Technology Self Assessment: School 2.0

(NETS-S II, V) I love art and any form of it. Therefore when I saw the first standard dealing with creativity I immediately was drawn to it  I enable students to use technology to demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes". I looked at a couple of resources this standard had but my favorite was the video of Sir Ken Robinson's talk about "Creativity and Schools". While it was entertaining it was also very informative and insightful. I shared all of his opinions that he spoke about and one part of his talk was very personal to me. He spoke about how some children are discouraged from the arts and therefore do not go to school for the talent they have "we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it". I love to draw and paint. It's one of the greatest joys of my life. However when I was in high school I was greatly discouraged my senior from pursuing a career in art. Even my parents were hesitant in my choice of a career. Needless to say, I gave up art and chose teaching instead. I don't regret the choice because I love the idea of being an educator but I always wonder what my life would have been like as a full time artist.

He also mentioned how he believes that "creativity now is as important in education as literacy...we squander (childrens) talents." I fully agree with that statement, the way education is nowadays we are educating robots. Children with no imagination. It's imagination that brought us so many developments on this Earth, all because a person had a dream. We need to let children dream the impossible, so that they are able to achieve the impossible.

Introducing Sahra

Hi my name is Sahra Camberos. I am 21 years old and work at In-N-Out. My dad picked out my name since he heard the song 'Sarah" by Jefferson Plane and then after he chose it he jumbled the letters round to get my spelling. Its also a very popular spelling in Africa. In fact my friend went to Africa over the summer and saw hotels named "Sahra". Pretty cool. I went to Elementary school in Valencia California, grades k-2nd. Then when i was in 3rd grade my family moved out to Temecula California and I attended 3-12th grade there. I graduated from Temecula Valley High School. After I graduated I went on to Mt. San Jacinto Community College for 3 years and after that came here. This is my 2nd semester at CSUSM.
I still remember the dial up connection days. It would have been my 6th grade year. It wasn't really until college that I started getting the hang of the computer. Before it would technology just seemed way too much for me to handle so I avoided it. But once I got a Myspace and a facebook I was literally on  it all day long. No lie. I've only ever used PC's. Most of my friends have MACs and I find them fastinating from a distance. I've never had enough courage to mess around on one. But I am eager to learn.

"We are committed to

diversity, educational equity, and social justice, exemplified through reflective teaching, life-long

learning, innovative research, and ongoing service." This line from the Mission Statement of the college speaks volumes for me. My goal in teaching is to take my skills outside of our country and give other countries children the privledges I have recieved here in America. It doesn't matter what race or background one has, education should be free to all who wish to learn. I actually had not read the statement when applying to this school.