Resources at your fingertips

I know so many educators know about LiveBinders, but I wonder how many of them are like me? I was sent an e-mail about it and how great it was, but you get busy, you fully intend to go check it out, but often never make it back to those great ideas. Well I am here to say MANY are missing out, LiveBiners is such an amazing resource! I just searched the public binders for solar system binders, there are 54 of them! We teach about the solar system in 8th grade science, LiveBinders is like having 54 teachers say hey, here are my solar system resources....have a look! How great is that?

I also looked up binders on math, technology and many other topics. I just hate to think how many teachers are missing out on opportunities to find great resources with little work!

I also see opportunities to create unit binders that students would have access to at home, how great would it be for your students to run into trouble, forget a resource, and boom there it is at their fingertips.

Technology is offering our school systems amazing opportunities to engage and reach students.....why are we letting these opportunities slip by?! So many will benefit, administrators, teachers, support staff, and most importantly STUDENTS!

This coming new year I hope all the educators who are "connected" will reach out and show (I mean really physically show)some of your coworkers LiveBinders and the many other great resources out there......trust me they will be amazed, I was!

Technology.....

Technology in education seems to be what everyone is TALKING about.  I just cannot figure out why we have not moved from talking about it, into DOING it.  I will be the first to admit that I am not a huge technology buff, but I have decided to quit making excuses and start getting involved in the technology movement.  I feel as though the kids deserve it, who cares what I think about the work involved with it, or the things I "need" to learn first!  I just took an online class about blogs and wiki's, created a twitter account, and started DOING......and here I am.  I see too many teachers that blame the administrators (and yes they do need to get on board) but when will we as teachers just decide to do it, with or without the support we think we need, there are things that can be done.  Forget dipping your toes in and deciding if you want to.....just JUMP ON IN.  I am a perfect example, I just created my twitter account and blogs and I feel as though I have learned SO much in just a few short weeks.  I now have a blog, a flipboard, a Twitter, a Diigo and a few others!  I am sure I will hit some speed bumps along the way, but at least I am on the road to hit them....much better than standing on the sidewalk watching everyone fly by!