Four a.m. and I’m with our group at the airport. Our flight leaves at six for Chicago and the Society for Organizational Learning Conference. With me are four high school students, Cort Hammond, Kaylie Holcomb, Cassandra Houghton, and Chase Pierson, Judie Lee, assistant principal, and May Jane Glaser from our board.
The conference is focused on system thinking/system dynamics, organizational learning, education for sustainability, and authentic youth engagement. We will work with others from across the county and learn from people like Peter Serge, Senior Lecturer at MIT and founding partner of SoL, Jaimie Cloud of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, and Lees Stuntz of the Creative Learning Exchange.
I am excited about the opportunity to engage once again with these people. We have a great group and should be able to contribute to the work of the organization. Today was check in and getting to know the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago where we are staying in a dorm. Thank goodness it is air conditioned as it is very HOT and MUGGY outside. Great thunder storm on arrival, but clear by the time we reached our dorm. One of our first tasks was deep dish pizza at Giordano’s. It was well worth it and very filling.
It appears that I will miss my normal Sunday post as we were not given the Internet password at check in. Hopefully that will come tomorrow when I can add a picture and links.
Found a coffee shop with a great iced tea and Internet access two blocks from the dorm so I am posting.
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It's always fun to hear about the learning when you take students and staff on summer journey's. I wonder if one of the students might want to contribute to a post this week with you? Hope you had a great day of learning today.
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