One of the greatest things about education is that there is a renewal every year.  Every year the school year ends, summer begins, and we get to recharge our batteries, learn new things, travel and get ready to begin all over again.  We begin again with new students, new classes, forever tweaking our practice so that we can inspire our students.

I figured that since my summer hiatus is over I should put my goals out for the world to see.

1. Continue having my students blog (imp4-2008.blogspot.com/, One for Calculus coming soon)
2. Use the TI-Nspire in all of my classes.
3. Inspire other teachers to use more technology in their classes.
4. Try to bring my summer learning into my classroom.

I think that these are reasonable goals to have.

Blogging in class had a set back last year.  I had difficulties with my students seeing the relevance of it.  I am working with other teachers so that the posts that my students make will have an outside audience.  I think having an audience that is outside of our class and school will make students own the blog more.

I think that the TI-Nspire has the ability to significantly change mathematics educaiton.  I was trained over the summer on its use with a few of my colleagues and am in the process of getting a User Group started at LHS.  Hopefully, working together we can make positive steps toward using it in the classroom.

This is the second year of the Technology Study Group at LHS.  We have a principal now who is giving us a forum to talk about technology.  We have time during the first faculty meeting to talk about our group and get people excited.  Between this group and the TI User group I hope to get more teachers at LHS excited about using technology.

Lastly, this summer I spent a lot of time working on myself.  Through yoga and meditation I found a calm that I didn’t think was possible.  The new school year and its stresses will challenge me to keep this calm, it is my hope that I can continue to maintain what I have learned and push further during the school year.  I am hoping to live in the moment and focus my energy on what I have control over.  Wish me luck!

Now that the summer is over, I hope to write and reflect much more.  Thanks for reading!