Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, EduBloggers!!

Halloween is one of the biggest perks to teaching elementary school, don't you think? You get a chance to see all your little friends come dressed up in their fantasy worlds. Lots of clowns, power rangers, supermen, rockstars, and Obamas ready to parade in the infinite circle around the poop-ridden fields behind the school. Fun, yes?

I, this year, was a clown. Not so original, but I have never been a clown before- so it was a first for me!!

And, why is it, that Halloween is the only function that you will see EVERY SINGLE parent of the children in your class? Academic days... back to school night.. conferences... eh.. but-- HALLOWEEN??? SIGN ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Website

Hello, fellow bloggers out there.

I wanted to share a new website with you-- www.starfall.com.

Check it out.. my students went on it today and had a blast.

Computers

Teachers, I have learned something new today. In computers. YES, me. I am SO excited!!!

I dutifully took my students to computer class this morning. They immediately began typing away on their typing program. I started to make my rounds to make sure they were using those dear home-row keys, when the computer teacher called me over. She then showed me how to turn off the auto-format when making a table.

O---M---G!!!

Now, many of you may be thinking WHO CARES??!! And you may also be wondering why I think that this is blog-worthy... Well, my friends, I ask you-- have you ever found yourself cursing at the computer while typing your spelling words into a table... backspacing with every word to fix the auto-corrected capital letter?

Well-- if you have... let me make you just as excited as I am. It's a little trick called:

FORMAT--- CHANGE CASE...

Oh, how I love learning new things...