thank you

As often as I say it, I feel like I don't say it often enough:

Thank You.

Thank you for your effort, your insight, your willingness to risk and make mistakes and change your mind;

Thank you for your trust, for your sense of humor, for your curiosity;

Thank you for your time, for your attention, and

Most of all

Thank you for taking this learning trip with me this year.

I hope you feel like it was time well-spent.

Wishing you the best this summer and always,

Dr. Preston

no one said "have a good summer" like thoreau

june 2

This is it.

1. Find your textbook and bring it to the library.
2. Turn in your paper.
3. Turn in your journal (if you haven't already).
4. Turn in your self-assessment.
5. Sign up with your menu item(s) for next week's two-hour final period.
6. Give your presentation if you're signed up today.
7. Post anything you want considered for your grade to your blog by 12:00 A.M. Sunday PDT.

sixth period

Man... I can't believe I have to miss another day of this class.  I am seriously bummed at not being able to watch the presentations in person. 

Since this is our second-to-last day, we can't afford any further delay.  If you can figure out how to use the big screen you're welcome to it.  Otherwise, please run your presentation on your tablet and get a smaller group to watch/take notes/offer questions, ideas and feedback.  If you're an audience member, please make sure to curate the experience on your blog.  You're the social media showing me what I'm missing! 

See you tomorrow.

today i heard something i never heard before

I am hopelessly behind in curating this week's Masterpiece Academy presentations (I'll post as much as I can this weekend between grading papers), but Mario just said something in a way I never heard or even thought about.  He was talking about milk:

"Cow's milk is great-- if you want to grow tumors.  Why are we drinking someone else's milk?  The only milk we need is from our mothers when we're infants.  If you're going to drink cow's milk, why not rat's milk?  Why not gorilla milk?  That would make the most sense; we share 98% of our DNA in common."

Gorilla milk.  Never thought of that.  And I'd love to see someone try and milk a gorilla.  I'm out.

june 1: the penultimatum

Holy crap: it's June!

This is our second-to-last day.  Tomorrow, please bring:

• Your completed research paper
• Your journal (if it's not already in the room)
• Your self-assessment (please do this tonight) which includes:
• What you learned this semester/year in this course
• How hard you worked
• At least one great mistake you made and how it helped you
• What you did well
• What you still need to improve
• What letter grade you believe you deserve
• Your idea of what you would like to make for our final two-hour meeting next week 

may 30

(Huh. Just noticed this got stuck in Draft mode and didn't publish.  So I'm publishing it now. -dp)

I won't be in class today.  I just called into class and Ms. Anderson told me someone is already presenting.

Nice work: this is now officially a self-sustained learning community.  I am proud to be part of it.

Please take notes and curate the moment on your blogs.

And please turn in your journals.  I have a lot of reading to do this week.  If you completed a notebook already and you have it at home, please bring it with you tomorrow.