School is out for the summer in two days. I absolutely cannot wait! Today was my last day of having any classes though. The next two days I will spend uninstalling things on the computers, moving around shortcuts and programs, cleaning the computers, backing up files, etc. I also have to work on this year’s calendar image that will go in the district school calendar next year. Last year’s got a lot of attention. I am trying to make this year’s just as good if not better! I am trying a chalkboard theme this year instead of a corkboard. Hopefully it’ll turn out okay. It has to be finished by June 1st!

A lot of talk has been going around about possible teaching positions for next year. I’ve heard a kindergarten job might open, a K/1 job might open, a first grade job might open, etc. So far, the principal hasn’t said anything to me about any of these jobs. I suspect it’s because she doesn’t know people are retiring or trying to transfer as is the case with some of the supposed jobs. I love my job in the computer lab, as many of you know, but I am not paid as a certified teacher. Having a two year break from a regular classroom has been wonderful, but I think I am ready to have my own class again. (The pay increase would also be nice.) I’m just waiting to see what will happen. I guess if it’s meant for me to have my own classroom again, something will open up at my school. Time will tell.

Speaking of school, I finally got a chance to try out podcasting with some third graders! It was kind of a rushed thing. It was my first time trying podcasting, so I had to make a few mistakes in order to learn! The podcast has some flaws (which of course is going to happen when working with kids!) but for a first time, I think it turned out pretty well! It’s cute too. You can download the podcast here to listen to it if you’d like.

Last but not least, Sarah (of Cherry-Pip.net) has created a fanlisting for me! Can you believe it?! I know, I was surprised myself! It was a pleasant surprise though. Go visit the fanlisting and check out the colorful layout and rainbowy buttons. And, if you are a fan of me, join the fanlisting! Everyone who joins gets free rainbows! Thanks again to Sarah for being so awesome enough to create a fanlisting for little ol’ me. Maybe this will motivate me to blog more often.

Well, probably not, but you never know.

On Monday, my principal came to me and asked me if I would mind being videotaped. The assistant superintendent was going to bring a video crew to our school on Wednesday and that they were going to film various classrooms. She said she wanted me to be videotaped because I am just “so good.” I said okay. I didn’t think it was going to be a very big deal.

And then all of a sudden it became a big deal. I found out that this video crew is making a video for my city to use on the city website and in recruiting. Only one elementary school was chosen for the video - my school. Only three classes were going to be videotaped: my computer lab, the music room, and a third grade class.

I got pretty nervous about the whole thing. Tuesday was election day so there was no school. I kind of worried about the whole thing all day long. I didn’t know if I should do my regular thing or plan some fantastic lesson. I decided I’d have the kids work on PowerPoint again since they enjoyed it so much.

Turns out, it wasn’t really a big deal after all. The man was in the computer lab for about eight minutes. I think he filmed me helping a student, but I really don’t know. The kids were like, “That was it?!” Apparently, he was in that third grade class for about three minutes according to the teacher.

Maybe I’ll be famous? Heh!