What does finishing a project look like? It looks like achievement, freedom, intentions realized. It sounds like a satisfied sigh. It feels light, spacious, like the relief of a great weight. It smells like victory over procrastination, tech issues, and too many priorities. Completion tastes like the sweetness of a job well done. Having been immersed in this project for six months, I didn’t know what it would be like, but my imagination of what it might be wasn’t how it turned out.
I thought it would go quicker. I didn’t expect to recycle as much as I did. I was surprised the tech worked, mostly, how I needed it to. My web designer has done an amazing job. I’m appreciative of my graphics person (and I’m waiting patiently for her to finish some pieces). I didn’t plan a celebration, and it makes we wonder if I should.
Some say creativity flows better when there are boundaries. I think I had those when I created these materials. How can students practice a concept that uses all the modalities, discovery learning, and encourages them to expand their learning on their own? The concept itself is a boundary, as are the modalities, and the materials I had available then and what I’ve chosen to make available now. Creativity in helping students learn is what I did before I started writing books.
And writing books is what I will return to now that this project is done. I have 2 nonfiction titles I want to publish. No other math books or class materials or poetry or yoga things. Everything else is fiction. Everything else will be finishing the series I have open. I will continue to create stories. If I stopped writing, what else would I do?
If you want to check out the classroom materials I’ve created, you can see everything here: https://michelevenne.com/educational-materials/
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