Much ado about Mario

Mucho gusto

How-d'ye do! My name's Mario I am from the foothills of North County, San Diego.  Fallbrook to be exact, although kinder to fifth I was at Central school in Escondido.  Afterwards, I attended Potter Junior High and bridged my way to Fallbrook High School.  In high school my main interest was agricultural education, meaning I was part of FFA - Future Farmers of America!  I raised a lamb, germinated beans, and potted plants.  I really enjoyed the Ag department.  Later, at Palomar community college I began to cultivate myself with literature.  From Palomar I transferred to the University of California Irvine.  The campus is gorgeous and the Humanities Department is great.  I left with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature.  After graduation I wanted to teach English but finding no luck I held a series of odd jobs in Fallbrook; I painted homes, washed windows in high places, walked dogs and later I was a host at the Benihana's off of Poinsettia in Carlsbad.  I'm Back at school at last satisfying prerequisites.

As for my position in the technology continuum, I'm a novice so this is my first blog.  My experience with technology is basic.  I love MP3s.  My sophomore year in high school I was exposed to MP3 file sharing with Napster, it made life great to find music at the touch of a button.  But that all came crashing down.  Now I'm back to buying albums and compiling playlists.  I use Microsoft Office constantly and currently learning to use FileMaker Pro and the 4D client at work.  I'm a data entry clerk for the North Coastal Consortium for Special Education, we too are part of the San Diego County Office of Education but we are located at the North Coastal Regional Education Center in San Marcos.

The College of Education Mission Statement stands out in the courses offered by the California State University San Marcos; such as with the technology tools course.  The COE Mission Statement expects us to work together through the practices it promotes.  I believe the course is the driving force that joins and outfits the considerate learner.  For example the blogs unfold an area to join efforts and rally ideas.  I believe the CSUSM will expose us to many other ideas reflected in the Mission Statement.  I also really like the idea of building "educational equity" I yearn to learn and to build my "educational equity."