I am currently building a sister site to Jamael's Shorts called Jamael's Shortcuts :-) It is a technology toolbox, a hodgepodge of tools for tech integration. It is still in its infancy, but please check it out- there are some things up that you may find useful. Hope to see you there!
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Apologies for the one year hiatus. I came back to look something up and found I had random people checking out my blog- I'm honored and embarrassed at the same time.
Well anyway, a lot has happened. I'm married now (YAY!), I switched schools *bites fingernails*, I changed my program to Middle Childhood (Grades 4-9) Math and Science (No, they don't scare me), and I got a new job working after school care with K-5 *fist pump*. I'm currently procrastinating studying for a test I have tomorrow, so I should make this quick, but I've learned a lot from this new job of mine. The biggest thing I've learned: Classroom Management. I've always been afraid of disciplining kids that weren't my own (and no, I don't have any, and no, I'm not sure when I will) and I've always been told by other teachers that discipline is THE FIRST thing you need to get a handle on when you are in front of a classroom. Being thrown in front of 17 kids ages 5-11 by myself taught me how to discipline REAL FAST- like minutes-to-days fast. I've only been at this job for 2 months now, but I can hardly remember what it was like to be afraid of discipline. Just the other day we had a new kid in the bunch acting up. I asked him to stop, he continued, I asked him again, he continued, I asked him a third time, but this time quite sternly and he said "Geez Miss Jamael, you're bossy!" I was tickled. What a compliment- I NEVER would have thought I would assert authority to a 10-year-old enough to come off as bossy. Progress! And just like the cartoon below implies, nobody teaches you how to handle a bunch of rowdy kids, but a bunch of rowdy kids! |