Holy time warp! I am so sorry for the gap in posts!  I have been so busy, I can't even begin to explain!  I had knee surgery last December which took waaaaaaay too long to recover, in fact, I'm still having problems with it, but this too shall pass!
I am sorry for those of you who may pop on my site to see if I've updated anything.  I have exciting news!!! My colleague and and I have been awarded 21st Century Classrooms for this next year!  So, in addition to having 2 children graduate (one from college, one from high school), me taking 12 college credits for great summer learning, I have been learning a LOT about 21st Century Classrooms, Project Based Learning, not quite 1:1 devices (see what I did there ;), Periscope, Mystery Skyping, and a myriad of other wonderful learning opportunities for my firsties!

You can now also follow me on Twitter!@MrsHeikes
I haven't taken the time to make anymore games, as I've focused more of my time on moving my classroom (did I forget to mention I had to do that, too?!) and work on all new curriculum for my classroom. I am getting all new desks, including a mobile teacher desk, including a laptop, which I am using right now!

I have made connections with teachers in Columbia, Vietnam, Italy, and many states in the United States to Skype with this next year.  I am going to work with an engineer with NASA who will read to my students and answer questions they have.  How have I done this?  Ask.  Ask friends and relatives.  Ask on Twitter - there are SOOOOOOO many wonderful people out there, willing to help drop the walls on your classrooms.  Make your classroom big!  Get a world map and keep track of all the places you "visit" throughout the year like I plan to do - I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

So....if I'm not blogging for a while, you'll know why. :)