You may remember that I have an interactive white board that has been delivered to my classroom but hasn’t been installed. I’m told this is the week. (I was told last week was the week, so I’m trying not to get too excited.)
To keep it positive, learned a new vocabulary word: bureaucracy. Someone asked why it was taking so long for the boards to be installed. I explained that the principal had to sign a paper that went to the tech specials who had to sign it and send it to the district office who had to sign it and send it to the company who then sent the district office a new peice of paper that had to be signed who then sent it to…..
I knew they grasped the word bureaucracy when they put their hands over their ears and begged me to stop (while laughing).
The next week a student asked why the electronic sign the school raised money for hadn’t been installed. I said, “Bureaucracy.” She knodded. “Do you want me to go into detail?” She shook her head quickly saying, “No, thank you!”
In the mean time, I’ve been creating away and posting things on the classroom TV. I’m so excited to be able to use the interactive white board.
One of the things I’ve created is a PowerPoint with expectations for certain times of day. I was inspired by this tiny bit of time we have between classes that is used for Silent Reading. I got tired of repeating myself (and of kids pretending they didn’t know it wasn’t time to trade library books.) The beauty of having expectations visible is that I can just point to it without a word and the students nod and do the right thing.
Here are some examples of my slides:
April Walker says
Great post. Thanks for linking up.
~April Walker
The Idea Backpack