So...in typical Jenna fashion, it's been years since I posted last. I could spend time on that, but I'm just going to move right on.
I've been working on upping my technological game and my student engagement game. No, I don't mean I've become a matchmaker for my students. I teach middle school, y'all! I mean using learning activities that actively engage my students and grab their attention. I made my own task cards and the QR answer key to go with it. I have ideas swimming around my head on ways to engage my students who are in an ELA pullout class. I was pretty pleased with myself.
Fast forward a few hours to today and cue the whomp, whomp sound effect. I have worked on changing things, but students have too. I had an assignment that specifically said to use Google Docs to compose a 250 or more word reflection. The student's assignment is clearly not the required length and he or she attached an image to the assignment in Google Classroom instead of the Google Doc that she or he was supposed to attach. Like I don't know. Like I can't count and figure out it isn't the correct length.
The student deprived herself or himself of a learning opportunity, but I got one today. Classroom management is a whole different ball game than it was when I first started teaching, but the good news is I keep getting opportunities to grow in this area. At least, this is how I'm choosing to look at it. :)
*Edit: I graded the student's assignment and it is long enough. It didn't look it, but it was. Now, I really wonder why he or she didn't submit it the right way. Why make it harder to grade? It was just as difficult, if not more so, to submit it this way.
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