Hectic Days

Wow....These past few weeks have been so hectic, there are so many things that I have to do, it is unreal. I have been assessing and reviewing that information and it is amazing how much there really is to do for each assessment. I do enjoy entering all the assessment information on the computer and generating different graphs of the different information. It is nice to see what all of the information does for a teacher. I am also really enjoying my SMART Board, as days go by, I am learning more and more about all that it can do. My kids have started using it too and they love it. I have them using it to take attendance in the morning, who knew that taking attendance could be so much fun? Plus I also use the SMART Board to keep all the different AFL statements on and all I have to do is scroll down for each different subject. With time comes more knowledge!

I have been using my SMART Board more and more and it is amazing. I am learning little by little what it is capable of. My students love it. It is a great interactive tool to use when exploring math and science. I have started putting objectives and discussions we have on it, so then we can refer back to it when we get to that subject. We use it for everything. We go to the computer lab once a week and they are still becoming familiar with what they can and cannot do on the computer, but hopefully here soon we can start making PowerPoint presentations, typing up their final personal narrative for writing on the computer, setting up a blackboard account so that we can communicate with other classes. My mentor is going to help me set that up with another class. I think we will be communicating about different books at first. Overall the year is off to a great start, and I am surviving. I now realize that the days are not long enough to be able to teach all that I would like to, but I also realize that it is a fact of life!