Getting ready for school

I am updating my class website. LVUSD has opted to go for a new packaged web site in which teachers can create and change their own web page.

The website definitely looks a lot better than what we had before and I think that most teachers will actually enjoy the ease with which the pages can be changed.

Unfortunately for those of us who are tech-savvy, there are many restrictions. We can however link to our own website and there of course we have full control of what we're doing.

Kudos to Mary and Jeanne for giving us the tools to create professional looking pages!

Summer School

I just finished teaching summer school. The six weeks went by fast; faster than I thought. I had one 8th grade class with 15 students and one with 4 students.

Inintially I thought it would be harder to teach the class with 15, but surprisingly it was the 4 student class which challenged me the most. I think that feedback from a "larger" class is more helpful so students and me too can feed of each other and address more issues. In a smaller class, the chance that all students get a specific idea is a lot higher.

The key to fill two 2 1/2 hour classes for me was change, change, change. Luckily, the SuccessMaker lab was running which took about 30 minutes including getting to and from the lab
. Lessons, worksheets, games etc filled the other two hours which made the day go by fast.

Overall a very enjoyable experience.

P.S. We had two great barbecue days for the faculty. Josh made some great burgers and hot dogs and everyone brought nummy stuff to eat.