Formal Observation Overload

I had the best time working on my formal observation. I know that doesn't sound like what most teachers feel like when they are being evaluated, but I'm always motivated to create and try something new!

Like this lesson, I was so thrilled to be trying Nearpod with my third grade class! Of course I had updating issues with the iPad cart and had to add the free app. Never fails right? You are hopped up trying something new and you get slowed down because of technical issues!! That doesn't deter me! I'm crazy enough to come in over the weekend to update everything, because I won't be distracted at school by other more pressing needs. Guess what? I also had an issue with iTunes and couldn't get everything done until Tuesday when our computer tech could fix it! That guys works miracles! Thanks Dave!

Then when I was updating Tuesday, 2 of the iPads needed to be completely restored and by golly I had a hair appointment that couldn't be changed! Had to be ready for the observation, right? Anyway, did I mention that my "great ideas" always come later than sooner? Sooooo, yes, I was doing all of this the weekend before my observation and did the final restore this morning! All that and, no it didn't work the way I wanted, of course, it would have been beneficial to have practiced ahead of time, but I did tell you that I always seem to get the good ideas late in the process.

My Mission Impossible: Solid Figures went very well! I had the class divided into 8 groups of 4 working with one iPad. Mission - take pictures of 6 different solid figures, an edge, a face, and a vertex! All of the directions were on a QR  code, hence clues, mystery, secret agents... Great theme to motivate my class!!!! I'll share pictures tomorrow that my principal took during the lesson! The two greatest disappointments for me were the inability to load 32 iPad with a Nearpod presentation at the same time and running out of time for my students to create a project in StripDesign! It was in my lesson plan, but we just ran out of time! Can you guess what we're doing tomorrow for math?