On Friday afternoon I spent an hour getting some TLC from our new Tech Learning Coordinator Jeff Utecht as he pimped my Mac!! It has been a few months since I posted to my blog and I needed some help making sure I could no longer make excuses for not blogging.
Blogging is hard. I keep reading blogs of fellow school administrators as we struggle to keep up and even stay ahead. Bloggers like Andy Torris and David Hamilton, keep me blogging, or at least reading my RSS feeds. Having Jeff pimp my Mac has made a world of difference. Thanks Jeff!
I was reflecting last night, trying to think of my “to do” list. Recruiting season is already upon us and it made me think of the last time that list was empty….. summer? Crazy! How can it be that there is never a time when there isn’t a to do list. The year starts off in August with Back to School issues, this year it was scrambling to open a 5th section of Kindergarten 3 days before the start of school. It then gets in to Back to School Night, meetings, recruiting season, budget, preparing for next year….. the list goes on and on…..
So- when do we take the time to think? David Hamilton asks a great question….. Jeff Utecht also echos similar sentiments…..
Often when I get home at night, all I want to do is hang out with the kiddos and relax, but are you ever really relaxed? Perhaps that is the draw to blogging… a 21st Century kind of digital diary where you can ramble and ramble?
Hmmm… food for thought. Anyways- bottom line: The Struth is back!
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September 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
I think you’re right. The blog is a good place to ramble…and people get to choose if they are going to listen to your rambles. When you get home you should be wanting to spend time with your kids and relax. You work hard, and for many time with kids and family is when it’s time to unwind, which we all need.
I left a comment earlier today to a teacher was was talking about this same thing. How time has a way of getting away from us. I suggested with starting with 30 minutes a week. Could you find 30 minutes a week within your professional work day to reflect on your blog?
I ask this of you, but I ask this to teachers as well who tell me “I don’t have the time”.
30 minutes is 1.25% of your professional work time in a given week. 8 hours x 5 days = 2400 minutes. 30 minutes / 2400 = 1.25% of our time. That’s a far cry from the 25% time that the National Staff Development Council recommends. (http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=96) but it’s a place to start. A place to try and work personal professional time back into the work day where it belongs. Not late nights on the couch when you should be sleeping, or instead of spending time with the family.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:26 am
The STRUTH is BACK!!
Glad to see some new ramblings appear in this page. You are in my RSS reader for a reason buddy, keep them ideas pumping.
Now all I have to do is get MEDAGOGY back on track
October 3rd, 2008 at 1:08 am
@justin Yes you do!
@struth welcome back buddy. We all need to reflect at times…blogs as good a place as any…especially when you need help sorting through thoughts as I often do!