Friday, July 26, 2019

INTRODUCTORY POST

July 26th, 2019

A.INTRO


My name is Deirdre Keane and I am a librarian for a Chicago Public School called LaSalle II. My school is located in Wicker Park. I teach students from kindergarten through 8th grade. I have been teaching for almost 17 years.I have always taught library to elementary school students.  I am taking this course  through the University of St. Francis to get my Technology Specialist Endorsement. As I have been teaching, I have found that technology plays an ever increasing role in my career and I am finding I like technology a lot. I hope to learn more and expand on my technological knowledge from this course. My favorite tech tools so far are using Kahoot and Google Docs!  Now, I am using plickers in the library as review and I absolutely love them. I am also hoping to incorporate green screens as well when my students do animal reports! Students love Kahoot which I am glad I have utilized. Tech does not always work as I have had problems with iPads not connecting or one day , the Internet is down so you must always have a backup plan. My funniest Ed Tech moment was when a student came up to me and was like :" Ms. Keane, my computer shut off!" I went over and the computer was on and for the life of me nothing appeared on the screen! I figured it out. The color/brightness of the screen was down! Duh!!! I have a a five year old niece and a 2 year old nephew. I am constantly amazed at how tech savvy they are. I give them my iPhone and they know immediately what to do!! Almost scary!! I learned so much in the class called MultiMedia Tools in Education. Why? I learned about so many more technological platforms. Some of my favorites now are Padlet, Animoto, and Screencasting!! I am so excited to implementing these tools in the classroom!Learning about these tools will help my students to become Empowered Learners according to ISTE-S standards:"Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences." I have learned so much from my latest course Effective Tech Integration. My latest tools now are Google Expeditions, Kahoot, and Code Studio. Not only did I learn about them but how to use them on the SAMR model of teaching. In addition, I learned about problem based learning projects and cannot wait to implement my problem based learning unit. You can learn all about the tools I have mentioned above in the artifacts below! I am now currently taking a tech class called Assessing and Improving Student Achievement with Technology.  This class has improved my confidence in creating and assessing better rubrics for my students. I also feel like I have had rich discussions with my fellow colleagues when it comes to creating rubrics and assessing digital portfolios. I am so excited because one of the artifacts I created I will implement with my middle schoolers this year. I will talk about this artifact below. Before I do, my next course will be called Managing Educational Tech Services. It would be great to learn what technology are good investments down the line. Some technologies do not have a long life span and we need to know what those are. Managing Educational Tech Services was eye opening! I have learned so much about federal and state laws regarding student data and privacy especially on the Internet. It has caused me to enhance my digital citizenship unit. I have learned so much from my fellow classmates on our blog. My journey continues in my next course called: 21st Century Ed Leadership. I have learned so much from my 21st Century Ed Leadership. I learned about the pros and cons of chromebooks and ipads, questions that might be asked in interviews for a technology position, learning walks, how to create engaging professional development for staff, social media in the schools, designing your space to reflect 21st century learning and much more! I would like to share with you two artifacts from this class. My last class EEND713Z2 Engaging E-Learning was very informative. I always wanted to learn how to teach others in an online or blended format. This class gave the opportunity to refine my digital citizenship unit. I was able to research some cool  new books on cyberbullying as well as new digital tools on cyberbullying. It was great to share my unit with others because sharing with others allows you to enhance your unit and gives you even more ideas. I am so excited to implement my two artifacts this year! Please click on link below!

                                  My Two Artifacts

       

EEND-680Z2 ARTIFACT 1 : THE HIRING PROCESS



This was a unique assignment. It was also a partner assignment as well. I thought it was an informative assignment because I learned so much from it. We had to read several resources to learn more about jobs and skills now required of teachers to teach 21st century skills to students. Among the resources is a podcast by Grant Licthman who visited 21 states and 64 schools to see how teachers are incorporating 21st century skills, a podcast by Jennifer Gonzalez on Cult of Pedagogy on Job Interview Advice for Teachers, and an article called" Interview Questions for New Teachers in 21st Century Schools by Alan November. My partner and I had to come up with five interview questions that we would ask of candidates we were considering hiring for our school. I asked five questions and my partner asked five questions. We then had to provide answers to our partners questions. It was easy to work together because we collaborated on the google doc and via email. I think we both asked good questions.  Our assignment had to focus on : technology, digital learning, the 4C's, SAMR and so on. It is important to note that you could also ask performance tasks of the interviewee as well. We also had to make sure when we answered the questions that we gave examples and included details in our examples as well. The articles helped us well in forming questions. I was like oh I like my partner's questions. The interview questions are so different than when I was interviewed years ago. It is helpful to keep up to date on what administrations and schools are looking for in teachers. This helps you to prepare yourself and predict what questions that they might ask. You do not want to leave an interview saying Oh I should have said that or I forgot to tell them about that time I did this in the classroom. Doing interview questions helps you to be prepared. Here is our collaborative work:

