Sarah+Elizabeth+Allen

Hi! My name is Sarah Elizabeth Allen. I am a senior at Clemson majoring in Special Education. I am from Atlanta, GA where I have lived my whole life. My whole family(grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins, brothers, and parents) has attended Clemson University so this place holds a special place in my heart. I have grown up a tiger fan and couldn't be happier anywhere else! My family is a family of 5. I have two brothers and I am the middle child. We are a very close family and love spending time together! I have always loved working with children with special needs. I work at Camp Twin Lakes, a camp for kids that are terminally ill and have special needs. We provide all regular camp activities for them to participate in with extra medical care. Working there has been the best thing that could have ever happened to me and will always be a huge part of my life. I am also involved in YoungLife which is a non-profit, non-demoninational christian organization reaching out to middle school and high school students. It was a part of my life when I was in middle school and high school and now I am giving back by being a leader at Easley High School. I am also involved in Delta Zeta sorority here on campus and love being a part of the greek life. Although I have a busy life outside of class, I do put my studies first. I hope to pursue a career in Speech Pathology. My plan is to attend Graduate School after graduation. After graduate school I hope to live in Charleston, SC. I have had such a blessed life and so thankful for all the paths the Lord has brought me down and I know there is so much more to come!

My experience with technology is not so great. I have always had trouble with technology and never really been a fan. I have tried to keep an open mind and learn new things with technology, but nothing ever seems to work for me! I struggle a lot when it comes to creating a lot of new things through technology, but I try. I have recently created a blog and have enjoyed learning how to use that! am excited to see what all I can learn this semester and hopefully change my mind about it! It really can make an impact on a students life so I wish to learn how to incorporate it in my classroom!







For my virtual manipulatives for math, I used factor trees and equivalent fraction bars. These activities would be very helpful for my students. They are all over the spectrum when it comes to math. They are learning about fractions and just finished with factor trees. My students would use these activities to continue practicing the information they have learned. For the factor tree, the students are given a composite number and they type in the factors. They continue this until all numbers are prime. With fraction bars, the students are given a fraction and are told to create an equivalent fraction. They type it in and fill in the blocks to make the picture equivalent. Here are the manipulatives: