Here we go...

     Hey, everyone! I am ready to share my very first blog post. This week I started my 2nd to last grad class, The Connected Educator. My mind is already boggled by how much I didn't know about the blogging world. I have followed blogs in the past, mostly fashion, cooking and home decor, but had never looked at blogs about the teaching profession- boy was I missing out. For one of our assignments, I found 4 blogs to follow and I am so excited to explore those blogs and look for others. I think these sites will add so much to my teaching. Many of the sites have free downloads, which I love, as well as ideas for implementing more technology into a classroom. As I continued working through this week's assignments, I found the usefulness of Feedly. This site organizes all the blogs you follow and alerts you when new content is added. For someone like me who can be easily distracted by my everyday tasks, it is comforting to know that I won't miss out on anything by forgetting to check my favorite blogs, Feedly does it for me. I know I will find it very useful. Finally, my favorite assignment this week was creating a post using AdobeSpark. I love to play around with templates, fonts and pictures. This site does all the hard work for you. I was able to choose my favorite quote, make it look fancy and add a picture of my favorite little people. I think my first graders would be able to use this site, with a little guidance, to create a graphic for an assignment. I love when I can implement technology into my classroom. Here's what I created: