I'm not sure how many of my fellow students from "using the internet" still follow/check out others blogs from the same class but...on the the slight chance that some of you do I wanted to share this wonderful site called Pinterest with you.
Pinterest is sort of a social media website. For the "down and dirty" on what the website is click here. There is a 'board' specifically for education ideas. Granted some of the things posted on the board aren't really educational based, but a majority of it is. People can post ideas or things they have seen that they want to/ do use in there classroom. Its a vast almost endless place for ideas! I often find somethings like experiments or projects for my students to use.
The only down point to this site that to be able to "pin" things to your boards you have to have an invite or sign up. It is quicker to get an invite and get on to the site. However, you can sort through some of the site without being invited or being signed up. (if you do want/need an invite, let me know and I will invite you :-) )
I encourage you to take a look through the website and hopefully you find some things on the education boards that you can use in your classrooms!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
A sad day
"And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They some how already know what you truly want to become." Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
My new room!
On Monday I went up to school and worked ALL day. I have the most awesome of problems...too much space! Going from this:
To this:
Please excuse the mess :-)
There isn't too much for storage but I will make it work. :-) The room next to mine is used to be the Jr. High Science room. But our FCS teacher retired over the summer and the Jr. High Science room will be in the former FCS room. So, that empty room has turned into the nurse/special ed testing/speech pathologist/pt(if needed)/ot(if needed)/ESU/Storage from my room room! Here's a picture of that room (the science teacher hasn't moved all her stuff yet...I kind of want to keep the skulls :-))
I also have a lot of wall space and I'm not sure what to do with that either. I have some space behind/next to my desk so I made this the other night
Any other suggestions?
Happy School Year to You All!
There isn't too much for storage but I will make it work. :-) The room next to mine is used to be the Jr. High Science room. But our FCS teacher retired over the summer and the Jr. High Science room will be in the former FCS room. So, that empty room has turned into the nurse/special ed testing/speech pathologist/pt(if needed)/ot(if needed)/ESU/Storage from my room room! Here's a picture of that room (the science teacher hasn't moved all her stuff yet...I kind of want to keep the skulls :-))
Happy School Year to You All!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Let the countdown begin...
Yesterday the art teacher informed us all that there are a mere 27 days left until school begins. Which means that including today there are just 26 days left...EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!
I haven't been up to school all summer so I don't know where the progress on my room is at. This makes me nervous! I'm going up on the 25th of July to get some work done and hopefully be able to give my input on where the Smartboard is going to be placed.
For those of you who don't know the story of the room change, here it is:
For the past two years that I have been at NLS my room has been located in the "basement" of the school. (I say "basement" because there is still a flight of un-even stairs to go down to the Art room.) Doesn't sound too bad yet right?
About half way through my first year I finally asked what some of the bumps in the floor of my room were and why I had two doors. According to the students and my para the room used to be two bathrooms and after a little remodel it became a classroom. From what I understand this was done to accommodate the needs of the teacher that was there two years before I was, and is a HUGE improvement from what the Resource room was a LONG time ago. To make a long story short, this "remodel" of the bathrooms made for one small room. Take a look for yourself...I was in the back left corner of the room the door with the window is the 'front door' to my room.
I don't want to seem like I'm complaining. Ok, maybe I am just a little bit, but I am grateful that I will be in a new-to-me room this upcoming year! I will take pictures when I go up on the 25th to show the difference!
I haven't been up to school all summer so I don't know where the progress on my room is at. This makes me nervous! I'm going up on the 25th of July to get some work done and hopefully be able to give my input on where the Smartboard is going to be placed.
For those of you who don't know the story of the room change, here it is:
For the past two years that I have been at NLS my room has been located in the "basement" of the school. (I say "basement" because there is still a flight of un-even stairs to go down to the Art room.) Doesn't sound too bad yet right?
About half way through my first year I finally asked what some of the bumps in the floor of my room were and why I had two doors. According to the students and my para the room used to be two bathrooms and after a little remodel it became a classroom. From what I understand this was done to accommodate the needs of the teacher that was there two years before I was, and is a HUGE improvement from what the Resource room was a LONG time ago. To make a long story short, this "remodel" of the bathrooms made for one small room. Take a look for yourself...I was in the back left corner of the room the door with the window is the 'front door' to my room.
I don't want to seem like I'm complaining. Ok, maybe I am just a little bit, but I am grateful that I will be in a new-to-me room this upcoming year! I will take pictures when I go up on the 25th to show the difference!
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Halfway through...
As I was looking at the assignments page for class I couldn't believe it was already our fourth week of class!
This class has been an eye opener for me! I always considered myself semi-literate about the internet and technology available for use, but I can't believe the amount of new sites and tools I am finding. I will definitely have to use some of these sites and tools in my classroom for the upcoming school year and further into the future.
