Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Cindy Kube and I teach middle school in Virginia Beach. I have been teaching for 10 years and am so excited about finally beginning a Masters program. I have two daughters-one a rising junior Hokie and a soon to be freshman at Tidewater Community College. That means all three of us are enrolled this fall! I want to make my lessons more "alive" by integrating technology in ways that give my students a stronger voice in active learning. My adolescent students have a keen interest in using technology; in fact, the more technology in the classroom, the more they are interested and the easier classroom managament is...negative behaviors seem to diminish! I love the social and collaborative nature of wikis, blogs, voicethreads, etc. I'm glad I have the time this summer to dive into full time learning (that's what it's going to take to get comfortable with all this!) when I am not teaching.