"Technology" Teacher

Week 2 of school…I am finally getting into the groove. I am still at work until 5 or 5:30 at night, but each day gets easier and easier.

I am thrilled to be able to start teaching the curriculum I learned at Project Lead the Way this summer. The kids are psyched about anything that has to do with engineering/projects. I even convinced them to write in their best “engineering” handwriting while they took notes on various procedures.

I showed up at school last week and I was greeted by a sign on my door. Under my name it read, “Technologist.” Ummmm…our district did away with technologists due to budget cuts. In no way do I want people to think I know anything about technology...because I absolutely do not. I probably put more technology work orders in than anyone else in the district.

Thankfully, I still know more about technology and computers than my students. Windows 2007 is a complete mystery to them, as is copying and pasting information.

My principal calls me the “STEM” teacher, which makes me feel really important. I even put it in my email signature line.

Nevertheless, I am glad that STEM is becoming more and more of a buzz word on our campus and in our district.

I even convinced my language arts husband to write a paper on STEM education for his grad school class.

I am sharing this link and then I need to put in some more work orders for my classroom computers.

It is from the U.S. News—it has news, opinions and STEM information.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education