Thing 3

Blogging in the classroom... I want to teach Kindergarten and I feel as though this might be a little advanced for the youngsters. However, as a teacher, I could post ideas and things I did in the classroom that day, things I need help on how to teach and etc, to get some response from other teachers who use the blogging community--maybe how they would do it if they were me, what they would change, what they liked and so on.
Also, as a military child and spouse, I constantly think of ways that I could bring children and their deployed guardians closer through education. I could keep children's parents (deployed or not) "in the loop" so to speak, about what is going on in the classroom by posting how the class responded to my lesson. For example, I could post about a child's response, or answer to a question in class that I felt was very appropriate and thoughtful. (After getting the parent's permission that I could use their child's name and answer on the web, of course.) It would help parents and guardians who cannot always be around, feel as though they are.
I think blogs can help out the parents a lot. If you know exactly what is going on in the classroom, you can help the students more at home if they need it.

I think using blogs in older classrooms  is a terrific idea. I know as a shy kid, I wasn't always first to raise my hand in the classroom. However, if there was a large discussion, sometimes I wanted to be a part of it but I was too afraid to. With blogs, the teacher could post the discussion, and that would give each student a chance to respond without the feeling of embarrassment, or as though they had no time to share their opinion. Teachers could also post their assignments online, so if a student was going to be absent he/she didn't have to necessarily miss an assignment as well.

Thing 2

Katie Stolar is my posting name because that is who I am, and I am who will be posting, so I figured it fit well. With my last name having to be in the title, I couldn't very well be anonymous.
I have another blog, so setting this one up was not difficult for me. I did find it difficult to not link the two however; I like to keep my personal life and my professional life seperate so I really did not want the two blogs linked.  My avatar for this blog is a brunette Cinderella. My favorite movie for a long time has been Cinderella (I even planned my wedding with the theme of Cinderella, to include the style of my dress) When I was in high school, I had blonde hair and a lot of my friends called me Cinderella, however now I have brown hair so I don't hear it so much anymore. I picked Cinderella though because after finding her prince, she has her dream life, and that is how I feel. :)

7 and a half Habits

Listening to the tutorial, some things it stated as learning were obvious to me, while others I never thought of as a learning experience. I never thought yoga or using a computer were ways of learning, but now that I think about it, I can definitely see how they are.
Habit 7 and a half, play, is the habit I find the easiest. My husband is constantly telling me I am a child at heart, and all I ever seem to do is play. He, as well as many others, have told me I seem to make things into games, and playing them helps with learning. For example, when my husband was going to a board for soldier of the month, he had a million flashcards he needed to study. To help him, I took the first letter of the word, a long with something in the description and made a rap, or a comparison between them. At the time he told me I was crazy, but it really helped him learn it. :)
Habit 3, viewing problems as challenges, would definitely be the hardest for me. I have a tendency to get frustrated when something goes wrong and I forget to see the experience that comes out of it.