Techie in Primary

Hello, everyone! My name is Laura Rzewnicki and I'm a first grade teacher at a public school in Northbrook. This blog used to be titled "Techie in Kindergarten" but since I now teach first grade I decided to change it to "Techie in Primary." I have been teaching at the primary level for 13 years. I've always wanted to be a teacher and consider myself a lifelong learner. I'm really passionate about providing developmentally appropriate learning experiences to young children and fostering a love of literacy in all. A few years back I started teaching in a 1:1 device setting and that inspired a love of teaching with technology (which is sometimes easier said than done with kindergartners and first graders). I'm really excited to be taking my ninth educational technology class at Dominican University. I started this journey with the intention of getting my technology specialist endorsement but decided to keep going and earn a masters degree. I have my cr...

Personal Photo: Me at the Statue of Liberty National Monument Welcome to Techie in Kindergarten! This fall I started my journey of obtaining my Technology Specialist Endorsement through Dominican University. I am currently taking a course called Edu 776: Integrating Technology into Programming, Services & Instruction. I will be using this blog to share what I'm learning and the process of bringing technology into my kindergarten classroom. I received my bachelor's degree in early childhood education from Concordia University Chicago and my master's degree in literacy at Northeastern Illinois University. I have been teaching kindergarten for 11 years, 9 years in River Grove and 2 years in Northbrook. I love working with kindergarten kids. Our days are spent with songs, games, and play, but there is a lot of hard work that takes place in our classroom as well. We work hard to become independent readers and writers as well as becoming a community of thinkers t...