I like the idea of Skype. It's a great way to communicate with our classmates and others. I've thought about opening up this tool to my students and making it available to them since I'm further away than most of their other teachers and it would save them a long distance phone call.
This class has been an eye opener for me! I always considered myself semi-literate about the internet and technology available for use, but I can't believe the amount of new sites and tools I am finding. I will definitely have to use some of these sites and tools in my classroom for the upcoming school year and further into the future.
I like the idea of Skype. It's a great way to communicate with our classmates and others. I've thought about opening up this tool to my students and making it available to them since I'm further away than most of their other teachers and it would save them a long distance phone call.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
My favorite links!
I originally added a few different websites to my favorite links at the beginning of this week. But, the more I thought about it the more I felt that these weren't truly my favorite links!
One of the websites I frequent...in fact its set as my homepage is facebook. I must admit that I'm slightly addicted to this social networking site. It's a great way to keep up on my family and friends both near and far away. I check my brother and sister in-laws pages the most. Mainly because of the updates they post on my nephew. I mean who could resist a face like this?
My mother is on facebook as well. She doesn't update her status so much...but it's nice to keep an eye on her :-).
Another link I posted is www.superteacherworksheets.com. I have a student who is at a lower level then the others I have in my room. This website proved helpful for some of the days I had to be gone second semester last year. I was able to give this student an opportunity to pick what he wanted in his packet. It served as a review for the days I had to be gone. It proved to pretty helpful too when I was in a pinch for worksheet reviews with this student.
The last link I posted is a link to the home page of the school I teach at. Our homepage offers some insight to some of the technology we use at NLS. We're looking for more ways to
One of the websites I frequent...in fact its set as my homepage is facebook. I must admit that I'm slightly addicted to this social networking site. It's a great way to keep up on my family and friends both near and far away. I check my brother and sister in-laws pages the most. Mainly because of the updates they post on my nephew. I mean who could resist a face like this?
Another link I posted is www.superteacherworksheets.com. I have a student who is at a lower level then the others I have in my room. This website proved helpful for some of the days I had to be gone second semester last year. I was able to give this student an opportunity to pick what he wanted in his packet. It served as a review for the days I had to be gone. It proved to pretty helpful too when I was in a pinch for worksheet reviews with this student.
The last link I posted is a link to the home page of the school I teach at. Our homepage offers some insight to some of the technology we use at NLS. We're looking for more ways to
Saturday, June 4, 2011
The start of summer classes.
My name is Sarah Hutsell. I grew up in Waverly, NE. Once graduating high school I attended Dana College. While it may have taken longer then I wanted, I graduated in December of 2007. I taught for a year at the middle school in Central City, NE. After a year there I decided that Central City might not be what I was looking for. So, I moved to Kearney with Mike (my boyfriend) and signed a year long lease for our apartment.
Soon after signing our lease I got another teaching job in Scotia, NE. The wonderful town of Scotia is 75 miles from Kearney and yes...I drive it everyday during the school year. To the surprise of some, I actually sort of enjoy the drive. Once you get outside of Kearney, the scenery is absolutely beautiful! The drive has also gives me about an hour and fifteen minutes to make a mental to-do list for things at school, it also allows me to calm down on the way home if something has happened at school. The down side to this is that there are creatures and critters that run across the roads. These creatures and critters have resulted in the loss of a mirror on my previous car (Steve) and the loss of my previous car (Steve). Yes, I name my cars :-)...driving that far everyday you build a relationship with some pretty odd things!
The reason for starting this blog? I'm currently taking a class called Using Internet Resources. This is a class that is part of required coursework for my masters!!! When I had orginally graduated from Dana I wasn't ever really sure I wanted to go back to school. Something must have gone off in my brain because, I'm back in school and excited to do so!
This is Mike and I on Christmas Day 2010 :-)
Soon after signing our lease I got another teaching job in Scotia, NE. The wonderful town of Scotia is 75 miles from Kearney and yes...I drive it everyday during the school year. To the surprise of some, I actually sort of enjoy the drive. Once you get outside of Kearney, the scenery is absolutely beautiful! The drive has also gives me about an hour and fifteen minutes to make a mental to-do list for things at school, it also allows me to calm down on the way home if something has happened at school. The down side to this is that there are creatures and critters that run across the roads. These creatures and critters have resulted in the loss of a mirror on my previous car (Steve) and the loss of my previous car (Steve). Yes, I name my cars :-)...driving that far everyday you build a relationship with some pretty odd things!
The reason for starting this blog? I'm currently taking a class called Using Internet Resources. This is a class that is part of required coursework for my masters!!! When I had orginally graduated from Dana I wasn't ever really sure I wanted to go back to school. Something must have gone off in my brain because, I'm back in school and excited to do so!
This is Mike and I on Christmas Day 2010 :-)
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