Closure

My Animoto: Please enjoy, Senior Year: Came and went too fast!

My wonderful students this year:

My last day in the class room was actually pretty calm, which surprised me. Mrs. Panfil did her lesson and I helped with it too. My kids were sad to see me leave. One boy actually came up to me and said "is it really your last day?" with the saddest face I have ever seen and gave me a huge hug. I have connected really well with the students this year and I have connected with the teacher more too. This year has truly been a gift to me and I appriciate everything the students and the wonderful Mrs. Panfil have done for me.

School is amlost out and for me college is coming very fast. I never thought this day would come so soon. Once I hit junior year everything flew by so fast its like I blinked and literally everything was over and done with. Through this fast past years I have grown so much as a future educator.

Last year was not what I was expecting, yes it was easy but I did't try my hardest when I should have. This year I pushed myself to do more and I am more this year. I am prepared for anything.

I know teaching si for me, I always have known this. I haven't always known what type of teacher I wanted to be. I have always loved theatre but being an intern for Mrs. Panfil this year has made me check yes to being a theatre teacher as I go on to Tarleton State.

As my class room experience ends for high school I know there is a new beginning for me in college. Yes I am going to miss the experience I have recieved for my past intern teachers but everything comes to an end and sadly it must end in order for me to move on. I thank each and every teacher who has ever changed my mind or my life to better myself. I look up to you and hope to influence someone as I go into the fantastic field of a future educator.

Smart Technology

Technology has been increasing through out the years. So do you ever look for fun educational games on the ipod or ipad? click here to view some games from itunes.

Here are some that I believe are awesome:
No Fear Shakespeare : Shakespeare is the beauty of language and art but not everyone can understand it. This is basically our slang transtlation from Mr. Shakespeares awesome writing. Did you know more than half our language words were developed from Shakespeare himself?
Alphabet Tracing : Little kids don't want to just sit down and write on plain ol' paper like we did. They know technology is out there because they probably have it in their own house hold. So how about changing it up a little bit? This is a fun new way to teach them handwriting and watch it come to life.
Spanish for Dummies : Our world is becoming more bilingual speaking and the second language is spanish so what better then teach it early?

                                                          
Are you lost on what to do on your smart board? Here is a link for you

I have a group of middle schools (6-8) and they are absolutely delightful. Although they don't have a smart board in the class room. If they did I would do something a long the lines of this fallowing link: Walking in Someone Elses Shoes. I would use this to get them up and moving around the room and also to interact with each other because they are a very shy group. This lesson will not only help them get out of their shell but to learn something new in a fun way.