I chose this image because it is growing season, and it speaks to me personally as I am in a season of growth. We all grow at different rates and through stages, much like the tomato plants in the image.

In my media center, we talk about growth mindset a lot, especially at the beginning of the school year and then again at the end of the school year. After a lesson or two on growth mindset, I would instruct students on the proper use of using images on the web and talk about our responsibilites as digital citizens. I would then have the students find an image that portrays their current mindset. I would model how to cite the image and have my students attempt to cite the image they selected. Students would write a brief explanation of the image and how it speaks to their current mindset. To take this a step further, we would repeat the lesson at the end of the school year to see how their mindset has possibly changed and/or developed since the beginning of the year.

Waterfalls are one of my favorite things in the world. They remind me to just go with the flow, which is a concept I struggle with often.

After exploring the editing sites in the Sandbox, I think I like Pixlr the best. It seems to be the most user-friendly of the options. I would use it in my media center to allow students to edit images for possible backgrounds or to use in presentations.

Choosing a font was never really something I thought much about until I had my own classroom and had the choice of changing my font. In college we were always told which font to choose, and so I never really explored the options. Once I figured out there were so many options, I found myself easily getting lost in all the choices. At times, I have even thought I was wasting time exploring all the options. I am that person that puts way too much time and thought into which font I choose.

I have always chosen fonts based on how easy they were to read depending on the age of the audience and the content of the text. If I could choose a font to use, it would be Covered by your Grace. It is one of my most recent favorites. Honestly, the name of the font is what caught my attention. It is a sans serif font and to me is simple, clean, and easy to read. This font allows for good spacing between lines and letters. I believe this font creates harmony and is an effective typeface for most of the work I do.

This is crazy. I am overwhelmed. I thought I knew a lot about technology, but wow I have no words.