Damilola+Alalade

Hi everyone,

My name is Damilola Alalade. I am a mother of a 22 year old young man and we have 6 dogs; two Rottweilers, Shawn and Trooper; 1 Alsatian - Bobby, one doberman Sponky, one Pitweiler, Clowny and and one Pitbull, Montana; quite a handful, you would say. Two of my female dogs, Nikita and Montana just whelped 22 puppies, I guess they must have thought 'our momma love dogs. let's give her enough'. I hope to have them all taken over by other lovers of dogs.

I have been teaching for about 30 years. I teach in an elementary school. The school's vision is to provide an atmosphere of love and acceptance to the children while they are away from home in other words the school is 'Home away from Home'. I coordinate activities in the school as well as teach Grades 1 - 6 mathematics, so I am kind of always busy in and out of school. My mission for the school is to create an enabling student-centered class environment where all students feel comfortable and safe enough to have freedom of expression, supported and bold enough for critical inquiry and confidently strong enough to strive for excellence in all endeavors, so that they can become useful citizens in a 21st century society. The school is basically student-centered which is characterized by warm, supportive relationships between management, pupils, parents and teachers. We offer a variety of programs which foster responsible student contributions to an increasingly complex world. The leadership trait in every child is nurtured to fruition.

It is in the light of this that I made a decision to pursue my Masters program in Integrating Technology in the Classroom because of the urgent need to bring my students to the streamline of the happenings today in the world of technology, so that they will be relevant citizens of the society who will be able to fill the new and dynamic technology based workplace. Their knowledge and use of technology will give them the confidence to relate with any of their colleagues from other parts of the world. Children grow and are best groomed in an atmosphere that they find interesting and fun, and technology gives them that opportunity.

I am excited about this group and I look forward to working with you as we put heads together for a common course.

My blog is [|http://mummysplace.blogspot.com]