And so, it begins!

Another school year has gotten underway, and, as usual, everywhere the teacher turns, there is someone saying "do this, it is 'just' this little thing. Take this blog, for example, who is going to read it? I am all about getting 'technified' - but I also like to be REAL. I tweet my homework, I Instagram my assignments and I post on Edmodo. I have FOUR Twitter followers, people! Is it worth it to tweet the homework? No, it really is not. And blogging anything? Puh-lease! But still, here I am, completing an assignment for a class I did not know I had to take.
This year I AM excited to have a Chromebook cart for the entire year (they arrived in the middle of the year last year), but it is still challenging to have them for limited time, even with a great, willing-to-share cart counterpart. With quarterly classes, we are able to dabble in some assignments, and I enjoy experimenting. My goal for the year, though, will come from my Spanish I, year-long, class. The students benefit from speaking the language in the classroom (when else will they do it?) - so if I could occasionally "flip" a class - give a grammar lesson at home or for half of their class - and then the students can put that in to play with their compañeros de clase - well, that would be fantástico. We shall see how it goes - or will we? I may never have to update this blog again.. ! ;)