I've been trying to create a digital grade book without spending a great deal of my budget for years.  While playing around with Aeries I noticed the grade book.  My first thought was, if this takes more than five minutes I'm going to use the free Excel spreadsheet I got off TPT.  It worked, and it didn't take very long!!!  When I went to enter my students IT automatically generated the list. I created a grade book and entered grades from two assignments Friday evening.  Since I spend hours after the work day doing things for my students, this was a nice change.  My class blog is up, and I have a Remind account that I plan to share with parents Thursday evening, at our back to school night.  My little second grade students wrote thank you letters to Miss Hurt, and Angie Marshall is coming Monday to record the little sweeties reading their letters.  We plan to present Miss Hurt with a Vivavideo of their recordings sometime this week.

When ranking the sub standards of ISTE standard 1, I have to say this is the order d, c, and b.  I am strongest in modeling collaborative knowledge and construction of digital work.  My weakest point is engaging students in exploring real world issues because I think of lofty projects.  If I'm going to strengthen that standard I need to start small.

In order to strengthen my digital pedagogy I need to take it a step at a time.  Perseverance is key, that successful project is going to take a bit of time.  I'm proud of the progress I've made this year.  Certainly, my self-assessment since the beginning of this course has changed.  I know more, and I've been exposed to more, yet I have so much more to learn.  Administration would be so helpful if they would just realize it takes time, lots of time to implement new strategies.  I was at school until 8:00 Friday evening, and there's still so much more to do.  I'm so lucky I enjoy my profession, the kids, and my colleagues, because the amount of time and money I spend on education adds up.