Look! It's a new month!

Oh my gosh, it's August already! That tends to happen the day after my birthday. =) It still amazes me that its already August, that means the summer is almost over. I report back to school at the end of the month. I actually go back about a week earlier than that for Link Crew training. If you don't know what Link Crew is, it is a when current juniors and seniors "link" with incoming freshmen (and sophomores in our school as well) to do orientation. The juniors and seniors are trained on icebreaker activities, give the campus tour, do orientation activities, etc. We (the class advisors -- the Junior Class Advisor) train the Link Leaders before the registration day for the incoming students. It's a great "club". The juniors and seniors have been nominated by their teachers, so it's great students. They have a lot of fun as well.

It's been media authoring all day. They have lots of work to do before the deadline tomorrow. It's really coming along. I'm so impressed with all of their work. They have come a long way from the first day of COSMOS -- both in content and their personal growth.

I've reviewed all their materials for their backboard. Good foundations. I provided feedback and their backboard is due tomorrow.

Beth Simon came in and discussed metacognition today. I thought it was very cool how it was tied to CS. I'd be interested in doing that research for my PhD work. Hmmm... I found her page on the UCSD and will read the papers that were listed. They all seem fascinating to me. It's a blend of my CS and education backgrounds. In the future, when I move on from teaching at the high school level, I'd love to teach at a university. I don't have any interest in switching high schools, but when I feel it's time to move on, I'll look at university/college positions. I've occasionally looked at what I would need to position myself eligible for it, so it's been in the back of my mind as I further my own education. I would love to teach at UCSD one day. I wonder what I would have to do to accomplish that goal - and what department would it be in? I guess I have to figure that part out first, before anything else. So, basic goal is there, I just have to focus it a little more so I can hit that target.

Today is yo-yo-ing Part 2. I'm excited. I've been practicing. I've been able to do the brain twister twice! Not that anyone saw me, so there are no witnesses. But believe me, I was shocked that I pulled it off --- all the way! Since then, I've gotten about half way through the trick.