Like any other teacher I am constantly revising my curriculum based on student likes/dislikes, new motivation strategies, incorporating new labs, review games, etc. It is very overwhelming to keep it organized so here is the method I have devised.      I have a folder where I keep all ideas for future units. In that folder there is a separate sheet of paper for each unit. a separate sheet for each unit Any random ideas I generate throughout the year that would apply to that unit are jotted down on a post-it note and stuck onto the sheet of paper. post-it notes with ideas post-it notes with ideas      What did we ever do before paperclips and Post-it Notes? Any labs that I want to rewrite or handouts I have found are paper clipped to that sheet of paper. This way I am more likely to revise the units as I go through the year. labs, handouts for rewrites and modifications paper clipped to it.  This i...

http://www.classdojo.com ClassDojo makes it easy to keep my students alert and on-task. You can use it to: Improve Behavior...Improve specific student behaviors and engagement by awarding and recording real-time feedback. Share Data...Print or email beautiful behavior reports to easily engage parents and staff. Save Time...by recording behaviors and accomplishments right in class, with one click. parents can also get reports of progress.  In class, the teacher awards points to students or ... records a negative behavior. these positive and negative buttons can be customized by the teacher based on what it needed for each class. The points are recorded on the chart for each student in the class. The teacher can also choose to put the class list on the interactive white board so students can see live when they earn points.  Or it can be kept private and the student can log in to see their own private information.  One of my favorite tools is to us...

So here is my first post. I feel like I need to let everyone know that I am doing this more as an exercise for myself and less for you (sorry). I've never been good at keeping a journal maybe because I'm more of a visual person and less of a wordy person but now I have an awesome camera and I've been inspired by some awesome blogs that I've been reading and following and I am always in awe of the coolest ideas out there and I've wanted to be able to share. So this is part me, and part of the cool stuff that others have shared. I hope you enjoy. So help me celebrate!  Birthday #0.