First Day of School!

After investing so much time into research of technological resource to incorporate to my classroom, I must confess that I was truly excited about having my students back in school.  That day came on August 22.  Ah, was it refreshing to see those faces again, hear the noise in the halls, hear the sound of the chanting and the school spirit which permeated the whole campus!

I'm a terrible parent!

Over four years ago, the Lord blessed me with this tiny human being that I would happen to call "son"...yeah well, and his given name also... The thing is that was the day in which I discovered I was going to be a terrible parent. For real.

Thank you note/Agradecimiento

Blessings to every one.  Just a little space for thanking you again for visiting and for your subscriptions.  Wow, thank you so much for that.  Please do not forget to write your comments and links to your own blog.  I am looking forward to subscribing to great blogs from you.  Once again, thank you!  I declare that this school year is going to be a fruitful and joy-filled one.

BE BLESSED

Bendiciones a todos.  Sólo deseo aprovechar el espacio para agradecer su visita nuevamente y por sus suscripciones.  Wow, gracias por eso!  Por favor no olvide dejar sus comentarios y enlaces a sus propios blogs.  Estoy esperando suscribirme a sus propios blogs.  Una vez más, ¡gracias!  Declaro que este año escolar será fructífero y lleno de gozo.

SEAN BENDECIDOS

Primer Día de Trabajo/First Day of Work

(This post is written in English below.)

Hoy fue mi primer día de trabajo en el Instituto Cristiano Bilingue Sunshine; fue una jornada muy buena y productiva.  Tuvimos un desayuno un tanto dietético.  Luego tuvimos un momento de adoración al Señor en el cual Él nos preparó para el plato fuerte de la mañana.  Compartió con nosotros la Dra. Emma Amelia de Sosa, (Nuestra asesora espiritual y fundadora de la escuela y de MUNA Internacional)  una palabra muy oportuna y de ánimo.  Dentro de lo que  nos compartió puedo resumir algunos puntos:

"I hate school"/"Odio la escuela"

I recently came across this Twitter hashtag (#Ihateschool) since it was posted by a student of mine that I happen to follow. Now, I don't take full responsibility for her hatred, but I definitively take some and feel that as educators we could (and should)do something about it in general.

...And vacations are over.../...y se acabaron las vacaciones...

Yep, vacations are over. I am not going to say "finally" over because, well, we did not want them to be over just yet, did we? We are certainly not excited about it necessarily. I am a teacher, and I am not sure but I think we are the professionals with the largest amount of vacations. It is two months (my dad doesn't get anymore than two weeks). However, that just makes kissing the break goodbye more difficult.

Tecnología en la Educación

El año escolar 2011-2012 está por comenzar en nuestro instituto.  He dedicado tiempo para investigar sitios de interés para la integración de la tecnología en el aula de clases.  Luego de leer muchos blogs, sitios, comentarios, wikis, haber visto videos y conferencias en línea, me he encontrado aturdido