Hello!

My name is Gabriela, but everyone calls me Gaby. I was born in Mexico City, but at the age of 5, my family and I moved to Chicago. I went to Carl Schurz High School, here in Chicago. I went to Truman College, in Chicago as well, right after high school graduation. My first year, I took a variety of courses, due to the fact that I did not know what field I wanted to study. By the end of 2010, I decided to go into the Early Childhood Education field. I graduated with my Associates in June 2012.  I worked for four months at a private day-care while I finished my Associates, but left because that job was not what I expected. I then started working as a floater/sub-teacher at Erie Neighborhood House, in the Child Care Program, and loved it! I am now, still at Erie, as a Teacher Assistant, working in a Head Start Classroom with children ages 2 through 5. I want to be a kindergarten or prekindergarten Lead Teacher because I love children. I love the potential they have at a very young age, and enjoy teaching them skills they will use in the future such as counting, letter recognition, and writing their names.
I have no educational technology experience, since I work in a play-based program, and all we use are educational toys. In this class, I hope to learn a variety of ways to introduce technology to my students since they are growing up in a world that relies a lot on technology. Most of my students have been exposed to the use of a computer (which is in out classroom), smart phones, and tables, so why not learn a way to introduce them to an educational way of using them.