June, 25, 2013
Hello! My name is Natalie Murphy. I grew up in Fairview, Pennsylvania and then attended Indiana University where I got a degree in Middle School Education. I then moved to Indianapolis where I met my husband. We have two boys who are 14 and 17 and will attend Westfield High School next year as a freshman and senior. I am taking this class to renew my teaching license.
I work at Westfield Middle School and this year I will teach reading fluency. For the last two years I have worked with another teacher teaching reading comprehension. We have been a great team and are sad to be broken up but this way we will reach more students and we have found that for kids to comprehend what they are reading they need to be fluent readers first. I love that my school district is willing to acknowledge that there are kids still having problems at this age and not just pass them along. Reading can be taught!
As part of my class I will be using a computer program call Reading Assistant. I thought W531 would be a great help to me because beyond checking email and surfing the web a little I don't have much computer knowledge.
Hi Natalie,
ReplyDeleteI would imaging teaching reading fluency and comprehension is very fulfilling. I teach anatomy and physiology labs at IU Kokomo. I’ve worked at the university for almost 20 years and have been teaching for 4 years. It was really an unexpected fluke that I started teaching in the first place. I’ve always loved working at the university, but when I started teaching, my job felt less like ‘This is what I do’ and more like ‘This is who I am’. I can’t imagine doing anything else.
I don’t have a lot of computer knowledge either, but I’m looking forward to learning more about the available technologies and how to use them. I’m also looking forward to hearing more from you this semester!