This semester I have been innovative, I have learned new ways of doing things.  Ways that take what I am learning to a different level.  I have learned how to use the tools that the internet and my computer have to become a better teacher and better learner.  I many times came to a road […]

I have been working on doing assignments from The Daily Create over the last 30 days.  So here is a sampling of my work! Hope you enjoy! :) Breakfast Selfie 3/23 15 Second Create 3/24 Your Own Words of Wisdom 3/25 So this one got lost in cyberspace somewhere on my computer among my five […]

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This semester I have learned a lot about cooking and baking and it has been a fun journey.  I learned how to change out things in a recipe to make it more healthy, as well as what it really means to be healthy.  That doesn’t just mean low calorie like I once thought it did.  […]

This week I used a really cool site called Piktochart.com it was really cool.  I have seen infographics used before and thought that they were awesome but never thought I would be able to make one of my own.  Sure enough, I was wrong!  It was really simple and actually pretty fun.  Making a free […]

This week I learned about podcasts, now I did know some about podcasts in the past.  I like to go for walks in the morning before work with my dog, and I enjoy hearing stories while I do it.  It is a nice way to wake up and get my brain engaged, (and I walk […]

Well foodie friends this week I got strong cravings for Mexican food, when I was in Mexico this last summer I had some of the best food ever!  My favorite food has and probably always will be Mexican Rice.  However, the box kind you can get at the store just doesn’t do it justice.  So […]

This week I watched this video called “A Year Offline”  by Paul Miller, and I thought about my own internet time and how I use my day.  Is it productive?  Is it a waste? Well lets take a walk through my day, I get up and check the weather.  This is pretty good use of […]

This week we learned about online activism, before this I had known that social media can be a powerful way of getting a message across to thousands of people quickly and cheaply.  In the past we have all seen things like “The Ice Bucket Challenge” or a go fund me page being posted and shared […]

So foodie friends I have not given you an update for a couple of weeks now so I just wanted to let you know how things are going and what I have been up to.  I have spent some awesome time in the kitchen these last few weeks making some really yummy food.  I have […]

Most of the time we take Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Flickr, Pintrest, Reddit, Google, and all of our other social media sites for granted.  We usually see them as a quick way to get information to our “friends” and flood our lives with what our “friends” are doing.  What we don’t often think about is where […]

This week I wanted to do a clean eating recipe, something that was healthy, low calorie, and not full of preservatives.  That is where I found this recipe.  It is cheap to make and pretty tasty. Ingredients: 1 TBSP Olive Oil 1 Medium Yellow Onion 1 tsp Minced Garlic 1 Medium Zucchini 1 Medium Yellow […]

I thought this was such a cool idea!  I was unsure exactly what to do at first but after a little looking around I caught on pretty quickly.  I think this is really cool to engage your brain, and think outside of the box that everyday life can sometimes confine us to.  The Daily Create […]

This week I have learned that your PLN is a lot like a garden.  Everyday it needs water, more follows to better or new sources that you did not have before and stumbled upon.  It needs weeded, sites that aren’t what you were looking for need to be unfollowed or taken off your page to […]

This week I was really craving sweet potatoes, I couldn’t get it off my mind how yummy one sounded.  So I decided to make them as well as chicken breast and some green beans.  I night of some of my favorite foods. Baked Chicken Parmesan Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts, fat trimmed 3/4 Cup seasoned bread […]

Hey guys!! This week I found a recipe that I fell in love with! I actually made it three times this week, Mini Egg White Omelets.  They make the perfect breakfast, you can keep them in the fridge and they will stay fresh for up to 4 days.  They are simple, low calorie, and so […]

This week we did research on PLN or Personal Learning Networks, I looked high and low for different blogs, twitter accounts, and people who were talking about education in the elementary classroom on a daily basis.  What I found astounded me!  My biggest pool of resources came from Twitter.  They had so many accounts to […]

This coming Saturday, Valentine’s Day will be upon us.  So I thought it would be a great time to make a dessert perfect for the holiday.  Red Velvet Trifle, a very yummy dessert that will be a great treat for the occasion.  It is a very simple dessert, and something that you could make before […]

This week I jumped head first into passion based learning and how I could better incorporate it into my future classroom.  By getting your students to fall in love with what they are learning they will take away more information and be able to use it in their lives.  The resource that I loved looking […]

Today I made my first recipe for my independent learning project.  SO EXCITING! I thought and thought and couldn’t decide what kind of food would be best to start such an exciting journey with.  Finally it came to me, let’s make a classic food that I love.  So I decided that I would do Stuffed […]

This week I choose to watch a TedTalk about failing schools, and why they keep failing.  Essentially what it came down to is if you keep doing the same thing over and over you will never get a different result.  That is how a lot of schools work, they do the same thing year after […]