Interview Assignment


EEND 680Z2 ARTIFACT 2: REDESIGNED LEARNING SPACES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER


I liked this assignment because it was a big challenging and fun at the same time. I know in one of the other classes we had to design what our ideal classroom would look like after reading a variety of resources about 21st century learners and classrooms. I created an ideal library space in google drawings and saved it. That drawing helped me a lot in this assignment and I referred to it for ideas. This assignment was fun because we had to research how we would redesign our space if we received $10,000! The challenging part was not going over that limit and trying to decide which purchase should I make and how many of something should I get. From my readings in this course, I tried to think about what the library's goals are in the long run and to make purchases that are sustainable and justifiable. It was so hard because I am like I want 32 of these and that! This assignment reminded me of what skills students need to learn in the 21st century and what will they need in the classroom/library to help them learn those skills. In addition, many of the resources talked about flexible seating and how students can make their own choices on where to sit in the classroom for the best optimal learning environment. I never knew about Vogek hubs and am so glad I read the articles about them. They also say to keep a wish list on hand in case administration asks or you are able to get a grant for them so I will definitely be saving this assignment. I only wish we were able to view everybody else's redesigned learning spaces assignments. I know I would definitely get ideas and it does not hurt to add more! Here is my assignment below:



REDESIGNED LEARNING SPACES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

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EEND-681Z2  ARTIFACT 1: CREATING AN INSTITUTIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN

The first artifact is my modified Institutional Educational Technology Plan. I call it modified because we were given a basic plan and we added to that plan. We all familiarized ourselves with the different components of an educational technology plan. It is definitely comprehensive. It was not until I created one that I realized oh my gosh a lot goes into managing technology in a school no matter what size school you are in. First and foremost, this assignment had me look at all the technological organizations like ACM, IEE and CoSn to understand the social, legal, equitable and ethical standards in regards to technology. We must follow these standards or risk legal implications when violating federal and state laws. I also liked this assignment because we had to compare those organizations with our own organization. It made me think does my school have an educational technology plan? Do we have an acceptable use policy? CPS does have an acceptable use policy and it was interesting to research against other schools as well. The acceptable use policy is included in the educational technology plan and should be read by all teachers and staff. The acceptable use policy tells what rules regarding technology including social media is acceptable for teachers and students. It is imperative that teachers and students follow these rules to ensure student safety. I feel confident in writing a new educational technology plan if need to do so in my job. We had to research a variety of materials and articles to draft what would be included in our educational technology plan. This plan is not just about procuring technology for your school. It calls into account: how much will it cost to procure technology, that includes telephones, promethean boards, elmos and so forth how much will it cost to maintain it, how much will it cost to train teachers on new technologies? We had to consider what to do with damaged technology and the rules regarding purchasing software. The educational technology plan accounts for all students and teachers in the school. Meaning we consider the implementation of assistive technologies, ESL supports, security systems and rules regarding CIPPAA and FERPA Guidelines. Even items like how the IT staff in the school should communicate notifications down to the style and fonts is included int he communication plan of educational technology plan. I can keep writing more about it but you can click on the link instead. More and more things can be added to it as technology advances. 

