How I’ll Spend My Summer Vacation
The first full week of July and I’m finally settling into vacation mode. I don’t have big plans for July. Most of my plans revolve around organizing all of the boxes of clutter I’ve accumulated over the school year and, of course, making a dent in my reading pile. Pictured here are some of the books I’ll be reading.
I’m experimenting with the Facebook Visual Bookshelf Application for tracking what I’m reading and what I’d like to read, but I’m not linking that application to this one just yet.
Another couple of books that didn’t make the photo are those that I’ve borrowed from OCT’s Margret Wilson Library. This is a great service of the college: select books from the online catalogue, submit your request, and they arrive in the mail! They also come with a postage-paid tag to send them back. I’ve got two bundled and ready to drop in the post tomorrow.
One of the two books I’m returning is Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development by Gillie Bolton. I learned quite a bit from this book about the merits of writing and reflecting in order to help me become a better teacher. This week, by some kind of lucky coincidence, I also stumbled across an opportunity to be part of a reflective practice training group this year, and I’m got my registration beside me, ready to be faxed tomorrow. I’ve learned a lot about how writing helps my students become better learners and now it’s time to practice a little of what I’ve been preaching.
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