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	<title>Momma Baier</title>
	<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org</link>
	<description>Just another UMW Blogs.org weblog</description>
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		<title>First Nine Weeks Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just completed the first nine weeks of being a new teacher at the age of 40.  I am exhausted and exhilarated!  I absolutely love my students!  They are intelligent, interesting and full of life!  Being in the classroom with them, watching them work through problems and learning is one of the most fulfilling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/11/16/first-nine-weeks-down/</link>
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		<title>My First Six Weeks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just completed my first six weeks as a fifth grade teacher.  I am exhausted.  I don&#8217;t know what I was thinking when I changed careers at age 40 with three young children at home!  Teaching is the hardest thing I have ever done.  It is even more difficult than parenting, because as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/10/04/my-first-six-weeks/</link>
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		<title>Tapped In Reflection &#8211; Webheads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just came from what was supposed to be a Webheads meeting with an instructor named Vance, but he wasn&#8217;t there.  So the other people in the group continued without him.  They all seemed to know each other, so I felt a little out of place.  Just like at a party in reality!  How weird!
They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/07/06/tapped-in-reflection-webheads/</link>
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		<title>Flicker Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just uploaded a series of pictures onto a Flicker Account and made a little story/demonstration.  The actual project took some time to do, as I uploaded 21 pictures and each had to be rotated.  They also got out of order so I had to sequence them.  I found it relatively easy to use.  It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/06/29/flicker-story/</link>
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		<title>Creation of a Podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just completed creating a Podcast.  I was very nervous talking into the microphone.  How dumb is that?  I felt like I was on Broadway! 
The actual recording and uploading of the Podcast was very easy to do.  I had a really good time with it.  I even uploaded a picture of my children in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/06/29/creation-of-a-podcast/</link>
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		<title>Critical Thinking in the Classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To me, critical thinking is a very important component in the educational process.  I honestly believe that until a student can restate in his or her own words what has been taught, they have not truly learned anything.  It is too easy to rotely memorize facts, formulas and information.  However, to be able to know when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/06/17/critical-thinking-in-the-classroom/</link>
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		<title>Using the internet in the classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been so &#8220;scared&#8221; off by the news and television about children and the internet, that I sometimes forget that it is my responsibility to help students understand that the internet can broaden their world when used appropriately.  I will be teaching fifth graders next school year and am looking forward to exploring the internet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/06/13/using-the-internet-in-the-classroom/</link>
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		<title>Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delicious Account ~ http://del.icio.us/jbaier
Mrs. Baier&#8217;s Webpage ~ http://pnjbaier.googlepages.com
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		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/06/07/webpage-url/</link>
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		<title>Tapped In Reflection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just completed the tutorial for Tappin In.  It was interesting being in a chat room, as I have never experienced that before.  I am a bit uncomfortable with being public with my thoughts. 
The tutorial was conducted well and professionally.  The instructor was easy to follow.  We had a big group, so the system [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/06/07/tapped-in-reflection/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to my blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my blog.  Please feel free to respond to any of my posts!  I welcome your comments and input.
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		<link>http://jbaier.umwblogs.org/2008/05/27/hello-world/</link>
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