Fires near Colorado Springs.

Fires are being contained in Colorado thank goodness.  I will be visiting a school in Colorado Springs to observe Flipped Learning.  Aaron Sams, the co-founder of the flipped school, has referred me to his colleague here as he is leaving teaching at the nearby Woodland Park school where he and Jon Bergman started the flipped school concept.  I feel for that community.  Such devastation.


From blogs.smithsonianmag.com
Of course the Khan academy has developed many of the same principles as flipped learning but what I like about Aaron and Jon's concept is that it is more a blended (hybrid learning) approach which emphasises the concept of the relationship between the teacher and students.

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore will be an interesting place I would imagine.  I have read a little about how it was carved into the granite hills.  Adding these pictures in random order, just getting a few ideas of the places I will go...

And lets not forget Disneyworld...

I also really like the look of this chapel in Rapid City, on the same theme.