20 years ago I was a student at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, MI. I married my high school sweetheart right after graduation. My daughter graduated from Arthur Hill last year. One of my sons is a freshman this year at Arthur Hill. And I have taught at Arthur Hill for the past three years. My name is Angelica Lozano-Garcia and I have been a passionate educator in the Saginaw Public School District for the past seven years. I have taught all levels of Spanish, High school English Language Arts and elementary summer school. I love teaching the Students of Saginaw because they remind me of myself thirty years ago when I too was the underdog facing the same adversities that my students face today. I can relate to my students on so many levels. They inspire me and it is my desire to level the playing field and teach them 21st century skills so they can compete in a technology enriched world. My goal for the next year is to equip my classroom with a set of Ipads and incorporate learning with the use of these devices.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Video Bio Pt 1
20 years ago I was a student at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, MI. I married my high school sweetheart right after graduation. My daughter graduated from Arthur Hill last year. One of my sons is a freshman this year at Arthur Hill. And I have taught at Arthur Hill for the past three years. My name is Angelica Lozano-Garcia and I have been a passionate educator in the Saginaw Public School District for the past seven years. I have taught all levels of Spanish, High school English Language Arts and elementary summer school. I love teaching the Students of Saginaw because they remind me of myself thirty years ago when I too was the underdog facing the same adversities that my students face today. I can relate to my students on so many levels. They inspire me and it is my desire to level the playing field and teach them 21st century skills so they can compete in a technology enriched world. My goal for the next year is to equip my classroom with a set of Ipads and incorporate learning with the use of these devices.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Technical Funny Moment
I never really pursued technology until recently when I was forced to realize that I had to get with it or get left by it. One of the moments that made me realize that was when I was teaching my 9th grade ELA class using a media projector. I was giving a lesson and facing the students while they took notes or responded to whatever visuals I was presenting on the screen behind me. My email alert was enabled and I didn't know how to disable it. So it wasn't unusual for an email alert to pop up during my many presentations and be visible to my students. Most often my students would react to them by repeating what it said like I really needed them to reiterate whatever was in the subject box. Most of my emails were from colleagues and was work related but I also used my work email for personal purposes like paying my bills and shopping. I also shared my email with stores that I frequent like Pier 1, Bath Body Works, Amazon, etc..so that I could get coupons. Nevertheless, on this particular day when I was giving a presentation with the media projector I received an email alert in front of the class. It read:
All Very Sexy Push-Up Bras 50% OFF and Panties Buy One Get One Free. Sale Starts at 8AM!
My students, again, felt they needed to reiterate the announcement. Then the questions flooded, "Ooooh, Mrs. Garcia, you be shopping at Victoria's Secret?" I tried to lie and say that I really like the make-up they sell. I was trying to avoid the idea of Mrs. Garcia and undergarments. It was a really funny but mostly -embarrassing moment. After that, I did learn how to disable the email pop-up alert and even showed a veteran colleague how to disable his when an email alert for Viagra popped up during a presentation he was giving to the staff at a meeting a short time later.
Click here to listen in full detail the moment technology made me pursue it. Hope you enjoy. God bless.
All Very Sexy Push-Up Bras 50% OFF and Panties Buy One Get One Free. Sale Starts at 8AM!
My students, again, felt they needed to reiterate the announcement. Then the questions flooded, "Ooooh, Mrs. Garcia, you be shopping at Victoria's Secret?" I tried to lie and say that I really like the make-up they sell. I was trying to avoid the idea of Mrs. Garcia and undergarments. It was a really funny but mostly -embarrassing moment. After that, I did learn how to disable the email pop-up alert and even showed a veteran colleague how to disable his when an email alert for Viagra popped up during a presentation he was giving to the staff at a meeting a short time later.
Click here to listen in full detail the moment technology made me pursue it. Hope you enjoy. God bless.
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