HELP!!!

I have read about how teachers are using blogs and how they can be used in the classroom. I'm not the most technologically proficient (God, I am beginning to hate that word) individual so I thought I would try this out on my fellow peers and see what uses I can derive from my experiences. If you have something to add let me know through comments, etc...

Tips for New Teachers

*Borrow a copy of the previous year's yearbook and make a copy of the teacher and staff pages before school starts. This will alleviate some of the stress from remembering everyone's name and committing the faux pas of calling someone the wrong name. (Thanks Sue F.)

*Keep plants in your classroom. You can buy little hooks to attach to the ceiling tiles. Kids love to take care of them.

Humor

How ironic that this site has a font type called "trebuchet". Anyone want to sling words around? How far do you think they fly? Sorry. This is what happens when you've been teaching a unit on the Middle Ages.

I usually try to get to work by about 7:00 am-7:15 am. You'd be amazed how much there is too do. One morning on my desk was a scrawled note stating, "someone lost their marbles" and an arrow pointing to a dish on my desk. In a little blue flowered clay dish that I had picked up in Mexico, amidst my paperclips, were two marbles. I had a good laugh. As of yet, those marbles are unclaimed.