The new year started off almost as busy as I felt before the break, but the family time, as well as rest, made me much better equipped to handle it. This is a two-week reflection because there was a hockey tournament over MLK weekend.
Podcasts:
I took a real break and intentionally didn't do any professional development over break, so I have lots of old Science Friday episodes to get caught up on. I had some tech difficulties with playing podcasts in my car, but I think I have worked that all out now. I listened to one episode about the big Physics questions and the annual Christmas Bird Count. Both were interesting. The other episode I listened to had the year in review about the top science stories of 2017, an interview with the Secret Life of Flies author Erica McAlister, and the bourbon quiz. The Secret Life of Flies sounds fascinating, so I'd love to read it. I was able to gross out my Young Surgeon's students by telling them about how sterile maggots are being used to clean up gangrenous wounds. So cool!
There was a special episode of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers that talked about optimizing time and how to plan for more productive times of the day to do certain tasks. It also talked about blocking similar tasks like making copies. So I have now started to do all my copies at the beginning of the day on Mondays. Such a simple idea, but it saves so much time and it forces me to plan further ahead.
Podcasts:
I took a real break and intentionally didn't do any professional development over break, so I have lots of old Science Friday episodes to get caught up on. I had some tech difficulties with playing podcasts in my car, but I think I have worked that all out now. I listened to one episode about the big Physics questions and the annual Christmas Bird Count. Both were interesting. The other episode I listened to had the year in review about the top science stories of 2017, an interview with the Secret Life of Flies author Erica McAlister, and the bourbon quiz. The Secret Life of Flies sounds fascinating, so I'd love to read it. I was able to gross out my Young Surgeon's students by telling them about how sterile maggots are being used to clean up gangrenous wounds. So cool!
There was a special episode of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers that talked about optimizing time and how to plan for more productive times of the day to do certain tasks. It also talked about blocking similar tasks like making copies. So I have now started to do all my copies at the beginning of the day on Mondays. Such a simple idea, but it saves so much time and it forces me to plan further ahead.
Twitter - I followed two new innovators and authors and #6thchat gave me some great suggestions for book ideas. The teacher challenge for 2018 looks interesting, but I have lots to do already with the 40 hour work week club. I spent most of my evening PD time working on the 40-hour work week club materials.
40-hour Work Week Club - I love lists, so I was super excited to hear Angela Watson's bonus material for the club about making prioritized lists. I am excited to try out her system and apply it to my practice.
Reading - I have been having trouble getting to this on Wednesday mornings for 30 minutes, so I am going to try splitting it up into two 15 minute sessions. One on Thursday morning and one on Friday morning.
Clearly, I need to work on blogger more often because I can't figure out how to fix my line spacing!
40-hour Work Week Club - I love lists, so I was super excited to hear Angela Watson's bonus material for the club about making prioritized lists. I am excited to try out her system and apply it to my practice.
Reading - I have been having trouble getting to this on Wednesday mornings for 30 minutes, so I am going to try splitting it up into two 15 minute sessions. One on Thursday morning and one on Friday morning.
Clearly, I need to work on blogger more often because I can't figure out how to fix my line spacing!
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