Last year I made my reading chart as a document and would print off sheets as needed each quarter. This year, I’ve posted my Seminary reading calendar for New Testament online as a Google calendar. You can see it below if you’re interested. It goes from September 10 to May 31:
Putting the calendar online means that everyone can access it at any time and I can make changes to the Calendar from my tablet, computer, or phone. It also syncs between devices. I am hoping that my students will also sync the calendar to their devices so they always have an up-to-date reading chart so that I don’t have to constantly print out papers or send out reminders on Facebook if there’s a change.
Anyway, it occurred to me that the place I should really have the calendar is at LDS.org, but there is no way I am going to re-type all that stuff. So I checked, and yes, LDS.org’s calendar does support iCal uploads. And it will sync calendars from LDS.org to devices, too! I have emailed the ward clerk to see if I can upload the calendar (he’ll have to set me up a calendar I can edit), and hopefully I’ll be able to influence our little group to check out the great new tools at LDS.org. Yay!
I went through everyone’s binders to make sure they all had copies of True to the Faith and bookmarks and pens and pencils for next year. Thought I’d post some pictures:
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A peek inside of a Seminary cubby
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A row of cubbies. This is an IKEA bookcase that we use to hold student materials.
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These are the posters I have on the wall. The agenda one will change now that I’m replacing the scripture mastery recitation with short talks written during class.
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Here is the scripture mastery stuff I’ve collected/created for this year. I will write more on that later.
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This is my apply poster and a new thing. It’s a sticker with weekly dates on it so that my secretary can write the week’s reading up there as a reminder. We can also put any upcoming dances, etc, so that we announce them less during our regular opening exercises. (The seminary manual calls the thing I call opening exercises “devotional”. I think of devotional as just a talk or spiritual thought.)
Today I also read last year’s first lesson. Then I hole-punched all my handouts and put them in the order I will use them so that they are ready for use during the year. I hope to have my first few lessons all set by the end of the day. I have skeletons for the first week’s lessons, but they are not finished yet. Also tonight I’ve got a meeting with the other teacher and Bishop about Seminary. Just 4 weeks!