Bubble Festival Redux

Well, I now have seen some of the wonderful photos from our school bubble festival. I won't post the ones that are appearing in the local neighborhood paper out of courtesy, but here are some that one of our teachers took.

Even though everything did NOT go according to plan, children learned and had fun. What more can you ask of a special, whole school event?

Too Many Balls in the Air

I had forgotten how much attention everything at school can take. While the bubble festival went quite well, I still had classes to plan and teach, a SMART board to learn how to use, a back-to-school night for parents to prepare for, and also a new special project to plan, organize, and shop for. I am, quite simply, exhausted. And we've only finished two weeks of school. Sigh.

On top of all that, I had wanted to keep up my so-called professional development, with writing here and at my book review site, Book Frontiers. I managed to get two reviews posted this weekend, but it is hard to have time to read and write if you are lurching from special project to special project. I need to get organized again. And, not surprisingly, I haven't written any poetry lately, since contemplation seems to have evaporated from my life.

But even given all that, I wouldn't trade working in education for anything else. It is what I am meant to do.

Technology and education

I came across this link via a fabulous blog called "Free Technology for Teachers." I think this video sums up what the 23 things and more things were all about.




I like how this video shows some of the ways the technology keeps changing and that we have been and need to continue to adapt to it.