Facebook Page and other Updates!

Hi all!
I have officially created the CADRE group on Facebook and I am really excited that as of 2:30 on Monday afternoon, we have 36 out of 39 CTs signed up as members!  I am really looking forward to using the page for communication, support, and building our cohort. 

Right now, I am using the new computers that we were given as CTs.  It is really nice to have a laptop that is easy to use and easy to take with me from school to home and back again!  So far, I have gone through and changed most of the settings.  The desktop background is the 'Azul' picture: a beautiful island in the middle of a blue ocean and a single sailboat.  I am hoping that it will bring me peace and tranquility as I look at it in the months to come. 

As far as classes go, I am ready to get started on research and my other projects that are due in the next three weeks.  (Wow! that seems even shorter when I see it in writing!)  I am definitely getting a better idea of what is expected of me in tech class and in ETP, I am getting anxious to start planning these theories into lessons. 

I visited my school on Friday and got my textbook, saw my classroom, etc.  My principal mentioned that they have plenty of "rolls of paper" for me to use.  I had no idea what I am supposed to use rolls of paper for.  My sister said that they are for the bulletin boards I will have to make!  The What!? I have no idea what I am supposed to do with bulletin boards!  I was ready to go into a high school where I would have to run between others' classrooms, not prepare my own.  I am looking forward to having all my technology and information on my own boards, though.  So, if anyone else has any tips, ideas, or advice for setting up a classroom or a bulletin board, please leave it in the comments for me!  I will be posting any ideas I get in the future as well!