Aim to Be Awesome, Not Perfect

It is round 3 for #IMMOOC, round 1 for me! I started reading this book a few weeks back, and posted this as a #booksnap  This really resonated with me - teachers need time to learn and grow and they need to feel like it is all hands on deck (as it should be).  Sometimes it feels like the time isn't there or not everyone is on board - and that can stifle the positive changes that could be happening.   We were posed this question:  Why is innovation in education so crucial today? So I thought... and I thought... and I thought.  I have a thousand buzz words going around in my head, and yet nothing sticks to the answer of that question.  So I started thinking about changes and new experiences in my own life.  I went to my first NCAA Women's Volleyball game this week - my family went out to cheer on the Texas Longhorns .  I've been to many, many football games and quite a few basketball games - but never volleyball. We went because my youngest daughter started p

Google Slides is an useful tool in the classroom for both teachers and students. When I started using Slides, I saw it mainly as a way for teachers to present information to students. But as GSuite usage grows in my own district and throughout the country, I've have come across some Super Stuff for student use of Slides. As a classroom teacher, I wasn't the best at teaching vocabulary. I didn't focus on it as much as I should have. I wish I had seen this Frayer Model Example back when I was teaching and read Meagan Kelley's blog post . I think something like this would have made vocabulary a little easier for me and more engaging for my students. When working with vocabulary, matching the word to a definition or picture can be good practice, but all that cutting and gluing of paper drove me nuts.  So when a fellow teacher asked if I could create something similar, I said sure! This Matching Game is my creation. Although I never taught language arts or