1,000 Follower Spectacular - Day 8

 

It's here, it's here! I finally made it to 1,000 followers. I'm so excited! I wanted to have a small huge celebration. So big it would take an entire week to celebrate! Each day will includes spectacular new games, $1 Deals & freebie steals, and much, much more! You can find out more with in my 1,000 Follower Spectacular Invitation.

 

 

 

 Let's begin with the Gift Card giveaway of the Day! Today, you can win a permanent game license. That means every game ever made. Past, present, and future games! A prize worth over $300.

 

 

 

 

 a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

  

Today's $1 Deal is for everyone. Someone requested that I make more backgrounds for powerpoint. I thought about it and decided. Why not? It's part of my name. Why shouldn't I have some backgrounds?
 

 

 

This collection includes 14 backgrounds in PNG format. I used my own clip art to create this set. Commercial friendly and easy to insert. Great for any powerpoint project.
 

 

 

 

Get on sale all this week for $1.

Crayons Powerpoint Backgrounds Set 1

 

 

Today's freebie is about everyone! Since I made those backgrounds with my own clip art, I thought maybe I should offer it as clip art too. 

 

 

 

 

This is my first set of clip art. I made these a while ago but never really did anything with them besides make 1 or 2 backgrounds with them. Now you can make your own as well.

 

Comes in 10 colors and includes a B&W version. Formats include both JPEG and PNG. Commercial friendly and easy to use. 

 

 

 

 You can get this game for free all this week.

Crayon Clip Art Set
 

 

That's all for today. Be sure to stop by my Facebook page for some flash freebies starting at/around 5 pm EST. Click "Get Notifications" so you'll know when they start!

Liebster Award!!!

I'm so excited! I've been nominated for the Liebster Award!. Thank you so much M&M Bilingual for the nomination! I'd never thought I'd be one to receive this award but will gladly accept it! =)

 

 

 

This is such a wonderful button and I'm happy to add it to my blog. I've seen it on a few other blogs and had no clue how they received it. A week or 2 ago, M&M Bilingual nominated me and learned a great deal about it. The Liebster Award is given to new bloggers. It's a great way to get support and encourage others as they blog!

 

1. Why and how long ago did you start blogging?

I started blogging way back in 2013. I was pretty new to it at the time. I wanted to share my thoughts about education as well as a little bit about my store and myself. I heard it was a great for me to connect with other educators. This definitely proves it!

 

2. What one word sums up the heart of your blog and why?

Passion! I love what I do! Even though at the moment I don't have a classroom, I love education and helping others. Before blogging and my store, I just wanted to help students, but through my blogging journey, I came to love helping  students, teachers ,and educators alike.

 

3. Is there something you learned late in your blogging journey that you wished you knew before?

How to schedule posts. I would always just write a blog post and post it that same day. About a year ago I learned how to schedule posts and now I could schedule them ahead of time! Makes blogging a bit easier.

 

4. What is your favorite pastime other than blogging?

Besides making ppt games, playing video games (Hint hint - that's where the name came from!). I come from a family of gamers. We all love playing games. From board games to card games, computer games to video games, my family can't get enough of them. My recent obsession has been Minecraft. I find myself playing it quite often, mostly for the building aspect. Who doesn't love to build stuff!?

 

5. How many hours per week do you dedicate to your blog/TPT?

If it weren't for sleeping, eating, and my niece and nephews, practically every hour. Since TPT is my full-time job, I try my hardest to put in 40 hours each week. Being self-employed has it perks. =)

6. What category of blog posts do you enjoy the most?

I love blog hops about classroom ideas. It's great to go from one teacher/blogger to the next and get wonderful ideas that I can use in the classroom.

 

7. Where does your blog inspiration come from?

My inspiration comes my own experiences in the classroom as well as my day-to-day life. My youngest nephew is starting preschool this coming year and my oldest nephew will be in kindergarten this fall. They are also my inspiration!

