What day is it, anyway?

I have been so busy and the days seem to run one into another.  I often lose track of what day of the week it is and I almost never know what date of the year it is.  Is anybody else so muddled?  

I thought today might be a rather light one since it is Friday and Mother's Day is this weekend.  I thought folks might be easing up and laying back a little bit.  Nope.  That's not the case.  I started off shortly after seven this morning and wound things up when the sky was beginning to darken.

I wonder what those folks who think testing holds teachers accountable are thinking now?  Do they realize what kind of dedication this group of people have to learning and children?

I have never been more pleased to be a part of the education world than I am right now.  The days might be hard but they are certainly more interesting than they have ever been!

First Official Week Wrap-Up

Well, we have officially spent a week supporting teachers from a distance and using online resources.  Here is a little of what I learned this week (listed in no particular order):

• Virtual meetings are exhausting.
• Virtual learning is so very different from face-to-face learning and people don't realize that, yet.
• I really like creating visuals more than I do most anything else that relates to my job.
• There's a lot more to a How-To video than meets the eye.
• Teachers really love their students.
• Students like regular school more than they realized they did.
• Students really ought to be journaling about their experiences right now.
• It is hard for me to stop working.
• I get a LOT of email in my personal account and don't have the energy to read it when I've worked from home all day.
• There are so many online opportunities to learn that it is mind-boggling.
• My idea of professionalism is not the same as lots of other people's ideas.
• Learning and education is really evolving during this time.
• My long-time vision of the power of online learning is coming to fruition.
• The instructional technology department in my district consists of a lot of rock stars!

I have read so many powerful things written by educators, journalists, and students this week.  The written word is alive and well in 2020!  

P.S. I have to give a huge shout out to Pearson for sharing his journal with me this week.  I feel blessed and enriched by reading his writing. He truly has a gift and I am inspired to become a better writer.