… and a hectic one at that!

  1. Sorted out a mess that I should have tidied up yesterday afternoon, but was just too tired and over it.  Quick talk to a parent.  Take a phone call.
  2. Started the day.  Prayer.
  3. Religion lesson.  Have the great idea that we will storyboard Bible stories, illustrate key scenes in a graphics program, then add voice to tell in the story in something like iMovie or a Web 2.0 app (haven’t thought it all through yet).  Student tells me, “you always find something to do on the computer”.
  4. Maths.  Assistant principal drops in while one group is learning about volume and capacity via the interactive whiteboard, and the rest are making lots of mess learning volume the “traditional” way (ie with buckets, measuring devices and several litres of water).
  5. Recess.  Fix up the scanning of some pictures to support a student’s oral presentation.
  6. English block.  Took a long time to settle (students, that is).  Literacy groups/menuboard first; principal drops in for two minutes to see things in action, gets talking with the students at the IWB.  Teachers aide supporting another group.  Move on to students giving their oral presentations.  Several students supported in their preparation by the teachers aides make their presentations to the class, to two very proud teachers aides (and so they should be), and the ESL teacher (whose students insisted that she must come and listen).  Assessment taking place as they speak.  Two very proud students visit the assistant principal and show him on his laptop how to access the class blog and listen to their podcast.
  7. Lunch.  Sort out minor issue before going out to playground duty.
  8. Silent Reading, followed by Visual Art.  Clean desks again, but this time wiping up paint rather than spilt water.
  9. Students go home.  Staff meeting; break open the NSW/ACT Bishops’ Pastoral Letter, Catholic Schools at a Crossroads.
  10. Look through data I’m collecting from staff on how they integrate technology into their teaching and learning as a basis for forward planning.  Spend some time on data entry and collation before heading home
  11. Then, tonight, engage in some further professional learning (yes, reading and responding to blog posts is professional learning), scan over the online work from the children today, and post myself.

Tired.  Need to get some sleep.  But what a day!