Institutional Technology Plan

EEND-681Z2  ARTIFACT 2: Technology and the 21st Century Learning Space

This was one of our first assignments in this class.  We were tasked with creating our ideal 21st Century Learning Space that would accommodate 25 students.I had fun designing this assignment. We had to use PowerPoint or a similar tool to design this.  I utilized Google Drawings. I remember thinking I want so much in my classroom. After reading articles and doing research, I learned about many more things that would be beneficial in the classroom. There were items and technology I had not heard of. It was great to read what my colleagues would include in their classroom because I was like oh I should have included that in my plan such as implementing a 1:1 plan. However, that is why it was so great to take this class. I have learned so much not from just the readings and multimedia but also from my fellow classmates who have helped me with ideas of improving my classroom and teaching.  This was not just about creating your ideal learning space whether it would be your gym, classroom, library, or computer lab; it was to be created with the ISTE standards in mind. That is what made this assignment so interesting and above all, it made sense to include those standards. Students need to be taught skills for the 21st century and therefore the technology in the classroom should reflect that. We had to research articles on learning spaces such as "Rethinking the Classroom" by Herman Miller, "Technology, Instruction, and the 21st Century Classroom" by Ed Tech and "New Teachers Designing Learning Environments" by EduTopia. Not only had we to consider the ISTE standards in our plan but we had to consider the following components ascribed by our teacher: "accessibility, electrical access, private and collaborative space, display/work surfaces, Connectivity options, Classroom technology(e.g., software, individual computing devices (mobile?), headphones, document camera/s, audio system, projection device/s, black & white/color/3D printer/s, copier/s, digital camera/s, wearable technologies, video conferencing equipment, recording equipment, interactive whiteboard/s & presentation station/podium), classroom environment(i.e., lighting, colors & classroom furniture), Support for active learning, Learning styles, goals for teaching and learning and student engagement." Most importantly, we had to consider the social, ethical, equitable and legal standards regarding the responsible use of technology when creating our learning space. Bear in mind our learning spaces did not have budget nor time constraints which allowed for full concentration on the ISTE standards. 

Keane 21st Century Learning Space


EEND 679 ARTIFACT 1: Using Technology to Design Formative Assessments


This year my middle school students are learning a new computer programming language called HTML. It is unit 2 of the Computer Science Discoveries course. In my class, we were asked to create a formative assessment. Not only to create one formative assessment but to create it using two different technology resources to do so. I utilized Google Forms and Quizizz. This class allowed me the time to not only focus on a formative assessment for my computer programming class but to really look at what are the best technology resources to use for formative assessments. I really liked both Google Forms and Quizizz.  We had to reflect on the features of the online tools and what features are important to us. Cost is very important as teachers already spend a lot of their own money on classrooms so these tools  are both free for teachers to use and it is very easy to figure out how to implement your questions and answers. I thought both sites were user friendly not only for the teacher but for students too. They are both great because you can download the students responses and review them as a later time.  This way you can reflect on the students' responses and see if there is anything you might need to reteach. I liked how Quizizz allows you to preview the questions so you can see how the students will view it as well as randomizing the questions. All these features were very important to me and I would definitely use Google forms and Quizizz again.  I would like to implement both forms of assessments and ask students which they liked better quizizz or google forms. Below are the actual links to my Google Forms and Quizizz. One final note, you also need to draft directions to students letting them know how to access Google Forms and Quizziz. I always have one or two new students but having directions for all students in case they forget how to use the online tool is a good idea. I have posted an example below!

Quizizz: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5bcfdaf8ef3508001bae80d0/web-development
Google Forms: https://goo.gl/forms/LFDNThRg2uwKs6Qv2
Directions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M9-pMmbisIh3YeYNqqx8pOaTdix4z5knNEn_n9xD6uc/edit?usp=sharing

ISTE Standards FORSTUDENTS. (2016.). Retrieved July 04, 2017, from https://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-students

