Blogging Assignment

This assignment was interesting and will hopefully help me throughout my teaching career. The three blogs I found on teaching gave information on how to organize you classroom, how to keep your classroom calm, challenges of teaching and technology tips. They are a great tool for lesson plans and activities to help my students learn.  They will also be a place where I can go if I am having a problem and see if any other teachers are dealing with the same things. These blogs will be very helpful to me in all aspects of my teaching. the blog at http://learningismessy.com/blog/  is about different activities you can use in your classroom to help you get to know your students and them you and innovations for the classroom.  The blog at http://www.brokenairplane.com/ talks about why and how we can use technology in our classroom.  It just has a lot of resources for using technology in and for our classroom.  The blog at http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrskolbert/ talks about different activities her class does throughout the year.  She also has her students take a turn and write on the blog about the day. The next URL's are the two blogs I am subscribing to via Google reader: http://blogs.scholastic.com/classroom_solutions/ , http://teachingchallenges.blogspot.com/ .

New Blog

Hey everyone! I made a new blog because this one is not connected to my gmail account and the email I used for this one has been deleted so here's the new blog.... http://new-eringrace.blogspot.com/

Hey Everyone!

Since I deleted my old email address it has become hard for me to use my old blog and since it's not connected to my gmail account it was a pain.  SO... I started a new blog.

This is a link to my old blog so that you can all still see what has happened in my life if you wish and I may or may not post some of the old entries onto this blog.  Lots of Love!
http://eringracenelson.blogspot.com/

Recycling

Recycling is a big deal! Quite honestly I believe that if more of us would recycle it would help to keep our planet healthier longer. There are three parts to recycling, it's not just putting cardboard and plastic into the bin. The other two parts are reduce and reuse. If we were to reuse the same glass all day instead of putting it in the sink and getting out a new one each time we wanted a drink we would run the dishwasher less and save water. If we simply turned off the lights when we weren't home or didn't need them and opened the window we could save energy and money(Heaven knows we all need more money)! I hope this was inspirational to someone :) Please click on this link to help me possibly win a scholarship! http://www.castleink.com

HOOORAY!!

For those of you who don't know I applied to Utah State University's teaching program, the school of teacher education and leadership, on March 1st. Today my mom called me with the news that I have been accepted into the program for next fall!!! Now I can finally plan my life a little better!! I just wanted to share this oh so exciting news with you all!

I Passed!

Yesterday I got the results of my Praxis II Exam that I took on January 15th. I PASSED with 173 which is 23 points above the 150 that you need to pass! I don't know what it is out of, but hey does it matter? This means I only have to get my background check and finger prints done before I apply to the Elementary Education program at USU and then after I apply I have to have a group interview to finish it all up! One less thing to worry about :) I'm so happy to have passed. In congratulations my roommate Melissa and neighbor Alex got doughnuts! There was a great time had by all after class! Have a great day and I love you all!

It's Been A While

Hey all I know it's been a while so here's an update on my life... I am still at Utah State University and this will be the end of my second year. I am hoping to apply to the Elementary Education Teaching Program this March! That's mostly what's been happening... Not too exciting I know.

I discovered an amazing website where you can edit photos.. It's called picnik.com and I love it! Here are some pictures I edited.