Being a life-long learner is one of the things that I am most passionate about in my teaching career. I LOVE digging into fun and meaningful professional development whenever I can. I will read ANYTHING, but I get extra excited when I pick up a new educational book to read. I know that I can find a lot of new ideas to incorporate into my classroom that will help ignite the same passion for learning in my students that I carry with me. Collaboration and sharing with others is another one of my top passions. That is why I am so excited to tell you about a collaborative blogger book study that is coming your way super soon! Get ready to do some on-line professional learning with some of your favorite bloggers! Several of these lovely ladies just returned from an AMAZING trip to The Ron Clark Academy where they were inspired to find ways to reach our learners in fun and exciting ways! Starting February 28th, we are going to be hosting a linky party each Tuesday and ...
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EDExpo 2015 Part 1
Recently, I was invited to attend the 2015 EDExpo in Atlanta, Georgia on February 22nd. I am so excited because this event will give me the opportunity to collaborate with 50 other teacher bloggers as well as attend an incredible expo where I will be getting a sneak peak at products and new educational resources as well as taking notes/giving feedback on my favorite resources to be used in the classroom and schools. This expo is known for sharing the newest, most innovative resources out there at the moment. I will have my eye open for things that I think will make a positive impact in our classrooms and add to our successful learning curriculums. Owners, CEOs, and presidents of well-known education resources companies will be there as well as superintendents, principals, educational specialists, and so many other great educators. You can check out the list of bloggers who will be attending with me here, and you can check out which companies will be at the expo ...
Learning Through Google Docs
I have always been a huge fan of Google Docs/Drive. However, my recent obsession started when I was taking a graduate class that required my classmates and me to do a lot of group work. One of the wonderful teachers in my group suggested that we use Google Docs because we could all edit, share, and work on our documents and presentations together at the same time. Instantly, I became obsessed with the possibilities that a tool, such as Google Docs, could do for me and my students in the classroom. I have some big plans and dreams for what my students will be accomplishing with the help of Google Docs, but I wanted to show you how we started experimenting with the technology tool this week. This post might be a little crazy, but hopefully I can get into words how awesome this tool is! First, you need to have a Google account. I have a personal account and a blog account. I also created a class account for my kiddos to use (Next year, I plan on creating individual email ...
