TPT Seller.... Finally!

As I mentioned in my Summer Projects post, I had a goal to get some of my teaching resources up on Teachers Pay Teachers. I am pretty tech savvy (or so I thought) so I figured it would be a simple process. Update and jazz up the resources I have already, and post them. Then I can start making more. Easy peasy, right?

WRONG!

It was definitely not as easy as I thought it would be! Roadblock after roadblock, I have spent many long summer hours working on this goal! First, my resources were made with only the intention to use them in my own classroom. So I had to go through them and change anything that might be a copyright infringement, replacing images, fonts, backgrounds, etc with ones I have purchased the rights to. Crediting and linking everyone. Creating cover pages and end pages. I was lucky to stumble across some extremely helpful websites, such Teaching in the Tongass and Erica's EDventures. Learning how to flatten and secure my documents took the longest (especially since I didn't even know what that meant!) and I had many trials and errors along the way. 

But this morning, I DID IT! I posted my first product (first one is always a freebie) for the teachers of the world to use! Or not. I really don't know if it is even that good. I have two more products to post, and then I have work to do if I want to make more! I have some old (and super old) stuff I could revamp and post, but that might be more work than starting from scratch! All in all, I had fun learning all the new tech, and am excited to delve into the world of being a Teacher-Seller! 

My very first TPT product!!!

Summer Projects

When people invariably ask me in the month of June "Are you excited for Summer?" I think that they imagine me chilling on a beach somewhere with a mojito, not thinking about school at all. Usually I let them think that, (I don't want to seem like some sort of freak) but really I am excited at the prospect of having time to LEARN!!! Super nerd here! 

The last few summers I was taking university Ed Psych courses, and I thoroughly enjoyed them, but I am taking a break from that for a bit (mostly due to the cost of university courses, sheesh!) and focusing on Ed Tech. I am starting my summer of learning by taking the Google Certified Educator Level 1 course, and so far it is pretty basic. I am hoping to blast through it and take Level 2 as well. I am so excited to use even more Tech in my classroom this year, and am thrilled that I will actually have some Tech Coach time embedded in my position to help others in my school with Tech implementation. Squeeeee! 

The second Summer Project I am starting is to finally get some of my resources on Teachers Pay Teachers. I don't have much created yet, just some simple things, but I am hoping to delve more into that over the next year. 

Lastly... CRAFTS! I created these lovely Crate Seats last summer and they were a HUGE HIT both with my kids and with the staff. I don't know why people were so surprised that I made them. I'm crafty! So this year I am looking at creating some more furniture for my room. I'm not sure what yet... but I have a lot of pallets....