What makes a good assignment? Maybe one that is interesting enough to make you decide to take part in it with your students. Well if that is the case, this initial "about me" post for the blogging assignment must be good! It is Sunday afternoon and I decided to get some grading done and updated the PLN and Blogging project. I'm figuring that having a post to share will make this easier so I decided to join in. I wrote the majority of this post in 2013 hence the short beard picture. I figured I would leave it. Who knows, if the mask mandate stays you might be seeing it again soon.
Now I have to figure out what I do that you might be interested in. Family comes to mind right away, but I will probably share enough stories about them as the year goes on that I can skip that for now. So basically that leaves Canada, music, teaching, and books. Believe it or not, teaching is a passion and I invest myself in it completely. Not only do I teach biology and environmental science, but I also teach graduate courses on technology to teachers through a company called Eduspire. Of course, since you are in my class right now, you probably don't want to hear me talk about teaching...
Adult loon bringing fish to the surface
Young loon with fish
How about Canada? My grandparents starting going to Canada when my mother was little. Eventually, they purchased land there and built a cottage (a long story shortened). Every year I spend as much time there as I can. This year was a bust as the border has been closed. It is quite depressing as it is the first summer without the lake in 46 years! It is my favorite place on Earth, think superman's fortress of solitude. I loved my grandparents and visiting the cottage they built means so much. Now that they are gone it definitely makes you feel close to them just being there. I hardly ever fish, but I love to grab my camera, go out in the boat, and try and take some amazing pictures. Loons are my favorite subject. Their calls drifting across the lake late at night are just beautiful. I included two rare pictures I took over labor day many years ago of loons bringing fish to the surface to feed their young. The picture of the cottage is from the fall right as the leaves were starting to change color.
Cottage - Early fall
I also love to play music and have played in bands off and on for most of my life. Right now I play every Sunday for the worship team at my church. Probably my favorite band I ever played in was a blues band. Blues is great music if you just want the ability to open up and jam. Against my better judgement, I included a clip of a blues band I use to play with playing at the Blues Society of Central PA's Treasurers Picnic. This song is a slow blues, but those are the tunes you can stretch out and jam on... :)
Finally, I got turned onto audiobooks a few years ago. Before that, I never read and audiobooks opened a whole new world of literature to me. I can't believe what I was missing before. If you don't like to read highly suggest you try them out. They have them at the library. If you do read, let's talk literature sometime, I am always looking for a great book to "read". Friend me on Goodreads and recommend something or check out what I am reading...
What makes a good assignment? Maybe one that is interesting enough to make you decide to take part in it with your students. Well if that is the case, this initial "about me" post for the blogging assignment must be good! It is Sunday afternoon and I decided to get some grading done and updated the PLN and Blogging project. I'm figuring that having a post to share will make this easier so I decided to join in. I wrote the majority of this post in 2013 hence the short beard picture. I figured I would leave it. Who knows, if the mask mandate stays you might be seeing it again soon. 
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