Amanda's EDUC 552 Blog!

My name is Amanda Mulholland. I currently live in the Des Moines metro and teach at Carlisle Community School District as a middle school Spanish teacher. I enjoy spending time being with friends and family. I also love to travel! Currently, I am working hard on planning my upcoming wedding that is on July 17, 2010. This seems to be quite time consuming! I went to Simpson College in Indianola, IA. I graduated from Simpson in 2007. During my time at Simpson I did a study abroad program in Nicaragua and taught sixth graders English in a elementary school there. It was an amazing experience!

I am really interested in technology and love doing different projects incorporating technology. This has been my main focus this year for my career development plan at my school. I have incorporated many of the items that I have previously used in classes and ones that I have taught myself. I have created a “Moodle” classroom for my middle school students. I have also used different websites that I have created photo-stories, PowerPoints, and more in my classes. I am a PC user. I would love to learn more about Macs but I have not worked with one very much. I am currently using Office 2007 and Windows 7 at home. At our school district we use Office 2007 and Windows XP.

I chose to go through Peru State College for my master’s degree because it seemed very useful to my everyday teaching. I wanted to be a life-long learner and continue my education and this seemed like a great fit for me. I also liked the option of a co-hort program that enabled me to do this program quickly to be able to learn more at a faster pace. I want to use my master’s to better myself as a teacher and to use the information, resources, and ideas in my classroom.