novelty: a novel idea

something shiny, something new when I arrive with new things to do googley apps, googley draw fresh faced students with eager paws eyes like saucers, hair a wreck when I walk in, it’s all about tech a newfound joy as I teach K-12 and with all ages I get to delve   for decades work was much the same sometimes sun, sometimes rain till a flyer I spotted on a wall up high and knew I just had to apply to this foundation, to join this group of amazing people who know the scoop of the ed biz, inside and out and once accepted, to the clouds I’d shout   up to the rooftops, to the stars with my RF13ers, the world was ours to hold with hope, dedication and devotion I’d never seen so much emotion, love and care, listen and talk at complex problems never balk so there I was, my career injected with a shot of adrenaline, now connected   to friends I’d never known, steered off course, but felt like home then off I’d watch, towards tomorrow foundation fellows, dreams in tow landing new jobs and new positions in new schools they sailed, tacticians of their futures, their gaze cast ahead with the gospel of rowland set to spread   it took me time, intransigent self to lift my spine from my bookshelf, and act 46 certainly did its part to fire intentions within my heart so off I’ve flown, off I’ve gone, walked across a brand new lawn to job that’s new, a job that’s taut a job that was exactly what I sought   tapping the range of new found skills to spread ed tech like daffodils on a springtime hillside, speaking to all how to transform school while having a ball let’s laugh, let’s learn, let us engage watch lives play out across a stage in ways that inspire, in ways that reveal a child’s truth, so she can feel   happy to be alive, insane self worth a needed human being upon this earth   Colin McKaig, Rowland Fellow, 2013 I was an English teacher at Black River High School for 25 amazing years.  I now serve as the first Technology Integration Coach for the Springfield School District.  Go Cosmos!     Chromebooks ready for distribution at Riverside Middle School