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Hello everyone! My name is Shelby Hays and I currently live in Moberly, MO but I am moving to Columbia, MO in August. I earned my teaching degree from Central Methodist University (CMU) and I am in my third year of teaching. A few of my favorite hobbies are reading, running, hiking, yoga, tennis, and playing card games (7 point pitch and hand/foot are my favorites!). On the weekends, you can usually find me sending time with friends, family, and working on assignments for school.

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Family is something that is very important to me. I do come from a very large family, however, the family members that I do see on a monthly, or even weekly, basis are the ones in the photos. My family consists of my parents: Mark and Rikki, my younger siblings: Raylee (23), Gavin (20), my three aunts: Jenny, Janet, and Dana, my two uncles: Mike and Brain, my grandparents: Dan and Carol, and my nine cousins: Hayden, Logan, Mackenna, Alaina, Harrison, Connor, Carolina, Copper, and Cameron.

I also have one pet and his name is Pickles (my class this year told me I should find him a pickle costume for Halloween next year).

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A fun fact about me is I was on billboard for my University! The billboard was located right as you were entering Moberly.

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Technology is something that I use everyday. I use it for numerous of reasons, both for in and out side of school. At work, I use technology almost everyday, whether I am using it to help teach a lesson or I'm having my students use to work on any research projects. Outside of work, I use teaching to work on creating engaging lessons, work on homework, keeping in touch with freinds and family, or using it for pure entertainment. Sometimes it blows my mind how technology I use in a day!

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My coworkers (and now friends) Anna and Kristin. 

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This year is my third year of teaching 5th grade and I have been with the same school district for all three years. A lot of people have questioned the grade I teach, but I absolutely love teaching 5th grade. At first, I was very nervous (when I graduated college I had the mindset of teaching the primary grades) but I quickly fell in love with the grade, the students, and the curriculum. A few things that I love the most about teaching 5th grade are the conversations you are able to have, seeing all the light bulb moments, the level of independence they have (which is wonderful for any project-based learning activities), and their sense of humor.

My school district is very small, however, I absolutely love working here! I have so much support from my building principal, coworkers, and parents. It really makes coming to work that much more enjoyable.

When COVID happened, I started becoming more comfortable with using Google Classrooms (until then I have never used it before). Last year, we were very fortunate and we were able to teach in person for the whole year.

This year, we are fortunate again and we are able to continue teaching in person. However, we have been using AMI (alternative method of instruction) days instead of having normal snow days. One thing is for sure, I am, and neither are my students, not a huge fan of virtual learning.

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Overall, I am really excited to take this class! I am excited to see all the different ways how I can implement technology into my classroom. Right now, the ways that use technology inside my classroom is using Google Docs, Google Slides, Kahoot, and Blooket (a class favorite). I'm excited to learn how I can create engaging and rigorous lessons for my students while using technology.