We'll we made it to Greece for our teachers conference with no trouble with all three of us this past Thursday night. We got to the Intercontinental Hotel and pretty much just crashed. Then on Friday, we had our only whole day in Athens to explore. With our friends Dan and Heather we toured the Ancient Acropolis where the famous Parthenon is located. After that we sat down for a yummy Greek lunch and then set off for the Ancient Agora (market place). This is where everyone used to hang out, including some big names like Socrates . . . before he was poisoned.
The conference itself took up most of our time. Tara and I rotated between going to sessions and hanging our with Aden, which involved some trips to the National Park in Athens. Our friend Dan also volunteered to watch Aden during one of the conference half days, which was awesome, so we both were able to attend a full four hour session. One of the most interesting experiences I think we had was to sit in a session with Ken O'Connor. While it wasn't the most exciting session, our school administrators just bought two of his books, How to Grade for Learning and 15 Fixes to Broken Grades. It was great to be able to ask him questions face-to-face about how we do things and what he thinks. Along with O'Connor we also attending sessions specific to our craft and on differentiation and assessment.
Currently, we are sitting in our little apartment in Santorini. We arrived Tuesday night and are staying here for five nights. The view from our balcony is absolutely beautiful. We took a walk down the caldera yesterday to the next village and shopped for some olive oil and had gyros for lunch. We'll keep you posted as to what the rest of our trip later.
Enjoy the pictures!
The conference itself took up most of our time. Tara and I rotated between going to sessions and hanging our with Aden, which involved some trips to the National Park in Athens. Our friend Dan also volunteered to watch Aden during one of the conference half days, which was awesome, so we both were able to attend a full four hour session. One of the most interesting experiences I think we had was to sit in a session with Ken O'Connor. While it wasn't the most exciting session, our school administrators just bought two of his books, How to Grade for Learning and 15 Fixes to Broken Grades. It was great to be able to ask him questions face-to-face about how we do things and what he thinks. Along with O'Connor we also attending sessions specific to our craft and on differentiation and assessment.
Currently, we are sitting in our little apartment in Santorini. We arrived Tuesday night and are staying here for five nights. The view from our balcony is absolutely beautiful. We took a walk down the caldera yesterday to the next village and shopped for some olive oil and had gyros for lunch. We'll keep you posted as to what the rest of our trip later.
Enjoy the pictures!
Mars Hill Where Paul preached in Athens
The Parthenon
Parthenon
In the Ancient Agora
That is Aden's new favorite seat
Casting for the 300 remake . . . our souvenir shopping in Athens
Syrian protest rally in the square by Parliament. There was a very strong police presence around Parliament we noticed.
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