In Ms. Paula White's blog A Letter to Authors of Children's Books she stated that there is an iPod available for every child to check out, but the iPad is reserved for the teachers. However, the problem is the electronic books are too expensive. Ms. White explains how she is a bargain shopper, and does everything she can to find cheap e-books. She wants the authors to lower their prices, and she guarantees that the author will get recognized more if they do this for just ONE of their books. Ms.White would really like the author's to consider lowering their price.
I think that it is awesome that the school has the funds for that many iPods! I know of schools in Walker County that does not have access to technology like this. I agree with Ms. White in authors needing to lower their prices. It will benefit the children tremendously, because they will have that many more e-books to read.
School Right Before Winter Holiday Break
In this post Ms. White explains how her week has just been overwhelming. Everyone is coming in with treats, programs are lasting longer than they are suppose to, and she promised "play time" that hasn't made its way around yet. Through all of these events going on every thing seems to just magically fall into place. Students she had from five years ago left her a "We Notice" surprise in her mailbox. A "We Notice" is someone saying thank you for noticing me, helping me, or others in some way. During play time one of her student requested to write on the computer and finally, the student gave Ms. White what she had been writing. It was a letter to the SPCA people. This student wanted to help raise money for them! How precious is that?! Ms. White even had a student request to stay in from recess to finish a test rather than wait until he comes back from the holiday break!
I don't know personally how overwhelming teaching can be at times, but this post made me realize some things. No matter how long and crazy your day/week has been, I am sure there are "little things" that will stand out like these did to Ms. White, and make all the craziness better! I cannot wait to be a teacher!
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