Update from yesterday….I saw this image above from a friend on Facebook. And it made me rethink all I was going to do this week after hearing the news my dream job was pulled away from me. This week….we will be having a staff meeting. At the meeting will be an announcement about who will… Read More The Greatest Test
When I was a little girl I always thought about being a teacher. I would have my dolls and stuffed animals lined up in rows and used my activity books as teaching materials. My 5th/6th grade inspired me that teaching was a good choice and so I continued on that path. After graduation, I headed… Read More Motivation…Signs I Am Ready to Leave Teaching
Technology has really come a long way in the past few years. It seems that there are apps out there for everything you can imagine. And they come out with new ones every single day. I am going to tell you about my favorites that I use. Google Opinion Rewards I have used this app… Read More 10 Android Apps That Make Your Life Easier
I grew up with three younger brothers and God blessed our family with three sons. I think He has a plan in mind for me to be surrounded by boys, but I’m not sure why. As our family began to grow certain phrases or mottos, started to be incorporated into our daily lives. We still… Read More 4 Mottos Our Family Lives By
I am a computer teacher at a public middle school and one of the units I teach is all about Digital Citizenship. For an entire week, 5-8th grade students will take a journey with me on how to be safer and more kind while being on the Internet. The students know I am passionate about… Read More What I Wish Everyone Knew About CyberBullying
I live with mental illness…….. It is not me personally; it is my husband and two of our three sons who are afflicted with this condition. Looking back on my family and history, we never saw anyone who was depressed or anxious about anything in their lives. If they were depressed or anxious, they hid… Read More Living with Mental Illness
Every month at my school I print out some memes and cartoons and place them in the only sanctuary we have…..the staff bathroom. It is one way we can have a laugh in our otherwise hectic day. There aren’t many computer teacher memes out there (what I teach) so here are some that are my… Read More Favorite Teacher Memes
I grew up during the 70s and 80s when music was exploding on the radiowaves. Our family listened to music whenever we could. Mostly we listened to Pop and Rock with a little Country sprinkled in every once in a while. Music was playing at the workplace, in our van, and in our home when… Read More Music…my first love
When we were engaged, one of the decisions we made was that we wanted to be one faith on our wedding day. My soon-to-be husband was a Wisconsin Synod Lutheran and I was Catholic. After lengthy discussions with our parents and our priest, we decided that being a part of the Catholic family would be… Read More 10 Steps to taking children to Mass…From babies to teens