EEND 679 ARTIFACT 2: My Genius Hour
In this course, we learned all about Genius Hour. Genius Hour is sort of what Google does for its employees except they call it 20% time. During this 20% time, Google employees have time to tinker around and create things that are of deep interest. Some great apps and inventions have come from those who utilized their 20% time at Google. Google recognizes humans beings nature of being curious and allowing their employees to explore that curiosity. Well, teachers are now translating that same concept to the classroom calling it Genius Hour. Usually done on Fridays but doesn't have to be. Due to so much standardized testing, we are not allowing students to be curious and explore the answers to their burning questions. Teachers help students find out what their interests are and help them narrow them down. Students are to explore using whatever resources at their disposal and try to find the answers to their questions. Teachers give the structure and timeliness to help the students guide their projects. Students should then present their findings to the class. This way everyone learns from everyone else. This makes everyone's learning authentic and their findings can be shared with the school and community. In this class, our teacher gave us our own genius hour but due to time limits of the class, we had to at least spend an hour exploring our genius hour burning question. We had to fill out a chart about our findings each time we spent on our genius hour project as well as post a picture of the final product which I will post below. My question was : how do I make Asian edamame salad like the one at Corner Bakery's? I couldn't find an exact recipe online matching Corner Bakery's (they only listed the ingredients) but I did explore several other websites and decided lets make my own version as close as I can to Corner Bakery's because I just love their Asian edamame salad. It took me several tries. I would bring my salad to lunch each day and reflect on its taste. On the first day, I forgot the edamame which was the whole point of my salad ha ha! The next day, I added way too many carrots and then I decided to add in cheese which was pretty good. The soy dressing took even more tries to get it to the taste I wanted because it was so strong I just kept smelling the soy all the time. I am happy to report that I love my salad and it is a great side to have too! I posted it on Instagram and was both surprised and happy that people liked it. I honestly enjoyed this project because it was something I wanted to do and it was successful because I kept at it. Those are the features that make a genius hour project work!

My Genius Hour Documentation

                                                         MY ASIAN EDAMAME SALAD


EEND 679: ARTIFACT REFLECTION
I chose to include Artifact 1 because I know that I will implement it because I am teaching the material to my middle schoolers now. I love learning about new technologies and in artifact 1, I explored the features of Quizizz and Google Forms in more depth. Due to this course, I feel more confident in using Google Forms and Quizizz as formative assessment options. I cannot wait to implement and see what technology tool my students prefer. 
      I chose to input Artifact two because it was different and fun! This project was personal to me and yet can help others to because I posted my final result on Instagram. I also yapped about it to anyone I met because I was so proud of it and determined to make it successful. Before this course, I rarely gave thought to Genius Hour. Doing Artifact 2 made me realize that if I had fun doing something that interested me and I satisfied my curiosity, so will my students. Now that I have done the assignment myself, I feel confident implementing genius hour in my classroom. I have a class I see twice a week and I am thinking on Fridays, my students can do their own genius hour projects!


                                           EEND 679 KEANE COURSE REFLECTION



Monday, July 22, 2019

Genius Hour Reflection

July 22nd, 2019

The process was not a straight line! It was bumpy and took a while until it was going where I can keep my routines at a consistent pace.Sometimes the process can be frustrating because I thought I was not doing well or it was hard  to keep up it consistently. I had to remind myself to keep doing this because I live by myself so no one around me to say keep doing it! I am happy I did this project and I will continue on with it because it does not work to keep working on hearing better. I have to remind myself that my brain is like a year old listening to new sounds on my left ear and it needs time to practice being exposed to new sounds. I learned that I needed to pick a time and place to practice my listening and that was on my couch in the living in the evening. The process make me look for resources on how to better my hearing and I am so glad that I did. Other people did not know about tunity and ab sound success app so it was great to use them and to share them with others. I liked doing this because sharing my journey with my classmates held me accountable. If I did not have accountability, I am not sure the process would have worked as well. Knowing I had to blog about my project kept me accountable and motivated.
     As far as incorporating genius hour in my classroom, I would have to remind myself to give them time to brainstorm on their topic. Number 2: to keep them accountable on their journey. They can do a blog post on google classroom much like we did here and then they have to visit another classmates blog post. I can use padlet too as an option for this too. Third, I need to remember to give them encouragement so they do not feel like giving up. I would share with them my genius hour projects and examples of other genius hour projects to give them an idea of what I mean by genius hour. I would share with them how I felt like giving up but I didn't. I want them to feel accomplished about their work. Fourth, I need to remember to give them PLENTY OF TIME to work and finish their projects. I just need to figure out how to incorporate time into my curriculum for genius hour projects. Sometimes, I see classes twice a week so maybe the second time I see them they can work on their projects.
     Ohhh...I totally forgot to tell you what I know now that I didn't know before. My friend and I went to visit the Hamilton exhibition on Northerly Island. We had both seen the musical already. We were curious as to the accommodations they offer to the hearing impaired. We knew they offered something but was not sure how they worked. We got in line and the guy was passing out headphones to everyone that was attached to a small box with a neck loop. We both thought oh no we cannot hear through the headphones and we said to the guy we have cochlear implants. He said you just have to turn on your telecoil and you can hear it. WE WERE AMAZED! The audio came straight to our cochlear implants! It was the best listening exercise ever. I heard pretty well and the exhibition was amazing. I learned so much about Hamilton and Burr. I recommend it to everyone.

