I have fallen behind ... two weeks I think. I had a goal of posting once per week. It's summer time though, and the living is easy (quick - name the cultural reference). Actually, not so easy around here. We slid into the Memorial Day weekend easily, but then it got a little crazy. My oldest daughter was working on getting a job, which has now been accomplished. She actually was offered a second job today but had to refuse since first job considers anyone who sells any similar item to them a competitor (verbotten). My oldest turned 19 on the first and we attended the wedding of two colleagues from Hoover High up at her parent's lake house in Scottsboro. It was lovely, and wet. We made it through the ceremony, but the skies came pouring down during dinner. It was fun though....none of us was sweet enough to melt.
This week, my oldest daughter had her wisdom teeth removed - that is a miserable process, one car broke down (luckily it was a cheap fix), my husband took off for his last 2012-2013 sports season gig, my youngest turned 15 and got her driver's permit, I substituted at summer school (and am now very happy that I wasn't hired to teach it), got my school releases for my children and need to prepare to go to the AP reading. Who said summertime was easier and more laid back? Not in this household!
I have also embarked on the task of trying to write a textbook in iBooks Author for my students. I am starting to get the hang of the program - now to figure out what to include and how to do so without plagiarizing anyone or anything! My favorite feature is the ability to embed links to videos, documents, etc. for students. That is going to come in handy - at least so long as those people leave their videos, documents, etc. up on the web in the same place they presently reside!
I have also organized a group to meet at the AP USGOPO reading in Salt Lake City to discuss flipping the APGOPO classroom (pssst....that stands for US Government & Politics). There are presently about 15-20 of us who want to discuss ideas and activities. I am hopeful that the number will grow after we all arrive.
Other than that, I've done a little knitting and a little reading. I'm starting to read "Teach Like a Pirate" as part of a professional development book club with teachers from school. Hopefully that will net some benefits for my students. I'm also catching up on some pleasure reading at the same time...current book is "Once Upon A Tower" by Eloisa James. I look forward to more of both types of reading.
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