WARNING: This is my most scattered post to date. Over the past month I have been talking on the phone with my parents, venting to my husband, brainstorming with my PLN and doing a lot of worrying about where my career path was heading. The night before an interview I called my mom (who is a 6th grade teacher) to get advice and...
I have recently accepted the position of Elementary Technology Coach in my district. I am extremely excited but also overcome with a plethora of emotions about leaving the classroom. I have slowly started to pack up (and give away) items in my classroom but I wanted to document what has worked for me as a 21st Century Teacher.
I use this over the door shoe rack to store student headphones (we were able to get each student a pair from Dollar Tree as a motivation tool while doing STAAR review, they work well and have lasted for the past 2 months), BYOD (iPods, phones...) on Wednesdays and their class shirts so they are not lost at home.
Towards the end of the school year I always see my students emerge as independent learners. I still have teaching/learning moments with my students but I love that my students are able to search for their own answers and learn from others too. As a reward for STAAR being over I created a few math lessons that works like a WebQuest. Below is...