Complaints for Sale - 25 cents!

Do you ever have one of those days where all your students seem to complain? "Why do you have to do this? This is pointless! I's SO HOT in here. It's SO COLD in here. More homework? Are you kidding?" Curb that complaining with a complaint jar! This is one of my favorite ideas this year so far. Simply get a jar, label it, and explain that if the students complain they owe you a quarter. One of two things will happen: you will hear significantly less complaining or you will be making money. Win win.

If students don't have money on them simply stick and IOU in the jar until they do. I have only implemented this for a month or so and look at how much money I've made:

Pumpkin Decorating Contest

It's that time of year again... Pumpkin Contest. My advisee group came up with the following pumpkins:

The first one was shrek, unfortunetally we didn't have enough time to let him dry properly.

The second one is just a crazy pumpkin where we used gords for the horns and eyes.

Our final one was a puking pumpkin.

Our group decided to submit our second pumkin into the contest, and we tied for 5th place!

*Watch Out for Computer Bugs*

With so many computer "bugs" out there these days I have this hanging on my wall as a good reminder of what to watch out for:

Each bug represents something different and includes a brief description. I have included malware, virus, trojan horse, spyware, adware, scareware, rookits, and computer worm. Then in the middle I have tips for avoiding computer bugs.

Tips
- Don't open any suspicious email attachments
- Have your junk email security set on high
- Install an Anti-Virus program
- Use a pop up blocker
- Keep windows up to day
- Use a firewall
- Be careful when surfing the web

Typing Lyrics

Today in keyboarding class we tried a new activity. Simply play school appropriate songs and have the students attempt to type the lyrics to the song. They are not allowed to copy and paste, and the winner is simply the one with the highest word count at the end of the song. The students really loved this activity because they love music! I had the students request songs a week or so ago, and then used gomusicnow.com to purchase the songs (after I reviewed the lyrics, of course). The songs are super cheap - only 15 cents a song!

Miss Post's Rules

Who says your rules should only be posted outside your classroom?! Post them on the door so students know what is expected of them on the way in. Here are the rules of my choice:

I have my main rules in big letters but in between the main expectations I have all the details. You might not be able to read the small print, but you get the idea :-)

Oh, The Places You'll Go! Bulletin Board

As this is my second year of teaching, and supposedly I should have a little more time (ha, yeah right), I decided to start a blog to share some of my classroom and other crafty ideas with the world. To get things started below is a picture of my bulletin board this year. This is a Dr. Seuss inspired bulletin board which states "Oh, the places you'll go and the people you'll meed when you travel along the business education street!" On the rings of the hill I have all the business classes listed that are available for students to take.

Bulletin boards are fun to make, but I don't like making them with paper because it's hard to save them from year to year. Rather, I prefer to use use paint on outdoor fabric. The outdoor fabric is thick enough that it acts like canvas. Simply place the fabric on top of a large piece of cardboard for easier painting.