IntroducingBrooke Seidman

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IntroducingBrooke Seidman!
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Welcome!

• You are about to participate in an optional,
  professional development course.
• Even though this is not a mandated course, I
  still think its important to have an
  understanding of who your instructor is.

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Brookes Brief Background (gotta
love alliterations!)

• My name is Brooke Seidman.
• My parents are extremely into the environment and
  my sister (Dawn) and I have earth inspired names.
• I love being outside, especially in autumn.

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Southern Belle

• I am natural born Floridian from the city of
  Plantation.
• I have lived in a 20 mile radius for practically
  my entire life!

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Its Great, To Be, A Florida Gator!!!

• I graduated from the University of Florida last
  May with a degree in Political Science.
• I also undertook minors in Anthropology and
  Secondary Education.
• I was a senator at UF in 2005.
• Currently I am getting my Masters in Educational
  Technology at UF!

NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!
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My Journey

• I started out in political science, but quickly
  learned how easy it can be to get corrupted.
• I ventured into anthropology to find out more
  about people and their motives.
• I decided the best place to enact positive
  changes would be in education.

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Instructional Design

• I thought, I could be a teacher and really make a
  difference, but I wanted to do more.
• What better way to change the system, than to
  instruct the teachers how to teach?
• Instructional Design allows me to improve upon
  teaching methods, thus enacting some positive
  changes!

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Learning Style

• I am a visual learner.
• Show me how to do something, and then let me try
  it myself.
• To figure out what learning style you are, visit
• http//www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.htm
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Influences

• People who inspire me usually are well-spoken,
  passionate, and intelligent.
• One of my role models is Senator Clinton, as I
  think she embodies these particular traits.

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Inspirations Influences

• John Dewey
• Jonathon Kozal
• Jim Henson
• Jon Stewart
• Steve Jobs

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Simple Pleasures, somewhat pathetic I admit

• I am addicted to coffee and coffee products.
• I also love cheese to the point where people ask
  me if I was a mouse in a past life.
• I also have an embarrassing addiction to soap
  operas, namely Days of Our Lives.

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Travels

• I am part Hungarian and Czech.
• I studied abroad in Prague (located in the Czech
  Republic) and fell in love with the city.
• The next couple of slides show the absolute
  beauty of this region.
• I personally like the juxtaposition of
  contemporary society(fast paced, modern city
  life) and old world culture (structures,
  buildings, etc.)

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Prague- Wenceslas Square
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One of Many Market Places
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Prague- Downtown (Mustek)
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Stressed Out?

• When I need to relax, I often close my eyes and
  imagine myself strolling in Prague or Budapest.
  One street you feel like you are in a fairy tale,
  then you turn the corner and feel like you are in
  Manhattan! It is crazy!

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Contact Information

• If you have any questions at all when you are
  going through this course, please feel free to
  contact me at brooke83_at_ufl.edu

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The End!!!

• All pictures used in this presentation I took
  myself or I obtained from Microsoft ClipArt.
• http//office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.
  aspx?cag1
• http//www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.htm
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