Anything with an "i" in front of it has to be good, right?

Here I am sitting at home as the snow is falling outside, typing away on my iBook, listening to my iTunes, thinking about how much money it is going to cost to purchase the new iPhone my husband has been drooling over! Everything good has an "i" in front of it.

Which reminds me, I have a terrific student teacher working in my classroom right now. One of the best technology tools I have had at my disposal to assist in preparing for her arrival is iPhoto. I love to use iPhoto to organize my class photos. At the beginning of the year, I just take photos of all of my students (with any luck, I have an opportunity before the school year starts). Once the photos are loaded into my iPhoto library, I can make different albums for different uses. The "book" tab has a "yearbook" option that allows you to print a book with 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18, 20, or 32 pictures on each page. This comes in handy when you need to get things organized. One album has students in their line order so that we can just look on the sheet to find out if everyone is in their place. Another album is organized to show which students are in each reading group. Other albums have only pictures of students who are in various reteaching groups.

Gotta love iPhoto! Or anything else with an "i"!