This is the link that shows people putting on the headphones. We forgot to take one of ourselves. Hamilton Exhibition

One of my favorite pix from Hamilton Exhibition :




Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Genius Hour-It's Showtime

July 17th, 2019

My genius hour is not DONE! It is a work in progress and will be for a while. I will continue documenting my progress on my hearing loss blog. That is how I share my journey. My blog will be going on my hearing loss chapter's website and  on my audiologist's website too!

However, I do have something to share. Talking on the phone is hard sometimes because I do not get to see that person's lips. Now, I do use the app called Innocaption which transcribes the person's voice for me and I can read what they are saying which is pretty neat. However, today I called my aunt back because she left a message yesterday wishing me a Happy Birthday. In the past, it has been difficult to hear hear on the phone because she speaks fast and has an accent. TODAY I HEARD EVERY SINGLE WORD! The funny thing was she even said you are hearing me -you are hearing everything thing! We both had the same thought at the same time! My aunt said this is great!!! I said it was awesome!

THAT'S HOW I KNOW MY GENIUS HOUR PROJECT WAS WORKING! All the practice and all the apps I used did help! It is a great feeling! I am so excited that I will be texting and calling my family members to tell hem how I heard my aunt!!! That is how I share!!!

The picture below shows that I called my aunt! The other picture is a screenshot of my hearing loss blog!


Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Genius Hour 5 and 6

July 9th, 2019

Note: Genius Hour 5 is not posted here as the post was done via FLIP GRID.

GENIUS HOUR 6: DIP CHART

What do I  know that I didn't know last week?

I can hear people dropping things behind me! Just the other day,I am on my daily walk and I heard something drop but what was it? I turned around and it was someone who dropped a water bottle!

I also am hearing different sounds of the birds on my daily walk. Before they all sounded the same. It is much better now because they have their own sounds.

I learned about a different app called Otter Ai and it is amazing! It is almost like a voice to text transcription. I am still experimenting with it.

My progress on the AB advanced bionics app is going well. I can hear the videos without lipreading!! Whoooohooo! However, that means I need to make it harder and keep challenging myself with longer and longer sentences.

I have noticed that I like to do my practice at home in the same spot-my living room. I do not know why. It gives me peace of mind and I am just serious about doing my project. It is very quiet and there are no interruptions!I always seem to do it at the same time of night too because that is when I get home from school and I have finished eating. I feel like this is when I am most efficient with my project. It is also interesting to note that I also felt more efficient after I work out or do my daily walk. I felt so motivated to accomplish more goals.

Yes, I get frustrated when I cannot hear something or I am like 100 percent convinced I heard it say the word its and not is. Super frustrating but I just remind myself that letter sounds are similar and is even hard for people with hearing to hear. It takes practice and practice for my brain to learn the difference.

Using the Sound Success Listening Practice by Advanced Bionics







Monday, June 24, 2019

Genius Hour 4-Elevator Pitch

June 24th, 2019


PART 1: MY ELEVATOR PITCH!

PART 2: This week I am exploring Tunity app on my Iphone. I cannot remember where I heard about it. I believe I heard about it from someone on Twitter. I never got around to it. I kept thinking maybe the app will not help. However, my genius hour and my hearing was important to me so I tried it and man I was like this WORKS! Since I am now off, I can watch my court shows during the day like Judge Marilyn, Hot Bench and Judge Judy! I tried the app while watching Judge Judy and my mind was blown. The sound from the TV came directly to my cochlear implant. I took the other one off. It was an eye opening experience. I found the captions were way behind. I can hear what Judge Judy was saying on time! It was SOOOO CLEAR! There were even commercials that had no captioning but I can hear it when sometimes I have a hard time hearing what is being said. I can fine tune the sounds via the app as well. I just turn on the tunity app and allow it camera access. You point the app toward the TV and it detects the channel you are on. It is a FREE app that lets you hear any live muted TV. It says I can save the channels without the need to rescan so I have to check that out! I will definitely be adding this to my routine. Why? This will help train my brain to hear !!


