Returning from Break

Today was the first day back from break, I had a great spring break and getting up this morning was a bit rough. I think it was for the kids too, because I saw a lot of sleepy faces this morning. We were excited though to begin some new units--division, ocean habitat study for reading, and a food chains/webs unit. All was great until we went to show a PowerPoint and video from National Geographic about the oceans. The projector and notebook computer that we have for our classroom was not working properly. At first it was not projecting the picture from the computer and then it had no volume. I do enjoy technology and like to use it in my classroom, but it can be very frustrating when it just doesn't work! The other frustration is that we have to use a cart to transport this technology around the school, I would love to have a permanent set-up in my classroom. I guess we all would like more money for things like that, huh? Maybe someday...