Monica+C

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I teach 8th Grade Reading/Language Arts, Yearbook, and 6th Grade Study Skills.
 * Grade Level/Discipline:**

I would like to learn how to better motivate some of my students through the use of technology. I want to make sure that my students are not only receiving the skills of reading and writing that they need, but also the technology skills that they will need with reading and writing as well.
 * Few Facts about myself:**
 * 1) I love photography. My dog now poses when he sees a camera, and there are very few pictures of me floating around because I prefer to be behind the lens.
 * 2) I love butterflies. I go to a different butterfly garden every year to try and catch the perfect photograph of one. There is something about getting to change who you are that has always seemed appealing to me. I think that I take this approach teaching most years and I completely change what I am teaching. I need to work on the how as well.
 * 3) My mom is my best friend (2nd to my husband of course). We do everything together.
 * 4) My brother and his wife are going to make me an aunt for the first time this summer. I'm super excited about spoiling my new neice or nephew!
 * What I'd like to learn or get out of this course:**

My favorite board games are Clue and RISK. I like strategy games and word games as well. We have a Wii and an XBox360 in our house. The XBox360 is in our bedroom, and so sometimes to unwind at night I play Lego Starwars, Batman, or Indiana Jones. They're easy games, but they help me unwind some nights.
 * My favorite game(s):**