Great News!

I have had some wonderful days with my students! I have finally bonded with some that I thought I would never bond with! It is spectacular! It's better than the feeling you get when you find out Santa has come...my heart starts fluttering, my eyes light up, my heart beats faster, and my mouth opens wide! My student read a book for me! As many times as I have tried to coerce him...he finally felt like he could trust me and read for me! I gave him so many treats and praise that I had nothing left to give...and kept giving! :) It is such a triumphant feeling to accomplish a feat that seemed impossible! This is what teaching is allllllll about!

Using Technology in the Writer's Workshop

I have voiced my concerns about safety and the Internet with my children but I am beginning to wrap my head around it...embrace it...a bit. I think I could really make this happen. Maybe not every week but to be sure I could get my kids up there once every two weeks just to publish their ideas. They don't have to be perfect but I think that would really motivate them to get the work done if they knew they were going to be submitting it so their classmates can see their work. The children are so interested in getting to use technology that I shouldn't withhold using it just because I can't dictate every second of what they are doing. I can't do that even if they are not using technology, why should I micromanage with technology. :)

Multimedia Project

My multimedia project was very fun to do and it was not very hard at all! It was nice to be "forced" into doing something of that nature! It wasn't even that hard! I wish I had known this all along. Next time I create one though, I will be sure that I am not in a hurry because I was stressed out when the sound wouldn't work. The children will really enjoy using this! I even talked with our AIG coordinator and she wants to use it with her children also! How flattering!