Meet Mr. Shimbashi

     I am now on the path of the teacher. Pretty soon Mr. Shimbashi will not just refer to my father, but to Christopher Paul Shimbashi. Mr. Shimbashi, the young Japanese boy from Barnwell, Alberta, youngest of six children, uncle of 17. That is pretty sweet! I am three into the first weeks of what is called my PS1 (not the video game console of my childhood, but what is known to students of the U of L as the 'Professional Semester 1'. You can be at peace knowing that three years from now I will have the opportunity to impart my infinite wisdom into the minds of the tomorrow's future.

     Not only am I a teacher in training, I have now become a blogger in training. Part of my duty as a prospective teacher is to become aquainted and somewhat proficient with modern forms of communication, technology, and social networking and to find ways to help integrate them into the classroom, so that the 'modern' students' learning experience can be enhanced. I believe that a blog can help enrich students' learning experience because they are easy to update and post links onto, they are easy to access, and it gives students another opportunity and facet to contact the teacher and discuss classroom issues with the teacher and his peers.

     I never have been good at keeping a journal. I hope that my attempt at blogging is successful. At any rate, now I will be able to say I am a blogger!