Hit 100 free lesson plans before breakfast and it got me thinking

I woke up at 5am yesterday because I couldn't sleep, and I started digging through a stack of old teaching resources I had saved from various teacher swap sites over the last few years. I started counting them out of boredom, and I hit exactly 100 different lesson plans before I even poured my coffee. That number surprised me because I never thought I had that many just sitting around. Most of them are for middle school science and math, but there's a handful of weird ones like a unit on local watersheds I found from a teacher in Ohio. I realized I've been hoarding these things like they're gold, but I've probably only used maybe a third of them in actual class time. Makes me wonder if everyone else has a huge digital stash they never touch. Has anyone else ever counted what they've got saved up and felt guilty about the waste?

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leo56720d ago

You actually kept track of how many you've used versus just saved? That is some next-level self-awareness right there.

jade_hunt4820d ago

Digging through old resources is one thing, but have you ever tried recycling them by turning them into interactive digital games instead of just letting them collect dust? It's a fun way to reuse the ones that never made it into class.