{"id":3332,"date":"2014-01-13T08:31:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2014-01-13T08:31:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:31:14","slug":"sunshine-award-blogging-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/13\/sunshine-award-blogging-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Award Blogging Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> and tweets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These are the rules of the Sunshine Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Acknowledge the nominating blogger. See above.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Share 11 random facts about yourself.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Answer the 11 questions the nominating blogger has created for you.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. List 11 bloggers.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Post 11 questions for the bloggers you nominate to answer, and let all the bloggers know they have been nominated. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nominate a blogger who has nominated you.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00c2\u00a011 Random Facts about Me:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. I have a wonderful, awesome, lovely wife and two awesomely great kids!<\/li>\n
    2. 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)!<\/li>\n
    3. I’m Cuban-American (I was born in Miami, FL, while both my parents are Cuban born).<\/li>\n
    4. I love pork dishes.<\/li>\n
    5. I’m a huge chocoholic, yeah, major sugar addict.<\/li>\n
    6. I’ve maintained my recent 45lb weight loss for 27 weeks and counting!<\/li>\n
    7. I started my teaching career in South Central Los Angeles (go Main Street Elementary).<\/li>\n
    8. I’m a gamer playing mostly World of Warcraft.<\/li>\n
    9. I still have action figures (and I think they are so cool!).<\/li>\n
    10. I am a major superhero fanatic (go Marvel – yes, I like DC, go Flash, but Marvel has better heroes overall).<\/li>\n
    11. I wish I was a better cook.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      My answers to Adele’s 11 questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. <\/strong>What genre of music do you listen to?<\/em> Hard Rock, Dance Music, and Heavy Metal.<\/li>\n
      2. Name one thing you do as an educator of which you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re super proud. <\/em>I will do whatever I find to be in the best interest of my students and helps them learn.<\/li>\n
      3. What is your favourite game to play?<\/em> World of Warcraft<\/li>\n
      4. Dogs or cats?<\/em> I have both but I have to go with cats (don’t tell my dogs!).<\/li>\n
      5. Which educator has had the biggest impact on you?<\/em> Taejoon Lee.<\/li>\n
      6. What are your favourite Twitter chats?<\/em> Edchat, SBGChat<\/li>\n
      7. Are socks and sandals a thing?<\/em> Yes! I wear them all Fall, Winter, and Spring long!<\/li>\n
      8. Who is the funniest person you know?<\/em> David DiPrete (the other Science teacher at my school).<\/li>\n
      9. Do you get more out of blogging or reading others\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 blogs?<\/em> Oh now that’s tough! I guess I’ll go with read others’ blogs by a hair.<\/li>\n
      10. What is one habit you wish you could break?<\/em> My sugar habit.<\/li>\n
      11. Tablet or laptop?<\/em> 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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        My nominations (I hope I don’t choose someone who’s already done this!):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Maren Johnson<\/a> on Big Rock Blog<\/a> or Stories from School<\/a><\/li>\n
        2. Todd Miller<\/a> on QuilBilly<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. Lucas Gillespie<\/a> on EduRealms<\/a><\/li>\n
        4. Peggy Sheehy<\/a> on WoWinSchool<\/a><\/li>\n
        5. Kae Novak<\/a> on Center for EduPunk<\/a><\/li>\n
        6. Jake Duncan<\/a> on Duncan Bilingual<\/a><\/li>\n
        7. Chris Wejr<\/a> on\u00c2\u00a0The Wejr Board<\/a><\/li>\n
        8. David Kapuler<\/a> on Technology Tidbits<\/a><\/li>\n
        9. Mark Barnes<\/a> on Brilliant or Insane<\/a><\/li>\n
        10. Joe Bower<\/a> on For the Love of Learning<\/a><\/li>\n
        11. Paul Ladley<\/a> on Game-Based-Learning and g-Learning Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          My 11 questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. Where are you from originally?<\/li>\n
          2. If you were stuck on a deserted island and a plane dropped a box of food what would you want it to be?<\/li>\n
          3. What’s your favorite animal?<\/li>\n
          4. What is your favorite part about being a teacher\/educator\/administrator?<\/li>\n
          5. What is the most pressing issue facing education right now?<\/li>\n
          6. What do you do for fun that is not related to education?<\/li>\n
          7. What book(s) would you recommend?<\/li>\n
          8. What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?<\/li>\n
          9. Do you like this sunshine award meme thing?<\/li>\n
          10. Do you like to sing?<\/li>\n
          11. Is there a question I should have asked that I didn’t?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            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 … <\/p>\n

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