Oh it feels  good to be home and to have slept in my bed last night.  I have heard that the week at NCCAT is awesome, but I really didn’t think it would be as great as it was!  I am already breaking the rules because I can’t pick just one highlight from this week, sorry!!

I would say the best part of the week was meeting all the wonderful Kenan teachers.  Everyone was so nice and I was able to learn so much from each person I talked to.  I feel like I have created so many new and wonderful friendships from this week.  I feel that it is important to surround myself with positive and strong teachers and this experience is definitely doing that for me!

I really liked all the breakout sessions we had.  I was able to pick the topics that interested me the most and I feel like I have a lot of useful tools and technology I can bring back to the classroom.  I specifically like that I learned about Augmented Reality.  This is such a cool tool to use in the classroom and I know my students will love lessons that incorporate this app.  I also think all the tools that Eric Rowles talked about in his seminar will be perfect in my classroom (like remind 101, wingclips, and djearworm).

Finally, I thought that the white water rafting trip was AMAZING!!!!  I was very fortunate to get a boat with great people and a fun guide.  I couldn’t have asked for a better day (even though my body was a little sore the next day) 😉

I have attached a photo from the first day that I took of the Students Discover team.  We beat the record for the marble race…and we were pretty stoked about it!!