Just before I crossed the street back by my own home again - I saw this beautiful butterfly. So I decided it was okay to pause and use my phone as a tool to capture that moment in time - then I put it back into my pocket again. We can miss so much if we only stare at the screen!
I'm going to try and track this week how often I use my phone. I want to see how much time I take staring at the screen. Mostly I want to see how much of that time, when I reflect on it, is usefully using it as a tool and how much seems just wasted.
Along my walk, I saw many things and I started thinking about amazing art projects that we can do this year. Our brains need time - just to think - I think.
This Summer Art Mission has taught me a lot. When I look at the data over the past three months - the graph shows 641 unique visitors to our website and 1,118 page views. Not bad, but I think most of those visitors and viewers were adults. That makes sense because our students are not carrying around iPhones - their parents are! So I learned I need to Launch this type of mission differently if I try it again next year. I need to recognize I have two audiences - Parents and Students. I need to do more promoting on the front end of the mission - so students are excited about the possibilities and ask their parents to support that excitement.
I also know to be maybe more realistic with my goal setting. I love setting "Gaudy Goals" as our Principals - Mrs Tobin and Ms. Sikich - encouraged us to do last year. But while I wanted to draw - EVERDAY - I can honestly say that I did draw MOST days and that's pretty awesome too.