Day 4: Engage the Disengaged
Today was the first full day of school, and a real shift from the half day yesterday. The classes are 90 minutes long, and one of the challenges appears to be “How Do I Keep students engaged?” And right now, I’m not sure what the best approach is to this. Every teacher has their own [...]
Social Media and Today
This video sums up what’s happening now with social media; it’s becoming one of the most important tools for companies to sell goods. We use social media to sell products now, and it’s really important to understand the techniques are required to sell your products. I’ve written some manuals on the best practices of adding [...]
Day 3 The First “Real” Day
Today was the first day of school, and it was interesting being on the teacher side of this day. I was there around 7:30 and went to the beginning of the year assembly in the auditorium. I caught up with Mike, one of the other interns, and we talked about how we thought the first [...]
Day 2: It’s about the relationships
When I was a student in high school, I never realized the extent to which teachers and administrators interacted, or what happened before the first day of school. Today we had more of a structured day, with welcome to everyone back. Everyone received a book to read for professional development (all the full time teachers [...]
Day 1…Expect the unexpected
So Grad school technically didn’t start today, as I had orientation last week. But today was my first full day at my new school for the next year while I’m in grad school. I am doing TEACH Bridges to the Future at UMass, and am very excited for the year. Today was a day to [...]
End of Journey Due to Injury
Despite the planning and training that went into bicycling across the country this summer, I am unable to complete this endeavor at this point in time due to an injury. While I was peddling through Pennsylvania, my right knee started to hurt to the point where I was unable to pedal. I was taken to [...]
Day 10…Spring City
Today I resumed the trip. It was nice of Shawn and his family to take me in for 3 days and have me as part of their family. If you are down on the Jersey shore be sure to check out the Seakist. It was a lot of cornfields today…not anything worth noting. There was [...]
Day 7, Day 8, Day 9
Rest Days! On all of these days I’ve been hanging out with my roommate Shawn and his family in Southern New Jersey. I’ve been off of my feet and taking plenty of Ibuprofen. I woke up today and my leg feels a lot better, and tomorrow I will be restarting and going to Spring City, [...]
Day 6 Frenchtown, NJ to Broad St. Dublin, NJ
Today was the start to a set back in the trip. I started peddling in Frenchtown, NJ and my right leg was not feeling so good above the kneecap. I stretched it out but it was still hurt. I had to walk my bike down a gravel path so I didn’t pop the tires. About [...]
Day 5 Walpack, NJ to Frenchtown, NJ
Quick update before I go to bed! Got up, tried to say bye to Jim but couldn’t find him. I left and it was quite the climb to milbrook village. I biked through the woods in the delaware water gap today. There was a ton of wildlife everywhere. I was held up by a thunderstorm [...]
