
your leisure time using Be respectful
technology so I decided to Be aware that failure to respect
incorporate it until our daily these norms will have a
learning. We will have group consequence. The
projects that will require visual consequences will be
presentations. We will also be discussed in class.