Muslim Woman in Amman

This week I want to sing praises for sidewalk chalk. I use Crayola's big 48 piece chalk set . I purchase a box every year and I can't imagine teaching without it handy. While I don't use it everyday having it around is so very useful. The first time I used chalk was to teach a lesson outside. It gave the kids some fun in the sun and let them go a little wild in a big open space, especially because I have a pretty small classroom. Another good use for sidewalk chalk is having it available when you need a quick art project, during those rare down times.  Or a quick lesson on cave drawings. And sometimes just to let the kids have fun during recess. Sidewalk chalk in my humble opinion is a must have staple in the Elementary classroom. FYI: I am not getting paid to advertise this is just my opinion.

     There is this app on my phone that I have been using for almost three years now. Until recently I have been taking my knowledge of this app for granted. The app called  CamScanner  let's you use your phone camera to scan pages and email them to yourself or other people. I have been using it to scan our math worksheets so I could project them onto the whiteboard (so much easier than writing them on a chart). I love my little app and I use it all the time.      Yet, recently in a discussion with my school's office manager 'B' I realized I should have been sharing my knowledge of CamScanner from the beginning. What happened was our major copier was down for a few days and one of my colleges needed to print out her math test from her assessment booklet. So 'B' had to pull out this old clunky copier, from storage, to do it. I told her about the app and that instead of pulling out the old copier why didn't she just scan it email it to 'B' o...