My First Blog

This is my first blog and so far, it's pretty easy and could be, down the road, fun. I'm looking forward to continuing this endeavor. Who knows what kind of material will show up on this blog. I currently write newspaper articles for the Dickinson County News and the Spencer Daily Reporter, as well as the Okoboji Outlook, our school's newsletter. Some of these articles are "repeats" as I have trouble finding interesting things to write about, or should I say, things I think are interesting.

The entire administrative team attended a workshop on December 3rd, hosted by our AEA, and featured Scott McLeod from Iowa State University, dealing strictly with the administrative side of technology in the school setting. While I have heard Scott before, we know that adult learning theory states that something must be heard 17 times before it truly "sinks" in. Well, this was number two for me and it certainly was motivating

We like to think that the Okoboji Community Schools are leaders in learning and leaders in technology. Our goal is to make sure all of our students are prepared for their next level of education, be that a four year school, a two year technical degree or some sort of additional training for the workforce. Technology plays a huge part in preparing students for life beyond school. It would be outstanding to boast of a 1 to 1 computer to student ratio and we are getting closer each year. We have been beefing up our bandwidth, our infrastructure, our tech personnel and our hardware and software. I like to think that our teaching staff is getting better and better each day with technology. It certainly is the wave of the future but we can't wait for the future to come to us, we must go out and create the future, integrating technology with a high quality education.

We are very proud of our school district and all that it has to offer. Our teachers are simply the best but we will not rest on our laurels and continue to strive to be better each and every day. Thanks Scott and team for an inspiring and motivating day.