Personal Introduction for 812.

1. Personal Introduction By: Tai Kimmerly Song: The Great Pattengill Penguins By: Mrs. H’s 3rd Grade Class

2. This is me. Well, this is me in cartoon form. My name is Tai.

3. I graduated from Oakland University in 2006. My certification is in music education.

4. My passion and current job is teaching elementary music in Berkley, MI.

5. One of my goals is to have a classroom where everyone enjoys learning.

6. It helps to have lessons the kids want to do. The xylophone is mine! I get the drum! I want the guiro! Can I please have a piano?

7. To make sure my lessons are things students want to do, my goal is to add more technology components to my lessonsand assessments.

8. It is a great tool to access the world around us.

9. It is also an inexhaustible resource of ways to reach my students, and effectively engage and assess them.

10. My main interests are in using technology to make more engaging lessons, and to make more accurate and authentic assessments.

11. This is actually me.