Last week I spent a lot of time in the library. We are kicking off several research projects in some of our electives. The librarian and I frequently work together to support research projects. The ability to ask good questions, to search and identify the resources needed to accurately answer the question, and to keep track of the information that is found are at the heart of the research process.

Questions! It seems like I always have many questions and can always find another one to add. While it is hard to find answers, it is fun to generate the ideas that stem from the questions. I know I spend a lot of time with my Personal Learning Network and that’s the cause of many questions and ultimately of much personal growth and learning.

Angela Maiers site has been one of my favorites for some time now. She frequently discusses the habitudes that students need to have in order to be successful in life and she insists that we, as teachers, must be CLOs (Chief Learning Officers) of our classrooms.

We are now eight days into the school year, our second year with a 1:1 program that now spans grades 7-11. It has been a smooth start and the tech use is even more evident and more necessary for us this year. Technology is moving from merely integrated to integral.

Our first year of a one-to-one tablet program in grades 7, 9, and 10 drew to an end back in May and almost immediately we launched into a summer filled with both face to face and virtual professional development opportunities. Those opportunities conclude this week and I’ve been reflecting on the past year this weekend.