Genius Hour 3

Monday, June 17th, 2019

You might be wondering why I am naming my posts so suddenly as Genius Hour but I am taking a technology class via the University of St. Francis at Joliet. As part of this class, we are creating and focusing on a passion of ours that we would like to develop more. Since I was already blogging about my cochlear implant journey and it was a passion of mine ; I thought it would be a perfect genius hour topic!

As part of my genius hour project, we needed to think how can we make this a part of my routine? This took some thought because the only way to hear better and get the brain used to sounds is to consistently make the brain hear. I have been told that even 15-20 minutes practicing a day getting my new cochlear implant  is good practice! SO THIS IS WHAT MY ROUTINE IS! Every morning and every evening, my commute is an hour ride to school and home. So I turn on the radio to a channel I know will be easy to hear and have clear slow speakers like NPR. I can hear well with both cochlear implants when it is clear slow speakers but I must use only the cochlear implant on the left ear to train it to hear. I used to do this but now am back at it again.  I heard quite a bit and am shocked to know I heard somethings.I am so excited that I can hear the words.  I did not hear all the words but can get the basic drift. I was sooooooo tempted to put my other cochlear implant on but didn't. The radio was talking about how Texas is now one of the states to require insurance companies to go to arbitration when it cannot decide a price on payment of services. Many people were complaining how insurance companies would exploit patients by charging ridiculously high prices. Texas has now passed a law that shields patients from surprise medical bills. When I got home, I researched this topic to see if I heard right and I did!! Some parts I did not hear and then when I read about surprise medical bills, then I understood! I feel like I am not so afraid to try this exercise and will endeavor to stick to these routines!

Genius Hour 2

June 10th, 2019



What can I do that I couldn't do last week? This is a tricky question for me because you have to pay attention to your hearing. I was coming down the stairs last Friday from the library on my way to pick up my fifth grade class to bring them to computers. However, as I was on the stairs I heard a teacher saying to her class to be quiet in line. For someone who relies on reading lips, this was GREAT!!! I told the teacher I could hear you all the way from the second floor(where the library was located) and she understood why because she knew about my cochlear implant! 

I am going to try and be more reflective here. I have noticed in terms of my hearing journey that after dinner during the weekdays , I tend to take my cochlear implants off. I think it is because I am so bombarded with noises that my brain (the one with the  new cochlear implant) is overwhelmed. However, I feel like I should try to diminish the length of how long I keep them off. How? I am going to do what I have always loved to do even when I was a kid. READ!! I am going to continue reading my books on kindle online with just my left cochlear implant. I need to recognize that I have superpowers. Two of them! Two cochlear implants and realize that they both need practice hearing and to be patient. In addition, my superpowers allow me to talk with others about my experiences and to encourage them to explore their options. I just met with a friend of mine at a hearing loss conference who told me that she was considering getting a 2nd cochlear implant and she told me she was so happy to talk to me because she felt better knowing what the surgical process entailed. 


I didn't realize I haven't posted in a while! I have been so busy !!! What have I been busy doing? I am a teacher so I have ten more days left of school and it has been hectic trying to wrap up fourth quarter.

I have been busy trying to fundraise for our annual Chicago Walk4Hearing this coming September. If you have not attended, please do. I highly recommend it. It is so great to see so many wearing hearing aids and cochlear implants. It reminds me that I am not alone in my journey.

I also was invited to a meeting to meet those work for the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission based in Springfield. It was great to hear about them and what they do. It was also nice to meet new people of other organizations.

I went to Aldi the other day. I love ALDI! This guy came up to me and asked me about my cochlear implants! He introduced me to his wife. It was so funny having complete strangers talk to me about my cochlear implants but I would rather have people ask me questions about them than stare at me. It turned out he had a granddaughter who was 7 and had cochlear implants. We were talking about sign, lipreading, speech therapy and it was so great to be able to talk about my experience with them.

My kindergartners have been asking what are those things on my ears so I am going to bring in my children's book I made in college that talks about my cochlear implants. I will keep you posted.

'Til next time,
Deirdre                               Me at top of stairs near library hearing a P.E teacher

P.E. teacher was behind those doors talking to her students