DENSI 2013 has come and gone but I can’t let another day go by without reflecting on what an amazing week it was. This was my third DENSI and each one has left me a changed educator, colleague and learner. However what I think was so special this time was watching all the newbies as
My DEN Summer Institute Reflection…….
So what was DENsi for me? 1400 miles, 150 educators, 10 days, revisiting old friends, making new ones, singing the “Sound of Music” soundtrack at the Von Trapp Family Lodge, 3 cones of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream, Shelburne Museum, a Lake Monster baseball game, grant-writing sessions, 3-hour cruise on Lake Champlain, visit to Urgent Care, 14
What Really Matters in Life……
I finished up the school year on May 24th and found myself in the middle of Moore, Oklahoma on May 26th. I had been called up for Disaster Relief Recovery with the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Team. I have done things like this all my life but never have I been so drastically changed. I
Grants R’ Us
I had the most amazing privilege of attending DENSI 2012 last summer in Bozeman, Montana. I met some of the most beautiful and talented people that I have ever known in education. We learned, ate, raced, danced, blogged, videoed, traveled, laughed, and then we unconferenced! During this unconference time about 15 people gathered and spent