Now sure how this happened, but somehow the summer is over, school has begun, and week 1 is over. I feel like I blinked my eyes and somehow made it through to the weekend. Summer wrapped up with an amazing 3 days at the Texas Cultural Trust Arts & Digital Literacy Institute where I was blessed to be a presenter for Dance and Media Communications. Since my last post I also had an article published in Dance Studio Life Magazine ( link to article ), and taught a Dance & Technology session for Texas Dance Educators' Association Summer Workshop, taught at 2 ballet intensives for Cedar Park Dance Company , worked on the Dance & Media RRISD ARRC, and served on a panel for RRISD NextGen Phase 3 teachers. No wonder school crept up on me so fast! But I thrive on busy and got off to a great start. Year 2 as NextGen feels so different already. I am confident and up and running in all 6 classes on iPads already. For the 1st week we used them to collect student information,
This blog will be following the journey of the students in a NextGen Digital Dance Classroom at Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock ISD, taught by Karen Searles.