Introduction

Hi. My name is Allison Coon and I am a Senior Education Major. However, I am only 20 years old.  I am from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and plan to return there for my student teaching in the fall.  I absolutely love the water!  I have enjoyed my experience at USM in Hattiesburg; however, I am very excited about returning to the coast in May permanently.  

I have always wanted to be a teacher.  When I was a little girl I pretended to pay school all the time.  My grandmother was a teacher and I went to her classroom a few times to help out and loved it.  I have always also loved children.  Most of the jobs that I have had were with children.  I have been a counselor at many camps and my current job is at the YMCA in Petal.  These jobs have helped to reassure me that education is the right major for me.  Although I am majoring in Elementary Education,  I would love to teach middle school math.  I am endorsed in mathematics.  Math has always been my favorite subject and I am very confident in it.  Therefore, my dream job would be to actually teach my endorsement area.

As I was reading the syllabus the Elizabethtown Pennsylvania Project seemed to stand out the most.  This project seems very exciting because we get to communicate with people in Pennsylvania.

I am also excited about blogging.  I have only blogged once before and it was for a computer class.  However, I am concerned about blogging weekly.  Blogging seemed to be very time consuming but I do enjoy blogging and reading about my classmates and learning their opinions.  

I think that this course will teach us about different literacy practices to use in the classroom.  I hope to become a better teacher when this class is over.