Well the bell has rung, the buses have left, and the teachers and students have gone off for the start of summer vacation.
What a year it has been. For me personally this has been one of the hardest of my 11 year teaching career. It has been filled with strife, contract dispute with the Government, Work to Rule, a strike and imposed contract. Then it was with uncertain expectations and a sense of not knowing who was looking for what, and the dangers of being different.
Fortunately, I had a great group of 28 students over the course of the year. This group was up for a challenge and was happy to step foot into the unknown and embraced my trials of Gamification, MakerEd and Project Based Learning. We tried, explored, created, failed, and learned. And it was fabulous!
I have had many allies along the road that was 2016-17, too many to list here, but some that stand out are my wonderful PLN's from an awesome group of local Nova Scotian Teachers, to the global networks of #xplap #5thchat #learnLAP #games4ed. I gained a great sounding board with a teacher at my school. And of course my family. Who understand my love and passion for education and how it goes all day and all night.
Now as summer vacation has officially started I take a quick look back over the year and smile at the students I taught and the experiences that I had with them. I think I will take a 2 day break, where I watch NBA free agency and recharge. Then, its back to work, prep for next year, for as you all know, a Teachers Day is never really done.
What a year it has been. For me personally this has been one of the hardest of my 11 year teaching career. It has been filled with strife, contract dispute with the Government, Work to Rule, a strike and imposed contract. Then it was with uncertain expectations and a sense of not knowing who was looking for what, and the dangers of being different.
Fortunately, I had a great group of 28 students over the course of the year. This group was up for a challenge and was happy to step foot into the unknown and embraced my trials of Gamification, MakerEd and Project Based Learning. We tried, explored, created, failed, and learned. And it was fabulous!
I have had many allies along the road that was 2016-17, too many to list here, but some that stand out are my wonderful PLN's from an awesome group of local Nova Scotian Teachers, to the global networks of #xplap #5thchat #learnLAP #games4ed. I gained a great sounding board with a teacher at my school. And of course my family. Who understand my love and passion for education and how it goes all day and all night.
Now as summer vacation has officially started I take a quick look back over the year and smile at the students I taught and the experiences that I had with them. I think I will take a 2 day break, where I watch NBA free agency and recharge. Then, its back to work, prep for next year, for as you all know, a Teachers Day is never really done.