May

Hi, this is Maythia or May as most of my friends call me :)

I graduated from the University of Sydney a couple of years ago and completed my Bachelor of Education (Primary). After two years travelling and working outside the field I decided to return to do my Masters of Education. This time I hope to learn about aspects of teaching that I didn't get a chance to in my last degree. In the past year, I became very interested in Gifted & Talented Education but I'm also hoping to pick up a few more IT related education subjects. I see the potential for the use of electronic and digital media in the classroom but at the same time feel as though it can be quite overwhelming especially with the internet as there is always a hyperlink to navigate to other places or millions of things you can search for. I hope that this course will give me practical ideas of how to incorporate technology effectively in the classroom.

After recently becoming an owner of an iPhone I have found it has opened up a whole new way of communicating that I never imagined! I love my iPhone, my digital camera, my laptop, and browsing the Internet but I don't like to be connected or available all the time. I like to use the Net to communicate with loved ones overseas and playfully in a "twittering" type manner on Facebook but I still prefer seeing people, going out and experiencing the world!

My passions include art, trying out new recipes in the kitchen, and reading. I also enjoy watching movies and listening to music. At the moment, I have just finished The Time Traveller’s Wife for the second time and am looking out for another novel to read. I stumbled upon one of my favourite songs by accident while in Croatia with my sister. It is “Fly me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra but I loved listening to the Jazz band sing it live. A guilty pleasure of mine is watching reality television, and the link below is of one of the most memorable moments I’ve seen on TV for a long time from So You Think You Can Dance (USA).

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Ciao!