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**My Name is Valerie H.**


 * Grade Level/Discipline:** I am a teacher of computer literacy in the elementary school as well a technology integration specialist in my school district.


 * Few Facts about myself:**


 * 1) **Fact 1**: I worked many different jobs, before I found teaching. I worked at Bloomingdale's, a real estate headquarters, an art gallery, a computer software publisher, and a government contractor all before I was 30 years old!
 * 2) **Fact 2**: I was born and raised in New Jersey, so I am a true Jersey girl (but not like those fake ones on MTV)!
 * 3) **Fact 3**: Teaching technology is a perfect job for me because I like to learn new things and get bored easily if I don't have challenges.
 * 4) **Fact 4**: I played guitar ever since I was a teenager, but I'd really love to learn to play piano one day.


 * What I'd like to learn or get out of this course:** After I've completed this course, I would hope that I have learned more about how the students I teach are best taught, and how I can share what I've learned with the other teachers in my district. I'd like to incorporate this class into a workshop for my district, so teachers can learn the reasons why their students seem disaffected and bored with their classes. I'm hoping I'll discover a good amount of resources that I can make use of in my own workshops and teaching.


 * My favorite game(s):** I've become addicted to Angry Birds but I also enjoy going on freerice.com to see how my vocabulary stacks up.