Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Teachers should check these out

  1. ISTE Website
  2. Teachers blogs that can assist with making your own professional development during summer time
  3. Free videos for professional development 
  4. Some healthy tips on living
Enjoy!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Summer

Everybody looks forward to summer... Summer arrives... What to do? So much time and not enough to do!


I hope it helps me keep healthy and out of financial troubles. Clearing the clutter of my home should keep me busy enough that I will not spend what I don't have in a classroom that I don't have anymore.

  • Still looking for a job...

  • Now reading:

1. Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

2. Bone Rattler by Eliot Pattison

3. Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb (audiobook)


Saturday, May 7, 2011

Busy weekend

I have so many things to do this weekend that I have a hard time concentrating enough to start any of them. Putting together a portfolio, patching a Power Point Presentation for my TEAMS fellows, spending time with my husband, not counting Mother's Day events - it is packed with things that need to be done, and cannot be postponed.

I will see how it goes.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Triceratops may not have ever existed...

Check this link for fun fact about triceratops. If you are a science buff, I am sure you will find this intriguing:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AdFoK6/www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/triceratops-might-be-a-mythical-beast 


Being an elementary teacher, I have to say that my students have passed their dinosaur fever to me. I love everything about them!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Great resource for teachers

If you think that classroom management is about keeping the students quiet, you are so wrong! Check http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/04/30/how-a-party-can-improve-classroom-management/ Smart Classroom Management to see how you can take control of your classroom and succeed at being a good teacher.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Wake up call for America - Teachers need second jobs also!

Being a teacher, I have to agree. When I was a waitress, I earned a lot more than now, and still I continue to strive to be a great teacher and to touch as many lives I can with a little bit of knowledge, or at least, with a little bit of incentive to make that child leap higher and pursue her dreams as a student. I want my students to succeed and love school and knowledge so they make the future a better place for all.

Check this blog: http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2011/05/62-percent-of-american-teachers-work.html

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Looking to the Future

After almost three years, it is time to find another school to continue my career as an educator. It has not come as a first choice decision, but now that it is here, I embrace it and look forward to the change. I am preparing many things already for my open horizons future. I know that what is to come will be the ideal situation and will fulfill my expectations and I will be able to better serve the children that come under my supervision. I will definitely miss my little ones, especially when I thought I would be seeing them grow up and develop as students. I will miss my friends, but I do want to keep in touch with them as well. Life is definitely a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get, even when you think you know, you may yet be surprised.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Plato has been right for 2500 years

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

If you don't know who Plato was, follow this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato