Teaching is like running on a treadmill, for 184 days. In fact the treadmill is already moving and this year, it is moving incredibly fast already. We have to keep running at a faster and faster pace or we risk falling down and getting slammed into the nearest wall like some fail video. It is hard to explain to a non-educator just how incredibly busy life in a school is. This is not a complaint (although more than 28 minutes to eat lunch after being in the same room for almost 3 hours would be nice sometimes). This is just the reality of an exhausting job. But now we return from summer, refreshed and energized to take on the challenge. We return to school excited to meet our new students and excited to try new things in our classroom--like blogging so that we can keep our parents more informed. Just be patient with us; we will stumble on the treadmill sometimes but we almost always right ourselves. We are running just as fast as we can.
This year in Mrs. Floyd's classroom, I hope to try some new ways of assessing my students formatively. I also want to try student blogging to help with summative assessment. I am big on technology and an avid user of Edmodo in my classroom. I encourage parents of my students to get an account as well. (Directions to follow for students and parents). I will continue to introduce my students to new and different technologies, as well as information researching and processing skills. My feet have already taken the first few steps on the treadmill even though I haven't met a student yet. Can't wait to because they make the exhaustion all worth while.
