Hey y'all! I am so excited - I just got
back from a phenomenal, inspiring technology conference. Two days of eating at
a normal pace, having adult conversations centered around innovative ideas,
using the restroom WHENEVER I needed to! (Seriously one of my favorite parts of
conferences...you know how it is.) The time spent collaborating and sharing
ideas with other teachers who are so dedicated to teaching their children how
to learn has been so energizing. Just what I needed after these cold, snowy,
endless winter weeks!
Here are my 5 for Friday! Hope everyone
had a great week! :)
Anyone
else’s students ObSeSsEd with Minecraft?! Almost all of my sweet little ones
ordered the Scholastic book that’s still on back order…I may have a mutiny on my hands soon.
Anyways – using their love of the game, the moving stories
from the conference, and my love for all things techy I’ve decided:
I want to start a Minecraft club at our
school.
After
school, once a week, kids playing Minecraft. It seems like a very doable, yet extensive project. It’s going to take a lot
of work on my end to get it started, and I’m going to need to learn how to set
up servers, etc. which I have absolutely NO clue how to do yet. BUT I’m thrilled
at the idea of learning how to do it and the possibilities of how beneficial
this could be for my kiddos! One of the fabulous 3rd grade teachers at our school is on board too and
willing to help so together we should hopefully get things rolling on Monday! J CAN’T WAIT!
*PS: Have
any of you started a Minecraft club/use it at school?? Any advice is welcome!!
Also at the conference – got
to try on Google glasses for the first time! Super sweet – way
too distracting for me to ever think of using at this
time though! I’d never get anything done haha.
It
was dress up as your favorite book character on Monday. Here is a (blurry)
picture of Junie B. Jones, Pinkalicious, Spiderman, Viola Swamp, Baby Mouse,
and Peeta!
I’M FINALLY GOING SNOWBOARDING AGAIN THIS WEEKEND!!
I positively love, love, love snowboarding. Since moving down south I don’t
have the chance to go as often as I’d like, but this weekend I’ll be hitting
the slopes with a bunch of friends and I couldn’t be more excited!
Last, but certainly not least, my brother’s
fiancé just got our bridesmaids
dresses in! She’s going to be able to bring it out here on their vacation!
Woohoo! I don’t have a pic. handy but they’re beautiful! Which is another great
#5 - in 2 weeks I get to see my
parents, brother, and his fiance! <3 So many things to be grateful of this
week!
Enjoy your weekend everyone!
