Hey Everyone,
My name is Caleb Poole and I am from Sherwood Park, Alberta. I currently teach grade 5 in nearby Fort Saskatchewan and am in my 5th year of teaching. I must say, I think grade 5 is really the sweet spot of elementary. Their world is starting to expand quickly and it’s not ‘all about me’ but they don’t have that end-of-grade-6 cocky going on yet.
This is my 9th MET course. I am also taking ETEC 590 at the same time and am very excited to graduate this semester. This is my first semester taking 2 courses, but I also won’t be coaching this term…which will be nice. Other courses I have taken (in order) are: 500, 522, 565M, 511, 512, 510, 520 and 540.
In this course, I am really hoping to gain some practical ways to better my Math/Science instruction through the use of technology. Currently I use mostly games and virtual manipulatives, but I know there is so much more that I could be doing. It’s my hope that this course has a fair bit of practical and isn’t solely theoretical/historical in its focus.
In my spare time, I am decently active. I enjoy playing basketball, volleyball and flag football. I also regularly get out on the snowboard or dirt bike when the season is right. I coach volleyball at school and lead a bit of an informal 3D printing club with interested students. I enjoy learning about all things tech related and often find myself up far too late reading different blogs.
I’m excited to work with and learn from all of you over the next few months!
Hi Caleb,
I also teach upper elementary years and, after teaching grade five for the past four years, i’ve just made the move to grade six this year! I absolutely love it and so far, fingers crossed, I haven’t witnessed too much attitude! I also have played and coached a lot of volleyball in the past and really miss it since moving to the UK. I just can’t seem to get on board with netball, which is the sport the girls play here in the fall. Looking forward to learning together throughout this course!
Hi Caleb,
Nice to meet you. I think this is the first course that we have taken together. I am currently taking my 6th and 7th course. For the past 7 years, I was a primary teacher in teacher in Vancouver, but this past summer I made the move back home to Williams Lake and am teaching grade 7 at a middle school. My students seem to have a little less attitude since they are at a new school school. I’mpreparing myself for the end of the year attitude;)
Looking forward to working with you this semester.
Nicole
Nice to see you again Caleb! This is also my first time taking two courses in the same term, but I am very eager to speed up my graduation route as work just seems to get busier. I am taking 590 in May. I would be very interested to hear what you think of it. I hope you have a great term and I am looking forward to working with you again.
Trish
Hi Caleb, thank you for sharing your interests and what you intend to learn from this course. We seem to be on the same page as I am a high school teacher as well and I am looking for teaching strategies that incorporate digital technology so that I can use them in my classroom in the future. I teach high school math, you said you teach science and math, perhaps we can learn from each other! Oh, I am not a MET student. Just taking this course to count for one of my math education courses for my MA.
Simran