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So, my middle school was chosen to participate in a program called STEM Champions. Its basically a program for teachers to develop problem based learning projects and implement them in their classroom. The program consist of going to the MACUL conference every year, summer workshops, and online interaction with our coaches. So far the project seems interesting and challenging at the same time, which is where I am at now. Along with doing the required work for my graduate classes, I know have to turn in a calendar of lesson plans for my project I developed back in June. To say the least, I'm procrastinating and oddly enough homework is helping me! Ha. Well as if it was a sign from somewhere above, I stumbled across this video blog in my Google Reader! Okay, Okay I will get started. This video "kinda" reminded me that I can do it! In times like this when I feel intimidated and challenge by what lies ahead, I just remember what a teacher once told me, "Changing is easy, it's improving that's hard!"
Great quote. Sometimes it takes a little quote to remind us that we can do whatever it is we are faced with. Life is always going to be full of challenges, it's how we choose to deal with those challenges that counts. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe STEM Champions project sounds really exciting and interesting. It does sound like a big time commitment as well. Like you, I sometimes have a tendency to procrastinate, but I also have an "I work best under pressure" attitude that has proven (thankfully) to work for me. It sounds like you have the right attitude going in, and attitude can take you a long way sometimes. You'll have to keep us updated on the progress of your project over the next few weeks.
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