Blah, blah, blah, BLOG

Yes, once again, it took me awhile to figure out how to get to this spot.  Blah, blah, blah....but finally I am here.  I even created my own blog page prior to me figuring out how to post to this one.  I am slow and I like to make technology as difficult as possible.  (Not really but that is the way it seems to go for me.)

Blogs....well I am not quite sure how much I will be doing with a blog in my class.  My first thought is that it is one more thing for me to manage and do I really want that?  I will keep an open mind though and keep looking for ideas and benefits of having a blog at the 4th grade level.  The good news is that I know my kids in my class will love it.  They seem open to everything that I have thrown at them so far that is technology related.  I even gave them an assignment that involved looking up and defining the vocabulary words for the upcoming unit.  I gave them a choice of doing it on paper like in the past, or they could do it on Goggle Docs....17 out of 19 kids did it on the Chromebook.  I was very impressed.  Because they can't type too fast yet, the two kids that did it on paper were finished sooner but it didn't seem to bother the other kids.

A blog is yet another door that has never been opened by me before so here I go!  I am going in only because of my kids and trying to keep up with everything.  I don't want to be left behind and even more important than that, I don't want my kids to be left behind.  They need to be "up" with all the latest things.  Even if they come and go quickly.  At least they will not be afraid to try new things and will be prepared for all the new great things that are still to come.  (Unlike me that has trouble figuring everything out and wishes it would just all slow down.)