I have spent more time online in the last three days than in a LONG time.  So before my dry eyes crack and fall out of my head, I want to explain how delightful, and addicting, it has been to get sucked back into the blogosphere.  There are so many wonderful people writing so many exciting things about education right now.  I just got finished reading about another “we need tech in schools to keep up with the texting youth” video (this time posted by Pearson ed…) which, at first seems inspiring until it closes with, “this is the death of education, but the birth of learning” or something like that.  I’d hate to think that we need to kill education (as I sit here working on homework…).  Anyway, every since we watched the “did you know” video at a staff meeting, I have been contemplating how to make learning meaningful for my students, and just when I get good ideas, I have to go to another staff meeting, or dept meeting, or I have to grade 162 essays by the end of the week.  You get the picture.  I don’t mean to complain because I love teaching but man, I get so sad to think that, like other years, I will spend all summer online getting great insight and working on making myself a much better teacher…then the year will start, and I will no longer have time for personal growth as I am focusing on the ISBE standards, ACT prep, and the social/emotional lives for a small village.