Eyes Wide Open

When you start to open your eyes, there it is.  When you say, I'm going to do this that or the other thing, sometimes, the this that or the other thing is out there and all you had to do was notice it.  This week at work, exactly one week after I declared that I would try to find a way to write and have a digital curriculum and a 1:1 iPad opportunity or whatever, I get this great shot at IT.  The THING I said I wanted to do!  What?  Yes!

Minnesota History Writing Project 

The Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee of Intermediate District 287 is initiating a collaborative project to design Minnesota History Curriculum that will (1) be a web-accessible resource for teachers and (2) not require ongoing print purchase from publishers.

So, I was going to write a post this week about how I found a few blogs to follow about implementing these kind of initiatives into teaching and learning.  I thought that I would start to read about other teachers doing this same thing and try to get in touch with the whole movement.  Join the ranks per se, invited or not.  I have declared myself in the game, and now, I am!  By being a blog follower of people like http://ipadsatburley.blogspot.com/ and reading and learning about them.  Just like "copying" from my elementary school days, except this time, ideas are free.

Anyway, now I am working on completing an application to be a writer for the Minnesota History Writing Project.  This means, getting the chance to have someone actually teach me ways and means to do this and have the opportunity to collaborate with others that want to do the same thing.  So, if I apply and they pick me, I get the shot to not go it alone.  I get the chance to......I'm not exactly sure what, but I do know that they have a teacher to help us and the organization to support us as we jump. right. in.

I started a wiki to help organize the project:
http://mnhistorywritingproject.pbworks.com

Or, I had coincidentally started this blog to get them to pick me.  The universe is funny that way.