New Year, New You!

It is now 2017! This is a huge year for me personally because I will have my oldest graduate from high school, my second oldest will start driving, my third child will start kindergarten, and my fourth child will continue growing and turn one! All these changes are scary and overwhelming, and I feel so many different emotions. Sometimes I wish I could freeze time.

It is also a huge year professionally because our school launched Chromebooks for all our high school students yesterday! I am so excited to be a part of this and able to help teachers use this to prepare their students for the future. The challenge now is to not just use this amazing technology to replace activities like typing papers and printing them and doing research in the library, but we need to push them to be CREATORS and not just consumers.

Changing how we teach can be very scary, but just like children grow, we must grow as educators. It wouldn't be fair to my own boys if I were to freeze time and not let them experience new things like college, driving, and kindergarten. I keep moving forward for them, and I will continue moving forward for my students!

Three of my four boys enjoying a rare snow day!