This being an assignment blog and all, I will take the student format and finish up my assignment for now, but wait-lll-next time! I'll be rockin' then!

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2. What did you learn? Well, I believe I see how stubborn I can be. I need to be a step-by-step kinda gal instead of jumping in on my own. This is me with teaching as well. When I don't break down a lesson well, I often end up back-tracking and having plenty of "do-overs".
   
3. How will you use what you have learned? In my next blog life, I will get rid of that blasted Next Blog feature right away. It's like having a huge bag of candy and putting it all out in a bowl! Why would I want to give readers an opportunity to stray from my blog when I have plenty for them to "eat" without that bloated feeling afterwards (or in the blogging world, blurry eyes that no longer blink on their own).
4. How did you feel about staring a blog? Staring at or starting one? wink wink I was nervous for sure but am also excited to see what is not only possible but likely that I can do and use!
   
5. What do you not want to forget about your blog? I will need cheat sheets to get the nitty gritty done but I don't mind that at all. For things I don't use often, why would I want to use my precious brain space when someone else has extra?
   
6. How can this be used in the classroom or in your educational role? I am in process with this question and will see as I keep looking at other blogs. There are lots of options but I am not in a hurry to decide. By the time we finish this course, I want to have a clear plan for my classroom and have a blog started with that plan in mind, but I am still thinking....just looking, thank you.
7. Should you use this in the classroom or your educational role? I am inclined to want to share this with my students in some form. The research part of sharing ideas has opened up a huge "drawer" of opportunity for me! So many blogs, so little time!
   
8. What questions do you still have about this your blog? Will I remember how to dothe things I've learned? Will I take this from the good idea pile and put it in the I'm using this pile? I wanna, I wanna, I wanna! Please God help me do it!

Another day of singing, "How 'bout this weather? It sure is Hot, Hot, Hot!" Indoors, we seem to insist on believing we are at heart Alaskans, which always makes me wonder why oh why we live here if we like to chill out so much!
My ongoing Avatar sit-chee-a-shun is a bit frustrating. She is playing hide and seek with me I think. Now I see her, now I don't. Perhaps I have a new imaginary friend. I've decided I don't need an on-again, off-again friendship, so she is definitely not coming to my birthday!
Since I have now dissed my new friend, Ava-girl, I am ready to move on to bragging on someone's e blogging expertise. I don't know this girl at all, but she knows how to make a blog! She has music that plays, something I would like to figure out. Beyond the bling, I have gotten lost in her post talk and her clear heart communication. She is amazing! Well, this wonderful girl's blog is: p://kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/
It is fun to look at her Clustermap at the bottom of her blog as well. She has a gi-normous following, or at least a bunch of visitors!

I am starting my sixth year of teaching in Round Rock. After student teaching 100 years ago, I decided I would be a horrible teacher and gave up the thought of ever being a teacher. Thankfully, I was given another opportunity when we lived in Washington state. I tried substitute teaching and was bitten by the joy of making a difference in the lives of students and co-workers. I am on a constant learning curve and hope I never think I have "arrived" at being a teacher.
I have three children, who keep me laughing. One is married, one is out of the country, and one is at home entertaining me daily. I have faith in a big God who is all about relationships rather than religion. My life is lived each day intentionally.
My plan with this course in mind was simple and selfish; I wanted to be able to assist my son in making his blog cool! In the process of learning about how to fix his, I am now hoping to make a class blog to put in motion this year with students and hopefully their parents. I want to learn how to add fun features, give it voice both visually and in print, and see how the big dogs do it!
As I begin to thing of my purpose, well Sheesh! I am trying here! Thus far, my purpose is to follow the rules of the game whilst having fun! I desire to not become frustrated with not being able to get things like Avatars to show up and having to start over because I think I have lost something. I will say more later....hopefully AFTER the Avatar is on the page!