Comments on: Welcome to TweenTeacher.com

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:06:02 +0000

Tweenteacher….thank you thank you thank you. At 54 i started my career (second) teaching middle school gifted students. I love it! I find there are more teachers either unhappy or not satisfied with what they are doing. I hunger for new ways to stay motivated and to encourage my students to love to learn. This is the first time on your site, and i hope to be a returning patron. I hope you are still doing this for a long time to come. My biggest struggle is not knowing how to utilize new technology in my classroom. Cant wait to use your site to assist me with my goal of improving my computer/techno skills.

By: Brenda Larson

Brenda Larson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:24:58 +0000

Hello
Couldn’t find a ‘contact us’ button to let you know that I find your site extremely difficult to view. When it first came up, I had a very negative visual reaction. The background shows through on your dark blue areas and makes it hard to read the information in them. It seems very busy as you scroll down.
Lots of good information, but hard to view, in my opinion.

By: Melissa Hughes

Melissa Hughes — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:10:00 +0000

Heather- This is great. I saw you at the CUE conference this year, and your presentation was inspiring. I am about to make MY first presentation at my local CUE affiliate at the end of the month. I would like to be able to reference your recommended sites to teachers new to technology integration in the classroom.

By: tweenteacher

tweenteacher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:49:38 +0000

I use Wordpress. I began with one of the free templates and that was great for a long time. Then once I started wanting a little more control of the design, I purchased a Wordpress theme. Anyway, then I talked to a really talented student of mine and hired her, contract and all, to start doing the art. I knew I wanted a homemade feel that was representative of me. I let her read some articles and we talked about symbols or icons, and badda-bing-badda-bang, she drew the figurehead and backgrounds. My husband photoshopped them all into place in the Wordpress template and voila! I love that it is truly student-created.

Hope I helped you on her own blogging road. Come back and let me know when you are up and running. I’d love to see what you’ve got!
-Heather
aka Tweenteacher

By: Jennifer Morrison

Jennifer Morrison — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:02:06 +0000

Heather – your blog is beautiful and informative. I am just starting one of my own, but I’m not happy with typepad’s style. May I inquire what application you are using for yours? Best, Jen