Tony+M.

Tony M.

 * Grade Level/Discipline:** I teach 10th grade English in Shippensburg, PA, a small college town in south central PA. I have been teaching for 13 years, and pretty much the same novels, plays, and short stories for all 13, with a different class or two mixed in.


 * Few Facts about myself:**


 * 1) **Fact 1**: I'm married with three kids ages 8, 6, and 3 1/2. And they are very, shall we say, active?
 * 2) **Fact 2**: I'm half Italian, and just about every man on my Dad's side has or had a vegetable garden. Mine is a little extreme in that it's 400 square feet not counting the large raspberry and strawberry patches. We don't buy veggies until winter!
 * 3) **Fact 3**:I have two masters degrees in education, but I still keep coming back for more! My district pays for the classes, so I figure, why not?
 * 4) **Fact 4**: I'm a huge Redskins fan. Have been since the 4th grade. I'm also obviously a glutton for punishment.


 * What I'd like to learn or get out of this course:** Since I could teach my course with my eyes shut, I shouldn't. That's why I continually take courses that challenge me to think differently and pick up some ideas to use in my teaching. I hope to learn about the generation behind mine--how they think and why they say and act the way they do. Plus, I just can't imagine how video games can be used to teach! That just seems unbelievable.


 * My favorite game(s):** I would be far too easily sucked into video games, so I just steer clear. But every Memorial Day weekend, my wife and I join a group of college friends and their wives at Ocean City, NJ. Each year the guys add to the games we love to play: Frisbee, football, ladderball, and bocce. And now we're looking into Kubb. I also love horseshoes and a game called Settlers of Catan (a board game, if you've never heard of it).