Blog of A Jenna

One of the main reasons I wanted to start recording the work I do, is to have a log for NEXT year. I seem to get annual amnesia. How did I have students keep their stuff organized? What is the paper flow system? I have created and forgotten, hundreds of routines, activities, and other bits of instruction of the years. The thing I am struggling with most this year is keeping the classroom clean. I have classroom jobs, but I don't make them a daily routine with fidelity. So, yesterday, I spent 3 hours cleaning the classroom.  When I moved into my current classroom, one of the things I lamented was that there were no cubbies. So, I borrowed a class set of milk crates from the cafeteria to make individual cubbies. I tried to make a bookshelf of them, and ended up not liking how much space they took up. So, the next iteration was for the individual cubbies to be a the students' table spot. WHAT. A. MISTAKE!!! I went through ONE child's cubby and recovered pencils, whiteboards, a...

 Work Glut #1 After watching New EdTech Classroom's video series about what's wrong with education, and what we can do about it, I was reminded of the value of Universal Design for Learning. It was the perfect timing for this message because I had just attended #EduProtocols World Wide #3 a few weeks ago.  Back in the day, I joked about loving drinking from the firehouse. I even created a long-defunct podcast where I shared my passion in a whispered nugget of teeny tiny ed-tech. www.tinyurl.com/oojot . The danger, I've learned, about drinking from the firehouse is that I forget as much as I learn. So, in an effort to help me remember what I've learned, and to help me deal with my habit of re-inventing the wheel, I've decided to record my work gluts.  Once I dive into the glut I can tend to start chasing rabbits. So, I'm hoping to create this little blog series, I'll be able to keep some focus. 8:15a.m - Learning Centers Choice Board Uodate @ 8:25 OMG! So, I...