After a whirlwind few days my 200 Follower Giveaway is officially over! I was fortunate enough to have the love and support of some amazing ladies who sponsored this giveaway and offered up some wonderful prizes. Please check out their blogs if you haven’t already. Our winner is… Silvia! Congrats Silvia, I am sending an email your way 🙂 Thank you to everyone who entered and supported me through this!
200 Follower Giveaway!!
I can’t believe that in only two short months I’ve gained another 100 followers and I’m now at200 Followers!! With my education degree finishing up in a little over seven months I am finding that I am wanting to blog more and more to share what I’m learning in my last classes. I’ve also been able to share my blogging experience with other students in my faculty, which has been very rewarding! Each day I am able to network with more teachers from all over the world and I have learned so much about the field of education… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 35
Today is a very exciting Monday because I just reached 200 Followers, yay! I am currently working on a great giveaway celebration that I will post about later this week (probably tomorrow because I am pretty excited). In the mean time, here are some neat resources I just found this week. As always, I will be adding them to my lists of Fav Websites. 1 ) Go Social Studies Go– G.S.S.G is a website that has content organized and developed by actual Social Studies teachers as a means of engaging the different types of learners we find in… Read More
WBT Blog Bug Update!
I have been trying to re-organize and update our WBT Blogger Master List on Google Docs over these past few weeks! Here is whats new: – I have updated to include recognition of our new Social Media Intern positions! – Some blogs have been upgraded from “dormant” to “active” status now that they have started blogging again, yay! – Some blogs have lost their “active” status 🙁 Make sure you visit these ones and get them back on the blogging bandwagon! – Some blogs now have more information available to fill in those sections that may have… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 34
My first (VERY short) stint of student teaching is now completed and I am back at university for regular classes until mid-October. It is a really exciting feeling to be starting my last year of school before I become certified as a teacher… in EIGHT shorts months I will be graduated and can start searching for teaching positions!! Hopefully, I can then use some of these great resources that I found. As always, I will be adding them to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) Science Bob– Science Bob is a fun website that… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 33: Back to School Edition!
I can’t believe that it is already SEPTEMBER, this summer seriously flew by! ….. In one day I start my last year of university ….. In three months I am off on my first warm vacation ever to the Domincan Republic ….. In six months I start my last student teaching placement ever ….. In nine months I graduate with my Bachelors of Education (after degree) ….. In ten months I get married! Yes the countdowns have officially begun and I couldn’t be more excited. To celebrate I have put together a super list of resources to not only Start… Read More
New Ways to Keep up with WBT!
If you are using Whole Brain Teaching (WBT) in your classroom or interested in learning more, they now have a great network of various social media resources that you can follow! Their website, as always, is the best place to learn more! Make sure you take advantage of the FREE e-book downloads and the amazing support in their online discussion forum. Their Facebook page has important information in regards to new programs, webinars and WBT certification. Chris Biffle’s Twitter account has important information in regards to new programs, webinars and WBT certification. They now have TWO YouTube channels that… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 32
It is exciting to write this post and see that I have been consciously compiling these resources for 32 weeks now! I know that once I start student teaching and get more direction from my cooperating teacher I will probably be posting a lot of social studies specific resources as that is what class I will be in. In the meantime, however, here are some resources from all different subject areas. As always, I will be adding these to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) 50 Indispensable Edtech Tools for 2012– Online Degrees… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 31
Here are two great resources that can make your classroom life a lot easier for you, your students and their parents! 1 ) BringIt Sign Up Sheets– BringIt is an online resource that teachers can use to make Sign Up Sheets that can be shared with the students and parents in their classroom(s). This can eliminate the need for parents to come in or call you personally to sign up for all of those things that come up throughout the year.– BringIt allows users to automatically remind participants, allows participants to add ideas independently, can be public or… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 30: Math!
I was recently updating my Fav Websites page and I noticed that I have yet to add a list of math resources! I have never been strong in math and I think this is why I am never drawn to checking out math resources when I see them pop up on different blogs or websites. That is over now though as I am officially adding some great math resources! I will be creating a BRAND NEW heading on my Fav Websites page to include these resources (coming soon)! 1 ) Math Landing– This website is one… Read More