Okay, so maybe digital photography is a little bit too easy. I just took 124 pictures of basically the same thing. I simply zoomed in, or zoomed out, changed my angle, went from color to black and white, flash, no flash, natural light, overhead light...the list goes on. It used to be that you only had 24 or 36 chances to get something good and you wouldn't even know if you DID until a few days later! I must admit there is a part of me that's wanting to go back to that day...
After my neck began to ache from all of the straining, I began wishing I hadn't taken so many photos. 124 photos later, sorting through them becomes a tedious task. At first, it's easy to weed out a few. You've got blurry letters or something slightly out of focus, or the lighting just isn't right...so you KNOW you don't want to keep them. But after the initial purge, the task gets tougher.
I read something the other day that said to throw out half of the pictures you take. (I think it was actually even more than that!) But the point I'm going to make is that we, as educators, tend to collect many ideas for new projects or lessons. The trouble is that we end up with file after file of ideas and don't put enough of them to good use. Some ideas are better than others, much like some photos are better than others...more compelling.
My goal for the month of February is to sort through my teaching files and get those good ideas organized. If it no longer seems like a good idea, I'm going to toss it out. I'm only in my 4th year of teaching and if I don't get my files in order...just think of all the stuff I'll have when I retire.
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