Sunday, July 22, 2007

Post #7

Learning centers are an effective way to create a flexibly learning environment with many options for students. Software programs available at the centers include Oregon Trail and MapMaker Toolkit help reinforce mapping and geography skills on relation to other cirriculum areas.
With technology becoming such an epidemic I think that it is important that all aspiring teachers take a technology course so that they may better assist their students. I remember when I was younger I was obsessed with playing Oregon Trail. I would literally sit there for hours exploring the program; at the time I did not even realize that it was an educational program.


Cheaper Than Terapy


When a package arrives I quickly open it wide
And hastily remove all the stuff found inside.
I discard all items except the plastic wrapped
That piece with bubbles in which air is trapped.
I spread the sheet and look downward with glee.
And with two fingers, I pop one, two, then three.
Ifeel quite content and my face gets a glow
I pop some more and move on to the next row.
I’m feeling so good I can’t think of stopping
As the room fills with the sounds of popping.
Every worry and care and each little trouble
Floats away with the pop of each air bubble.
When I finally reach the end I feel quite mellow
All that popping has made me a contented fellow.
If you are like me, and contentment is a rarity,
Get some bubble wrap: It’s cheaper than therapy.

5 comments:

Jordan said...

bubble wrap is sooo much fun! There should be a rule that sometime in your childhood you should get to stomp/jump on bubble wrap. and it IS cheeper than therapy.

d said...

Yea, I do not understand why so much bubble wrapping is involved in text books, when there should be more emphasis on food products. You know.

Christina Nowacki said...

I agree, it's a good idea for all teachers to take technology classes to better help their students!

Anonymous said...

lol, that was cute

Matty said...

Bubble wrap is the best... ever. And I mean ever. There is nothing more fun. Oh, and Oregon Trail, rock. Again, nothing better. Maybe that makes those two equal.