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Tech Task #3

The blogging world is something I personally never thought too much about until recently. I never fully understood or appreciated the potential of what a blog can become until I started to explore the world of edubloggers. Blogs can be the home to so many amazing things. For my upcoming student teaching practicum, I have been placed in a grade one classroom which is a little out of my comfort zone. This has lead me in the direction to explore and research elementary teacher blogs. There is so much helpful information out there in the form of blogs and I was able to find a few that I will continue to follow. Through my research, I came across a blog called The Lemonade Stand Teacher and it has been quite helpful in understanding the immense amount of effort behind the creation of an elementary teacher. 

Tiffany Gannon, the author behind The Lemonade Stand Teacher, is an elementary teacher who loves to share her ideas regarding hands-on learning in the classroom. Her blog is loaded with resources, classroom ideas, and everything you need to know about teaching at the elementary level. She is a former second-grade teacher who now is tackling the rather busy level of kindergarten. Tiffany has been teaching for eight years and has lots of knowledge to share. I have truly enjoyed following along with her blog posts and as I enter a classroom where I have very little knowledge it is beyond helpful.  

While reading this blog I have obtained an incredible amount of information. One aspect that I love about this blog is that Tiffany is so willing to share her resources. She attached her Teachers Pay Teachers Store that has so many useful activities for the early elementary level. She also has a large number of free resources available that are super helpful for an upcoming teacher who is just starting out. I love me some free resources. She shared a classroom management activity to implement in the months of March and April and I will for sure be using this on my upcoming placement. 

I hope to explore many other blogs that are available out there as I enter this career of education. It is awesome to have a platform to collect and share ideas with one another. There is an overwhelming amount of information out there for teachers and it is nice to be able to narrow it down by using educational blogs. I enjoyed reading others in this class as well and hope to continue as I move along in my career. 

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