what's coming next

I'm sitting in the tire store, trying to keep myself occupied, so I decided that I would type a little more on my thoughts about the coming year. Things that I'm excited to do this year:
- have my students use multimedia to find a better way to tell a story
- get more writing done. lots more. writing that is meaningful and connects to the kids lives in some way.
-give kids the option of keeping a blog or a journal. i will give the kids guidelines for what needs to be in their blogs every week. I want to keep a blog for myself where all of that is posted. Maybe this week I will start setting up my Actis homepage.
-get organized
- rely less on paper and pencil homework.
-do a computer survey at the beginning of the school year.
-plan way in advance. there's no reason for planning for the first month of school. focus on organizing and grading during that month.