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Getting ready for back to school with frozen breakfast sandwiches

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I don't know about you but I LOVE egg breakfast sandwiches. I actually think it might be an addiction. I can't imagine having the time on school mornings to make breakfast so I am making up sandwiches to throw in the freezer so they can be microwaved in the morning. In the past I bought these Jimmy Dean D-lights but they are pretty expensive and they are a bit too chewy after microwaving. So after some careful internet research on the following blogs: bakebroilandblog gurutotheoutdoors rootandblossom tcdailydish exploringdomestically after a lot of trial and error I have developed my own favorite/healthier version with the following ingredients: my favorite is "Southwestern" one piece per sandwich Everything BagelThins are my favorite In the past I have cooked the eggs in the oven in a muffin pan like I saw here on Pinterest but the eggs were too small for the bagel.  That's a deal breaker for me so I bought a very small...

4d: Participating in a Professional Community and 4e: Growing and Developing Professionally at the NYSCATE Conference 2012

I'm so excited! Here is a link to my presentation: (I apologize about the title. It should read: Dip Your Toes into Online Teaching but the font didn't transfer well to Slide share) Online learning presentation for nyscate from Amy Balling

Who am I? Good question.

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Who am I? So I was listening to a random shuffle of songs on my ipod when I thought about putting a personal profile on my online classroom for my students.  I've been told that I need to do it so my students get a sense of who I am and who I was as a student.  I've always avoided it because really how do you describe yourself?  We all like to believe that we are these adults with everything figured out and really how interesting is that?  Then one of my favorite songs (I'll mention it later) came on and I thought about a new spin to it…how would my friends from elementary school describe the type of student I was?  and how would my friends now describe me?  would they be similar?  would they be different?  We all like to believe that we are so advanced as adults and that we are much more dignified and sophisticated than we were at 6yrs old…after all I don't think a 6yr old eats goat cheese or loves a great glass of Merlot. So, I guess I woul...