Google Drive, part 2

Remember when I mentioned using google drive this year to share some of my forms and updates with parents? Well, guess what! I've found another awesome use for it, and I'm super excited about this one!

I set up separate folders on my website for our charts that we make and use in class, so those are now shared to my website. I've also added a "student work" section to the site. I'll use that folder to share examples that we have discussed in class so that my students have those to look back at while they are doing their homework. Below is a screenshot from my iPad where I have a few examples from our recent multiplication lessons. 

I love how easy this was to do! I used the google drive app on my iPad, so it was literally just a few clicks to set everything up. From there, I just had to tell it to go into my photos and then choose the pictures I wanted to upload. It could not have been easier, and now my kids have a reference from home AND they all want their work to be good enough to make it to the website! I can definitely see how this could motivate them to realize that neatness matters. It's a win-win for everybody!

Do you share student work online? How?

Happy Birthday to me!

Maybe I'm a little bit early on that one! Regardless, I'm just popping in from an extremely busy and stressful week to leave a quick note about some things that are going on this month.

1. My birthday is the 22nd of this month, so in celebration, I'm going to have a one-day-only 10% off sale on everything in my TpT store! My task card sets are my best-selling items, and I've got a couple of new sets that MIGHT be going up before then, so be sure to check those out.

2. I'm positively smitten with Jamberry nails. Have you tried them? They're not one of those things that I would have ever seen myself liking, but I'm on day 5 with this set still going strong. Where have these been all my life?! I'm loving all of the cute designs, and can't wait to put on my next set whenever these decide to finally give out. 

Here's the story of nail polish with me:

1. Apply first coat. Let dry.
2. Decide first coat is dry enough for a much-needed second coat. 
3. Apply second coat, but get it all over my skin.
4. Dab skin with polish remover. Mess up 3 still-wet nails in the process.
5. Remove polish from botched nails and repaint those.
6. Notice bubbles in other nails. Remove polish. (Note: at this point, I've generally ended up redoing at least 5 nails.)
7. Decide I'm over it and just repaint, whether they look good or not.
8. Repaint second coat.
9. Declare myself finished and watch TV while they finish drying.
10. Go to bed, thinking my nails are dry.
11. Wake up to nails with imprints from sheet, clothes, and my hair.
12. Chip nail polish on the one remaining perfect nail while hitting snooze button.

These, obviously, were much easier. And I got great results, despite how terrible I am at DIY manicures :-)

This was taken on day 2. I would post a new picture from day 5 (today) but they seriously look EXACTLY the same unless you look at the very tip of my right index finger. It's got just the tiniest bit of a rough edge, but it's not noticeable to anyone else.

So have you tried Jamberry? What do you think?

I'm considering selling them, just to get the discount because I think this may be my new addiction!