Am I in college again? I have not pulled an all nighter since college. With all of the things, that have been going on in my life it was the only way that I could get my presentation, paper, and Dremweaver site finished.

I also had to call the police last night while I was at school trying to get this stuff finished. I was sitting back in my room, when all of the sudden the siren starts going off, “ Intruder! Intruder! Leave Immediately” I raced up to the front of the school to turn the alarm off thinking that someone had accidentally set it while I was still there. When I turned it off, the Intruder Voice was till going. It took me a few calls and a few minutes to figure out that the alarm was going off on the other side of campus. I called the police thinking someone was in the building. After everything was checked out it was discovered that the alarm was faulty. It wasted an hour and a half of my time though

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Oh Goodness, I am putting myself out there. I have proposed a paperless classroom concept to my administration using blogger.com, and after talking with my department chair, I now have to put together a presentation on the concept.

Here’s how I picture the concept working. 1) Students would complete a warm up and would have to text their answer via Twitter to a account that I set up. This would embrace cell phone technology and turn its use into educational. 2) Students would then participate in a lecture discussion using power point without the computers. 3) Students would then sit down at their computer and work on the assignments given after downloading them from my website. 4) Students have to post whatever they completed that day on their blogger account for a daily check

Grading would work like this. 1) They would get a daily grade from posting what they have completed on their blogger.com account 2) They would post all completed assignments at the conclusion of the unit. 3) They would take test normally. 4) They would email photo story projects to an email account that is set up

This system has numerous advantages. 1) It allows students to work at own pace and work can be adjusted easily based on student. 2) It allows for daily checks making interventions easy. 3) It teaches kids computer skills. 4) It allows parents and special ed teachers to monitor progress

The negative is how do you fund it? It would take computer access everyday, and in schools that can be fairly difficult.