Elementary Computer Lab Bulletin Board

Last year, I made my bulletin board outside of my computer lab into a giant Pinterest Board! Each of the boards on my page showcased work by the different grade levels, contained objectives, or involved teacher favorites. 

Because I only saw classes so often, I usually tried to change my board quarterly. Last year, I taught grades K-4. 

Here are some pictures of my giant Pinterest board: 

These were part of the I Love Technology board

Funny Education Cartoons

We all need a good laugh once in awhile right? Laughing is good for you! It relieves stress and burns a few calories. I've recently started following a page on Facebook titled Teachers with a Sense of Humor. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out! I enjoy their posts very much.

 

Below are a few funny, teacher related cartoons, many of which did come from that page on Facebook. I hope you enjoy them!

 

Have a great Tuesday, everyone!

 

 

My New Bulletin Board!

I decided that since the school year is half over, that it was time for a new theme for my bulletin board outside my computer lab. It's a very large board, so the possibilities are endless!

 

My previous board tied in with my lab's Social Media theme. It was a giant Facebook page.

 

Well, my new board is as close to a Pinterest page as I could create. Each board is a different grade level, featuring projects that students have created in the lab. I also have a board titled "I Heart Technology". This is a board that features hearts from teachers. On the hearts they wrote various technology related tidbits: favorite websites, technology goals, memories of technology as a child, etc. This way the students can see that teachers and staff use technology often as well. I will post some pictures of those hearts in a different post.

 

I will also post more details about some of the student projects in a future post. For now, enjoy these pictures. I am super proud of my students and their hard work!

 

 

P.S. On a personal side note, Happy 5th Birthday to my beautiful daughter, Elizabeth!! Daddy and I are so proud of you and love you lots!

Few Quick Notes

I hope everyone enjoyed their long Thanksgiving weekend! I know I did.

Thanks for being a follower and reader of this blog! In less than 11 months it has had over 15,000 views and has over 60 official followers! Thank you so much!

I can't wait to see what the future holds for this blog and all of my other sites!

(See my Social Media Links Page at the top of this blog)

I also wanted to share this great infographic that I found online today. It really is eye opening:

 One more note, I am working on a couple of guest blogs on other sites. The first will be on my friend Mari's blog, Mind  Full of Literacy. Stay Tuned!!

 

Enjoy your Monday everyone and Happy TpT & Cyber Monday Shopping!

My First PD Presentation

On October 26th, I was honored (and nervous) to give a Professional Development presentation for the first time ever in my career! I have never liked public speaking, but I am definitely okay speaking in front of kids.

 

Me: Presenting in front of my colleagues, 10.26.12

 

I was asked by an administrator to present a session on Educational Technology. I chose to title my session, "Free Tech Tools & Tips for the Classroom". I was speaking to a group of K-8 teachers and administrators.

All of my teaching experience is at the elementary level, so I had to make sure I incorporated tools and tips that the secondary teachers could use as well.

I will be presenting a follow up session in January, so I plan to find even more tools that can be integrated across all subjects, grades K-8. If you have any ideas, feel free to share your favorites here!

Below I am including a few links from my presentation, as well as a Rafflecopter link! Please enter to win a copy of my presentation!

 

Thanks everyone!

 

Free Tech Tools for the Classroom: Live Binder

Free Tech Tools & Tips for the Classroom: Powerpoint on TpT

100 Images for Visual Brainstorming

Useful Charts

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

October's Most Popular Posts

Infographic created using Hohli 

Where did October go? I don't know about everyone else, but I cannot believe it is already Halloween! Before we know it, it will be 2013! We all know how quickly time flies during the holiday season.

I hope everyone has a FABULOUS Halloween! Below are the most popular posts for the month of October. Thanks again to everyone for their continued support!

Posts

Entry	Pageviews
A Bit of Humor & Inspiration Jun 14, 2012, 2 comments	252
Summer, please SLOW DOWN! Jul 12, 2012, 2 comments	78
A New World Discovered! Oct 5, 2012	60
TpT Freebies: Math Oct 12, 2012	53
Time for a Raffle! Oct 17, 2012, 2 comments	52
Soarin' Through the Solar System May 10, 2012	33
Ed Tech ABC's for Kids: E-I Jun 27, 2012	28
Happy Birthday, Johnny Appleseed! Sep 26, 2012	23
Election, 2012: Almost Time! Oct 26, 2012	23
Sweet, Sweet Candy Corn Oct 25, 2012	19

Pages

Entry	Pageviews
My Social Media Links Oct 22, 2012	22
Ed Tech ABC's Sep 26, 2012	16
My Live Binders Oct 29, 2012	8
Ed Blogs to Love! Oct 22, 2012	8

Random, but Fantastic, Finds

I was blog stalking a bit over the weekend. Teachers are amazing!! I enjoy reading and seeing all of the fantastic resources that are out there! I just love all of the creativity!

 

With that said, I thought I would share a few Fantastic, but Random, finds. I hope they will help someone out in their own classroom!

 

 

 

In the Year 1899, People Thought the Year 2000 Would Look Like This

(This is pretty amusing)

 

Using Wordle with Your Students

(I LOVE Wordle!!)

 

Back to School Blog Hunt

(Some pretty helpful ideas)

 

Free Place Value Charts

(Always helpful!)

 

TpT's 10 Free Downloads of the Week

(I LOVE getting these in their newsletter weekly!! They always include all grade levels!)

 

Calendar Activities

(LOVE these!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ready for the Year!

After many hours of hard work this week, I am officially ready to welcome students into my computer lab tomorrow! I am teaching K-4 this year, due to a huge student population increase (last year I was K-5). I am excited about this, even though I have to travel next door to our other building, the "middle" school, in order to teach my 4th graders. 

Below, I am posting a few pics of my classroom. I used Angry Birds and Social Media as my major theme this year. I hope you enjoy! 

Best of luck to everyone as you begin your new school year!

My Angry Birds "Volume Reminder Sign"  and more

Facebook Page bulletin board

Facebook Page bulletin board

New Computer Numbers

Word Wall

Sign to help the kiddos

Mini "Words with Friends" display

This year's schedule

Safe seat with some awesome signs that I found online

Rules

Twitter "Feed" a.k.a. My Objectives