In a few short hours, a new school year will start. I just finished reading my last book of the summer, and so now it’s time for a bit of wrap-up about how I spent those 3 fantastic months called summer.
Here’s a quick look at what I did:
-taught a new workshop called Imagine, Design, Build workshop for Honey Creek’s summer camp.
-applied for and won a MACUL grant to get digital cameras into the hands of middle schoolers in Ann Arbor and South Africa.
-attended 2 meetings of GO-Tech, the Ann Arbor area DIY technology group, and presented about Processing at one of them
-did lots of curriculum planning, including starting to work through the Understanding by Design book
-went camping with the family twice and took ‘em to Michigan’s Adventure, a great amusement park/water park.
-played guitar at church a lot (almost every Wednesday) and helped with our Vacation Bible School.
-cleaned & reorganized my music studio
-took lots of photos, including starting to use off camera flash with the purchase of a Wein peanut slave
-worked on planning for updates to the chromedecay site, including wireframing and new WordPress install
-read lots of books:
Work Hard, Be Nice - Jay Mathews Close Kin - Clare Dunkle The Hollow Kingdom - Clare Dunkle Wired for War - P.W. Singer Here, There Be Dragons - James A. Owen Churchill - Roy Jenkins Eagle Day: The Battle of Britain - Richard Collie DroidMaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution - Michael Rubin The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940 - William Manchester The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe Meet the Austins - Madeleine L’Engle The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling
Here’s to a fantastic school year, filled with learning, teaching, and inspiration!