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Sleepless, Anxious and Creating

Looks like I will be reaping the benefits from being well rested two weeks prior to the start of school like I talked about in the Back To School Tips video.  Hopefully, not many of you are getting to deal with the sleepless nights like I am,  I go back Monday.  Well sort of.  As I mentioned before We have two weeks of in-service, so I will not have students for another two weeks, but my body has decided to get all keyed up. So here I am typing out a quick blog entry before I try to relax and maybe sleep.  

 Today I officially passed the link on to one of my colleagues who serves as the Curriculum and Instruction Coach for our English department.  She was very complimentary and even showed her own kids some of the videos.  I have deliberately chosen a slow unveiling of this project.  Until now most all views have come from outside sources and been products of my posting discussion boards etc.  I also have a Facebook page now.  I even experimented with post boosting a little bit.  I just want to share the information with as many teachers who could benefit from it as possible.

 I have decided that the angle I am going to try for the Vlog is "What I learned today".  That will force me to have something to pass along that has a higher potential of being useful than just rambling along about my day. (no one wants to see that.) 

 Well Goodnight, I hope.  

 I enjoy learning with you, teaching with you and together we can take over the world.

 Chris

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