Who Am I?

Teaching Experience: 2008-2009 Cathedral City High School, Cathedral City, CA 2009-2010 South Mountain High School, Phoenix, AZ

Courses Taught: Algebra I Geometry Algebra 2

Personally:

+ Married to NICK 8/16/09+ From REDLANDS, CA+ Current Residence CHANDLER, AZ+ A few of my favorite things...

-Teaching: I knew I wanted to teach since the 1st

grade

-Baking: If we met in person, I’d bring a batch of my homemade chocolate chip cookies

-Soccer: I’ve played since I was 5, currently am on a team, and am now a coach!

-Family: I grew up in a family of 4, but my parents have adopted from China twice and are on a third adoption so… soon to be family of 8, including Nick

-Technology: My dad taught me everything he knew when I was in grade school, including his love of learning new technology

-Traveling: Europe, China, Hawaii, Mexico... always looking for a chance to get away

-Lake Trips: Kneeboarding, Wakeboarding, riding in the boat

Professionally

Technically:I use technology everyday in my classroom:+ Power Point+ Projector+ Document Camera+ Graphing Calculators (class set)+ Notebook 10 software (SMART board capabilities)

Where am I? After self-assessment, I have concluded that my skills with technology operations and concepts are proficient, yet I would like to work on my ability to integrate teaching and learning with technology.

Meghan Benson