First Day of School!

First day of classes started today and thankfully I'm not as overwhelmed as I anticipated. It's probably because I haven't really slowed down yet today to think about the workload I'm about to accumulate. I have a HUGE new planner though so hopefully that will give me the illusion that my life is in order.

I have to get up super early tomorrow morning but I wanted to make sure I shared two really interesting things that I saw today. One is about perspective. In every aspect of our lives but especially working with children in the school system, it is important to look at problems from every possible angle. It's easy to get comfortable in a role and a way of doing things and not consider if the best option is the one that's chosen. My professor showed us some artwork from a 3-D chalk artist by the name of Julian Beever. If you look at this first picture, you can't tell what the picture is, but if you come at it a different way....WOW!

Even if you think you see the whole picture, there could be an even better view if you just change directions a bit.

And this video is something another one of my professor's shared that an IT person made to show teachers and principals that data doesn't have to be intimidating. We all got a BIG laugh out of this, hope you do too!

Click this link to see more artwork from Julian Beever! Great stuff!