Greetings:

It has been a long week for everyone I have spoken to today. Apparently, not a stress free week. Personally, it has been a bit tough, but my sister and her family are in tomorrow for a visit. I am looking forward to seeing them.

I have learned a lot in class this week. Those wicked passwords being my biggest headache. BTW ;) if anyone is having problems with their ISTE account, if you have an @ sign in your log-in, or any other symbol, there is a known problem. You will need to call them and have them manually change your account. They are very friendly people and easy to deal with there. Have a good weekend and relax!

My name is Jonina Pogue, but I’ll answer to almost anything. With a name like this you become very flexible. I was born and raised in San Diego. Somewhere in all of this we lived in Milwaukee, WI, because two of my brothers were born there. I went to school in the Del Mar school system. I spent six years in the Special Education program there. My inspiration for teaching is Mrs. Edgington. She was completely unstoppable. When I did a career internship in high school, she was till teaching! I have always wanted to teach, but life took other paths, finally I am ready for this endeavor.

I have been on computers my whole life. I have worked on just about every platform out there. Mainly on PC based machines. A family friend was part of the beginning Web development out of Stanford University. So we got to play with all types of strange programs and machines. Mostly I have been on the hardware side of the computer age. I work for a large computer storage company now. I burn medical software information for clients. I have little or no experience with iPods and CD players, etc. I have a lot to learn in this class.

Commitment is the phrase that stands out to me. We have a commitment to teach the adults of tomorrow. This commitment is a group effort. I want to be part of that future. I have a commitment to train myself to be the best teacher I can be with the skills available, and to continue to improve those skills for the rest of my life. By my learning these skills I am better able to help my colleagues and students in their goals. It is going to take a concentrated effort by all of us to prepare for the future.