Whew, the first bell rang. That only means one thing… a crazy week filled with laminating, cutting, gluing, meeting, Open House hellos, phone calls, letters, and then squeezing in some sleep here and there. I finally finished decorating!
I’m looking forward to the school year ahead. I just keep dwelling on the fact that it’s my tenth year of teaching. A lot has changed. I thought I would reflect upon it today. I went to the Way Back Machine and loved taking a look at my website from my very first year of teaching. Holy cow, so much has changed!
1.) I never even dreamed of all the capabilities the iphone would put in my hand! Amazing! Sometimes when I am glancing at TweetDeck in the line at WalMart, I realize it’s like pocket-pd, 24/7!
2.) I didn’t imagine that I’d be teaching gifted education just yet, but couldn’t be happier!
3.) I still make that yearly promise to get organized. Ahem… no comment.
4.) Technology has gone from being about having kids “type in Word or create a PowerPoint” to being an integral tool in the learning process.
5.) My classroom website has become a place to interact with students and parents, rather than just a page of information to read.
6.) I now give the camera and the FlipCam to kids more than I use it. I want to see their points of view!
What hasn’t changed? I love my students just as much today as I did that very first day. 🙂