 8. Which post that you've written are you most proud of?

My New Year's Resolution post. I had 3 goals this year ---> Blog more, get healthy, and finish projects. I'm happy to say I am definitely blogging more. I am trying hard to get healthy. I'm exercising more and eating better. I am finishing up projects that I started so I very proud that I am sticking to those goals.

http://powerpointgaming101.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-years-resolution.html

9. Is there a post that you are planning to do but have been postponing it for a while?

I have 2 that I plan on doing. One I know will be done before I go to the TPT Conference. The other is a post about using PPT Games in a new way (besides the traditional way). Pictures are the only thing keeping me for doing it.

10. What is your favorite aspect of blogging?

The writing! I love to write so it's pretty natural for me to write a blog post. I've even written and published a book, not to mention notebooks full of fantasy and realistic stories I've written since high school.

11. Which idea from a blog would you like to try yourself?

Simply a blog hop! I've join several blog hops over the years and I want to try to do a blog hop of my own. The idea I have is very original and I think many will want to try it out. I love Jessica McClain's You Ought to know Blog hop. It's one of my favorites!

 

 

Here are some blogs that I follow and would love to nominate!

 

1. Pawsitively Teaching

2. Cheryl from Techie Turtle Teacher

3. Mrs. McClain from Buzzing with Mrs. McClain

4. Kelly from Glitter in Third

5. Marine from Tales of a Very Busy Teacher

 

Rules of the Liebster Award:

Link back to the blog that nominated you

Answer the 11 questions posted by the nominator

Nominate 5-11 blogs (with less than 200 followers) and link to them in your post

Contact the nominees and let them know they have been nominated

 

 

 

New Game and Features: Write & Wipe PPT Games and Task Card Ready!

Time to reveal a new game and a new game feature!

 

I've used dry-erase boards in my classroom numerous times, both as a teacher and as a tutor. The kids love it and so do I. I always had a dream of a paperless classroom where every worksheet was digital. One of my first games I made for my class I used dry-erase boards and markers. Only makes sense that I make those games available for other too!

 

Today, I bring you: Write and Wipe PPT Games!

 

 

 

 

 Write and Wipe games are powerpoint games that you can play along with mini white boards. There is no scoreboard so it great to use in a guided math group or as a whole class review.

 

 

All my Write and Wipe games will have 25 questions, giving you more questions and time to review.

 

 

There's even a sweet animation for revealing the answer. Also, with each game, there are some tricks and tips with using White boards in the classroom including cleaning tips and acquiring materials.

 

 

I know you students will enjoy playing this games as much I do!

 

You can get this game here:

Rounding to the Nearest 100 - Write and Wipe Powerpoint Game

Another game feature I will be adding to my new games (and later, adding to previously made games) is the "Task Card Ready" feature!
 

Class dismissed!

 

 

First times for me! - Purchases, Giveaways, and Collabrartive Boards

First Time Buyer
This has been as week of firsts for me. From buying something on Teacherspayteachers to joining a Collaborative board. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.

While working on a new powerpoint game, I was in need of some clock clip art. I had use one previously online for free, but I wanted something different. I felt like I was buying a car! There were so many different times of clip art. Finally, I came to Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah clip art. She has tons of wonderful clip art.

           She had clock clip art that was wonderful. I made my first purchase on TPT. Most of the time I search for free items, but this time, I'd figured it was time to start giving back to other teachers. Needless to say, the $3.50 maybe worth it. Check it out on the Powerpoint Game of the Week.

Part of a Giveaway
I am part of someone else's giveaway. I've never done that before and am kinda nervous. Even though it is not my own, I hope to generate for traffic towards all my pages. Entry is below,

Entry-Form

Part of a Collaborative board
I joined a TPT collaborative board and boy, is it great. Yes, the many emails are annoying whenever someone else pins, but its a new way for me to get those products out there. I even had a product sold less than 12 hours of posting it. Gotta join some more and you should too!

Class dismissed!