Optimum Organization and Made it Monday 7/15

This past week I have been working hard to clean up my files on my computer.  I seem to have things all over the place.  I have been downloading like crazy, but not careful with saving things to the right place.  On my Mac things automatically go to the download folder, so my download folder was bursting with all of the great content and resources I have downloaded from fellow teachers while I have been on modified bed rest.  I spent time to organize things into elementary and middle school items.  I teach 5-6th grade and my students range in ability.  I also organized subjects by color.

This is how I have things set up for now:

I also work on organizing my Dropbox account.  I love Dropbox because it allows me to access things on all my devices.  I often leave my school lap top at school, but it is not a problem since I save things I will want to use to my Dropbox account.  If you do not have a Dropbox account I suggest you sign up for one.  Dropbox also allows me to share files or folders with others.  I find lots of free resources so I share a folder with my team that has these resources in it. You can also see I use it to help with my coaching.  The marching band staff shares Dropbox folders and we can all add resources to it.

The third thing I did while organizing was to organize my Google Drive.  I love how easy it is now to save things here.  We are a Google Apps school district, so I can easily access and share folders and documents with my coworkers in a secure and safe fashion.  I love that I will be able to increase my storage in Google Drive once I register my Chromebooks!

Since I am still stuck at home for the most part it has been hard to get to creative with Monday Made It. I did though work hard on my classroom blog. I am hoping to use this space with students and to communicate with parents.  I learned this weekend how to make and import my own header.  I made a header for back to school:

You can see all I have up on my blog so far at: Room 103

Monday Made It 7/1

This is a project from last week when my back was feeling better.  I saw in in a blog the week before and knew I had to make one for my room.  It was fun shopping at Hobby Lobby picking out black and gold ribbon.  I then cut all of the rolls up and tied the pieces individually onto a length of rope.

It will be perfect for my door or a place on my wall to share pictures and new of Byron Bears.  Our colors are black and gold so this has perfect spirit for the beginning of the year!

I apologize if I am blogging more then usual the next few weeks.  I am on modified bed rest for a protruding disk, especially while waiting to see the pain clinic.  I am anxious to work on classroom stuff, but since I am moving classrooms the majority of my stuff is packed up.  I have been spending my time researching and planning for next school year.  My room may be a mess when I get back, but I will be one of the most organized teachers there as far as curriculum and data keeping.

Happy Monday!