Summer Vacation!

I have four more days with students and then the current school year is over. It seems this year flew by.  But no matter how fast I think this school year went, the summer will go much faster.

What are your plans for the summer?  I have plans to relax, enjoy my family, vacation at the beach, and read books for fun.  I also plan to clean my house from top to bottom and accomplish all those tasks I never have time for during the school year.  And like many teachers, I plan to take steps to educate myself and prepare for the coming year.

This summer I am going to one librarian conference, Camp TASL.  This is a new one and I'm looking forward to what it has in store for me.  I am also presenting at a Technology Academy. I have two sessions on Free Apps for the Elementary Classroom and one Session on SMART Exchange.  I'm still working on my presentations, but when they are finished I will share them with you.

I would love to hear about your plans for the summer!

Conferences

Last November I was invited by SMART Technologies to present a few sessions at the Tennessee Education Technology Conference. It was a wonderful opportunity for me to share more of what I do every day with my SMART products and I got to meet a lot of other enthusiastic SMART users. When I wasn't presenting I was at the SMART Vendor Booth sharing even more.
I presented one session on how to use the SMART Table and two sessions on using your SMART Board to meet the requirements for the new Tennessee Teacher Evaluation Model. I have been asked to present that session as a webinar in April. I'm excited about this new opportunity and I'll let you know when it's time.

Presidents' Day Resources

Monday is Presidents' Day. You may or may not be in school, but either way, here are a few classroom resources you may want to use with your students. And they are FREE!!!



Lessons of the SMART Exchange: http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=presidents%27+day




http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=28






Apple App: US Presidents
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usa-presidents/id317835093?mt=8








Android App: US Presidents

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.max.USPresidents&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLm1heC5VU1ByZXNpZGVudHMiXQ..