Is my life on fast forward? Or is this just the way things are at my age? Don't tell me because I don't want to know. I am holding out hope that, at some point, my life with slow down and I will once again feel like a young twenty-something with all the time in the world.
Okay so I doubt I felt that way in my twenties, but almost three decades later it is easy to imagine I did. Like the people who want to go back in time, to a "better" America- to make it great again. That America never really existed did it? We, like the countries we live in, are all works in progress. I just wish sometimes the "progress" or lack-there-of, didn't seem to take place in the blink of an eye.
My classes seem to be settling in to some sort of rhythm I feel less stress about the material I have decided to cover and more in tune with what my students need. Now that I have a little space to breath I am exploring some options to play around with in class. We have a great digital media room so that I can sit in the middle of the class and students can configure desks around eight giant TV screens in the room. I want to have them create and present some time lines for the class.
Right now I am exploring Sutori I would love to hear feedback if anyone has used it.
I also found this Site which has a wonderful amount of primary sources for students to work with.
Hopefully I can find some time this weekend to investigate further.
I also intend to sip strong morning coffee at my little cabin in Lincoln as I listen to the loons (if they haven't left already) and figure out a way to slow time.
- I'll let you know how that goes.
If you figure out how to stop time or at least slow it down let me know!
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