September 2010

What changes our school has undertaken this 2010! Our principal has moved to the central office to become an assistant superintendent; our assistant principal has moved into the principal-ship here at Sandy River Middle School; and our initial Globaloria teacher has moved on to an assistant principal-ship at our feeder high school!!! These are all great things happening for our school district.

Globaloria is off to a great start this year. Mr. Lester and I thoughtfully placed the 8th grade students into teams at the onset of the school year. The 8th grade Globaloria students are made up of talented, respectful, and hard-working students. I'm pleased with their ability to work with their partners, and have a good time at the same time.

When I walked into the classroom last Friday and stopped by everyone's computer to discuss their progress, I was impressed by the enthusiasm of game ideas. Some teams already have game plans and emphatically pitched their ideas to me. I loved it! I noticed we have a few students who are a bit behind in the logistics of their course assignments, e.g. the linking of blogs and team names. New Globaloria students were paired up with an experienced Globaloria student, so I think a simple reminder for the experienced students to pull the inexperienced student to our target timeline will resolve this issue.

Look out for great games coming out of this Globaloria class in 2011!! They're ready to roll!