Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! Looks What’s Going on in Our Room!

My mind has been racing this weekend with many ideas on incorporating a blog into my classroom as well as sharing the idea with other teachers at my school. I have not quit talking to my friends and family who are not educators about all the new information I learned last week and have even been trying to encourage some of them to start blogs for their families. I have kept my laptop plugged in all weekend when I have not been on it so that I can play and look around for ideas at any time!

My best friend, whom I have been friends with since before Kindergarten, is moving to Bahrain with her husband and three children. He got a great job opportunity that they just cant pass up. I cry every time I think about it, including now while typing. I have been trying to help her all weekend to start a blog so that all her friends and family in the US can easily keep up with what is going on. We have also been talking about using SKYPE to communicate more often while they are gone. She has twin girls and I have a little boy, all who are 3 1/2 and I think it will be very encouraging as well as a learning experience for the children to be able to talk that way. I also want my classroom to write to Jamie and her family as a pen-pal experience and share things with eachother that are going on in both countries. I think my students will greatly benefit from seeing how people of other cultures live!

I have really enjoyed the past two and half days. My brain is overloaded, but keeps on going! I enjoy technology and have learned many new ideas. I have stayed up very late the past two nights and ignored any and all housework just to play on the computer and to investigate all the new websites we have been introduced to.

I am very anxious to talk to Ms. White about some new and bright ideas for the upcoming school year. I am going to to be out for 8 weeks after having my second, sweet little baby boy, but my mind will still be racing I know! I am going to create a Power Point Presentation to introduce some of the ideas I have learned this week to the faculty in hopes to encourage my co-workers to be as enthusiastic as I am!

I feel a lot better after spending two full days in Tech Camp. I still have a lot of questions and then forget them when I get there. One is what is the easiest way to contact the Ed Tech people so that when I do have a question, I don’t spend forever looking at a way to contact one of them. We have learned many ways to interact with each other as well as others and I am not sure which way I like the best or is the easiest yet.

I learned some new things about Digital Photography today that really intrigued me. I am the webmaster for my school and really enjoy taking and editing pictures. I also learned how to use a SmartBoard and was very, very impressed. I am anxious to talk to the administration to see what is available for our use as well as purchasing new items for the school!

I got to the TLA early this morning so I could figure out what was the problem last night with being able to link my name with my blog on the EdTech Wiki page. For some reason, I got it to work the first time on the computer this morning. It made me feel much better, but also wondering what I did wrong last night. I think I did the same thing.

I have made a big goal for myself today……to take absolutely NO written notes. I am going to use Zoho Writer to take all my notes, which is something that I learned all about yesterday. My mind is still racing and very anxious to learn lots more information!

I have been playing around on the computer for about 4 hours now. I have learned more today than I ever thought I would in one day and have really enjoyed it. I also have many more questions from playing around on the computer.

I have struggled tonight to be able to link my name on the EdTech Blog page and going to wait til in the morning to get some help. I think I spent too much time trying to figure it out on my own…which is me being hardheaded! I am going to bed soon and ready for another full day of learning new and exciting information tomorrow!

We are back from lunch. My mind is in overload…in a POSITIVE way! It is running a million miles with questions, ideas, and wanting to play around to see what all I can teach myself from what I have learned this morning! I am so excited about these three days!

Awesome! I have now created a blog for Tech Camp and going to continue using the blog in my Kindergarten classroom. I am very excited about learning all the new information that there is to offer here at the Tech Camp. The teachers here are very enthusiastic and energetic. They seem to be very helpful and full of great information.