I’ve caught glimpses of this thing going on in the blogosphere. I’ve seen other bloggers get tagged and have to write a post answering a bunch of questions, asking a bunch of questions and selecting others to tag to do the same thing. I’ve been enjoying just watching from the outside while secretly hoping I’d get chosen. Frankly I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it or not. Now that I got tagged or chosen I’m actually happy to do it. I hope I can do this because there seem to be a lot of questions to both answer and ask! So thanks Adele Stanfield for choosing me! Adele is a 5th grade teacher who blogs here and tweets here.
These are the rules of the Sunshine Awards:
- Acknowledge the nominating blogger. See above.
- Share 11 random facts about yourself.
- Answer the 11 questions the nominating blogger has created for you.
- List 11 bloggers.
- Post 11 questions for the bloggers you nominate to answer, and let all the bloggers know they have been nominated. Don’t nominate a blogger who has nominated you.
 11 Random Facts about Me:
- I have a wonderful, awesome, lovely wife and two awesomely great kids!
- I always start the school year by having my students’ first blog post be a 7 Random Facts blog post just like this one (minus the chain letter thing)!
- I’m Cuban-American (I was born in Miami, FL, while both my parents are Cuban born).
- I love pork dishes.
- I’m a huge chocoholic, yeah, major sugar addict.
- I’ve maintained my recent 45lb weight loss for 27 weeks and counting!
- I started my teaching career in South Central Los Angeles (go Main Street Elementary).
- I’m a gamer playing mostly World of Warcraft.
- I still have action figures (and I think they are so cool!).
- I am a major superhero fanatic (go Marvel – yes, I like DC, go Flash, but Marvel has better heroes overall).
- I wish I was a better cook.
My answers to Adele’s 11 questions:
- What genre of music do you listen to? Hard Rock, Dance Music, and Heavy Metal.
- Name one thing you do as an educator of which you’re super proud. I will do whatever I find to be in the best interest of my students and helps them learn.
- What is your favourite game to play? World of Warcraft
- Dogs or cats? I have both but I have to go with cats (don’t tell my dogs!).
- Which educator has had the biggest impact on you? Taejoon Lee.
- What are your favourite Twitter chats? Edchat, SBGChat
- Are socks and sandals a thing? Yes! I wear them all Fall, Winter, and Spring long!
- Who is the funniest person you know? David DiPrete (the other Science teacher at my school).
- Do you get more out of blogging or reading others’ blogs? Oh now that’s tough! I guess I’ll go with read others’ blogs by a hair.
- What is one habit you wish you could break? My sugar habit.
- Tablet or laptop? Ooh, that’s a tough one. I’ll have to say laptop because I can’t do screencasting on my iPad nor can I play World of Warcraft on my iPad.
My nominations (I hope I don’t choose someone who’s already done this!):
- Maren Johnson on Big Rock Blog or Stories from School
- Todd Miller on QuilBilly
- Lucas Gillespie on EduRealms
- Peggy Sheehy on WoWinSchool
- Kae Novak on Center for EduPunk
- Jake Duncan on Duncan Bilingual
- Chris Wejr on The Wejr Board
- David Kapuler on Technology Tidbits
- Mark Barnes on Brilliant or Insane
- Joe Bower on For the Love of Learning
- Paul Ladley on Game-Based-Learning and g-Learning Blog
My 11 questions:
- Where are you from originally?
- If you were stuck on a deserted island and a plane dropped a box of food what would you want it to be?
- What’s your favorite animal?
- What is your favorite part about being a teacher/educator/administrator?
- What is the most pressing issue facing education right now?
- What do you do for fun that is not related to education?
- What book(s) would you recommend?
- What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?
- Do you like this sunshine award meme thing?
- Do you like to sing?
- Is there a question I should have asked that I didn’t?
Now I’m thinking of how I can work this in with my students. They’ve all already completed a 7 Random Facts blog assignment at the beginning of the year but using the chain letter approach with an assignment might be fun.
