Adair+Robertson



My name is Elizabeth Adair Robertson, but I go by Adair. I am from Easley, SC and I am 21 years old. My father is a retired Special Educator that used to work in Pickens and Spartanburg counties and my mother is a nurse at Greenville Memorial. I have one sister and two brothers. My sister is a special education major also at Clemson University. I have two dogs, Ellie and Heidi. I will be graduating in May of 2011 and hope to get my Masters in Speech Pathology. I really would like to work with children with Autism in a school/hospital setting. I currently work at a day care in Clemson with one and two year old children. It has been an amazing experience. Currently I am placed at Pickens high school with a EMD/LD classroom. I have really enjoyed this because I am not used to working with High school students. I am really excited about this semester.

When I was younger I was very technology savvy but as technology as advanced I have become more and more confused. When I began college I had an HP computer. It was very difficult for me to do the technology projects with this computer so I got a MAC. The MAC was so different from the HP but I learned how to use it by playing with the programs. I really love technology and I think it is great to use in the classroom because it is fun for students. I also realize that as time goes on technology will continue to change and my students may be more knowledgable than me. I hope that in the future I will be able to keep up with technology so I can use it in my classroom. I am really excited to learn about technology that will be useful in the classroom and how to use them. I am especially excited about learning how to use a smartboard.





This is a manipulative that I found on the National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives Website. I would use it in my Consumer math class. The students are learning about benefits, savings, insurance, etc. They really have no concept of money or saving it so this would be very helpful in helping them understand what they need to do in order to save money. It allows them to put the amount deposited, interest earned, and over how many years. I feel that this manipulative would be fun for the students to use. They would be able to play around with it to determine which would allow them to earn more money.



This is a function machine that I would use for my resource class. I used it when I was in high school and it was very helpful so I know it would be helpful for them. They have been learning about functions in their math classes and are all struggling with it. I think this would be helpful for the students because they really like to get on the computer. They would be able to get on the computer and determine what the pattern is. I feel that this will help them when they have to do it in class.