My summer break has been off to a busy start. It started with my daughter’s graduation, which I worked since I am a program leader. I played parent more than teacher during the graduation process – taking pictures behind the scenes, taking video from the stage area as she walked across the stage, etc. I got to view my daughter’s graduation from a viewpoint that 99% of all parents do not get plus I got to shake the hands of 22 of my “other” children (my game seniors) as they received their diplomas. I finished that week with a meeting about working the last two weeks in June on a project for the school district.
This week, I have been working on that project creating screencast tutorials for the district’s curriculum engine. While I was hoping to be able to do the work from home, I have enjoyed going into the “office” to get the work done. I have taught myself a lot about using Adobe Premiere and working on a PC for the first time in over ten years.
In the upcoming weeks, my task list looks like this:
- ISTE in San Diego
- Finish the screencast tutorials
- Complete my sections of the website science II district syllabus
- Creating statewide assessments for the website design and development program of study
- Create three different presentations for the Nevada ACTE conference – Evernote, iPad Apps for Classroom Management, Google Apps for Education
- Attend the Nevada ACTE conference
- Complete the Google Teacher Certification Application
- Reorganize the Google Apps for Education accounts at school so they are sorted by graduation year and program area
- Create class websites for the new teachers at Southwest CTA
- Learn more Java and make an attempt at creating an eBook for my juniors
- Sequence out the senior capstone projects for my co-teacher
- Write my lesson plans for next year
- Create more blog posts, original tweets, and posts to Google+
- A family trip to Hawaii
- Send my oldest to college
I am sure that I will be adding to the list as the summer progresses. It is a busy summer, but that is the way that I like it.