In the meantime, I started sharing what worked so well in my classroom on Teachers Pay Teachers. I've been inspired by others to create digital learning assignments and activities for lesson plans. I've found that these activities have not only made it easier on the teacher when planning, leading, and guiding a lesson, but they 100% help the students! Kids these days love technology! They love these activities because they are digitally hands-on, interactive, fun, and easy to follow. My students were always wanting more of these as opposed to me standing and teaching followed by a worksheet.
Also, I want to work on my blog/Instagram more. I have ideas ahead and I am interested in looking into "vlogging" through YouTube. I feel as though it is a way to express myself and another way to live out my purpose. Who inspired me to do this? My students! Along with the digital activities, I always incorporated videos of me teaching the lesson as opposed to me standing and teaching. I treated the videos like a Youtuber and definitely joked and had fun while creating them! The kids LOVED them because they found them entertaining, but also if they got stuck on something, they could pause, rewind, and go back and watch the videos at their own pace. So, I'm thinking about giving it a whirl. I want to feature lifestyle things such as what I'm up to, fashion, food, suggestions, random thoughts, advice, etc.!
Before I end this post I want to state that I know for a fact that God used me throughout my years of teaching. My prayer is that He continues to use me for His Kingdom!
"This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to his will, he will hear us. And if we know that he hears us -- whatever we ask -- we know that we have what we asked of him." - 1 John 5:14-15
I truly value each of you guys and I appreciate the prayers and love throughout this whole process.

You’ll do amazing in all your endeavors!!!!!
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