What would I do with out you? □ And I would be remiss without a special thank you to Mrs. I had to bring in my cap and gown for share time! Also, a big thank you to the para-educators who work with us – Mrs. The students in my class for the past three years helped me to become a better teacher. When I received my diploma from Salem State on May 19, it was because of you. In closing, I wanted to say how grateful I am to everyone at the Johnson School for helping me over the past two and a half years complete my C.A.G.S. It was a bit of an overcast day, but it was a great learning experience for all! Thanks to the Nahant Education Foundation for continuing to support our learning! In May we also spent time at the Wharf exploring the beach and the crab traps with the Northeastern Marine Science Center. Sometimes, technology is absolutely AMAZING.Students look on as Miss Val shows them the crab trap. Isn’t that amazing? It always makes me happy that they choose good old fashioned stuff instead of all the new 21st Century stuff that has to be charged and gets stuck and won’t turn on and and blah blah blah. My kids would rather play with Legos or Blocks or Play-doh or write in the Writing Center. And almost EVERY SINGLE TIME, not one iPad or iPod is used. The kids can play and do anything they want. That’s where we just all turn in our gold tags without counting them, anyone can do anything, it’s a free-for-all. I do want to point out something.Įvery once in awhile, I’ll have a “free” Fun Friday. You can find the link to the charging station dock. My Teacher’s Pet plugs them all in because 1) they want to, they think it is THE GREATEST THING EVER and 2) I do not want to, not at all, not in the least, someone do this for me, please. Every morning, I take them out and put them on the back counter. I lock up my iPads and iPods every night before I go home (they have been home with me all summer and come home with me on Christmas break). I’ll ask people in my personal life for them instead. WOOHOO! I was SUPER tempted to buy some Kindle Fires during Prime Day. I have no shame.Īfter all of my hard work of being absolutely shameless, I now have 6 iPods and 6 iPad Minis. One of my teammates sent an email to all of her parents asking for iPods or iPads and GUESS WHAT? One of her families owned their own business and needed a write off, and the next thing she knew, she had 3 BRAND NEW iPad Minis in her hands. I’ve put out pleas on my personal Facebook page, taken hand me downs from family and friends who are upgrading, and also stolen a couple of Steve’s right out from under him. Over the last couple of years, I’ve been collecting iPods and iPad Minis for Centers, and Groups, and Intervention, and whatever else you can think of. And all your principal will notice is that your kids are so adorable because they’re singing an EDUCATIONAL song. They’ll still do all that other stuff, but it will be EDUCATIONAL. And then when your administrator comes in and your kids are transitioning, instead of seeing kids fall out of their chair, or slide into their carpet spot, or crawl like a baby, or hop like a rabbit, or take the longest route possible, they will be SINGING a sight word. I just recently updated/revised/fixed my playlists to align with our new curriculum Benchmark Advance which offers HEIDI SONGS! I am a huge fan of Heidi Songs, already own most of her songs, have attended one of her sessions, and have had the pleasure of meeting THE HEIDI on a several different occasions! □ Heidi Songs are PERFECT for learning sight words, math, grammar skills, etc, but also just for playing during transitions! I almost always play a sight word song during transitions so we’re getting extra practice, but also so that we are singing and NOT TALKING. I don’t even remember, nor want to think about how I used to change CDs in the big ole boom box. My main technology that I use EVERY DAY-ALL DAY is my classroom iPod. Towards the end of last year, we got ceiling mounted projectors and speakers in the ceiling, and over the summer, we got a mimeo type of board thing that I just recently saw, and have not a clue how to use. She is my Ladybug and sometimes she can be grouchy. When I first started blogging (6 years ago), I still had an overhead in my room. I used to joke all the time that the only technology I had in my classroom was the telephone. Today’s Monday Motivation with Teacher by the Beach is all about Technology.
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