About the Author

My name is Allison Dunn and I am 23 years old. I graduated from The Ohio State University for my bachelors degree in Psychology. I thought I wanted to pursue a career in Occupational Therapy, but I did an internship over the summer and found out that I didn't love it and my passion was elsewhere, in the school system. I have always loved school, I love the atmosphere and the people and just all the memories I made when I was in high school. I'm not in the Bachelors plus program at Ashland University and going to get my license as an Intervention  Specialist. I have participated in an event that our community has call the Field of Dreams which is where adults with disabilities all get a sponsor from a local business in Wooster, and we assist them in a softball game every year. They play under the lights on a Saturday night just like they're at a major league baseball game. Seeing the joy these adults have about this game and just about life made me want to go into this profession and enjoy and help people with disabilities everyday. They are the happiest people I've ever met and they just live and enjoy life to the fullest, which is something we could all learn from them.


I am very excited to learn about the new technology available to teachers and students now, but Wiki is definitely intimidating and confusing. I have messed around with Google Docs and I found that was a good website to collaborate with others. I am still trying to grasp the Wiki page. I have never been a big fan of twitter because there is too many negative things said on there and people can say whatever they want and can make a comment about your post. I do enjoy blogging though, its a great place to reflect about whats on your mine and just type and type away about whatever you want because its on your own page. Its a fun place to make your own and designing it the way you want and anyone can read it and comment if they'd like. I enjoyed reading about all of the different technologies that can be incorporated in the classroom. I graduated high school five years ago and things have really changed in just five years. In high school, the only place you could find computers is in the library, now I am a substitute teacher at Northwestern High School and I have noticed that every student can have a laptop in every classroom. These students use them almost everyday to work on projects. It is incredible how much technology has impacted our schools, but it has been a huge advancement because our world is so technological now.