New School Year, New Ideas!

School starts tomorrow and the past three days of in-service has me coming home sore and

complaining.  In the midst of my complaining I wonder about those women who work in jobs that are not off for the summer and how do they manage to get everything done.  Food for thought before I complain to much.

A new year brings on lots of changes, the seniors I got attached to are gone, this year we have several new teachers, I am teaching a class I have not taught in several years but no software changes this year.  Every school experience some type of change each year, it may be major or minor, but every teacher needs to change as well.  I do not believe any of use are perfect teachers and none of our classes are perfect, if nothing else our world is changing all the time and our lessons should change with the world.  So as a computer teacher, I like to incorporate some of the new technology that students are interested in.  This summer I played PokemonGo, yes I am over fifty and a grandma, but I wanted to know what the kids are up to.  I am working on a project involving the game and hope to have it ready by morning.  I also wish to incorporate blogging into my College Readiness class so they can blog their journey to college and they can read about their fellow students' journey.

Another goal of mine is to require my Advanced Computer Applications classes to create an electronic portfolio and to find funding for them to get IC3 or MOS certification.  Both would serve them well in the workforce.  My students being successful in the workforce is a large goal of mine.  Time to stop talking and finish up lesson plans.  May everyone, students, teachers, parents and administrators have an amazing year!