Introduction and Prompts

Hello and welcome to our summer 2018 Create-A-Long! We are so glad you're here :) 
In December, we hosted the 12 Days of CI-mas and shared some of our favourite ideas and activities. This time around, we decided to take a more reflective approach. We're hosting a series of 16 prompts for the month of July to reflect on. Some will focus on the most recent school year and others will ask us to consider the upcoming year. Some may reflect on what we do/did and some may reflect on why. I hope you will join us in this journey! See below for details!

How to participate

There are a few ways you can participate. Feel free to choose whichever way makes the most sense to you or find a new way. I hope that you'll share your reflections with us! Rachel and I (Miriam) will be posting our own reflections on this blog each day. Some times we may post a video reflection and sometimes it will be written. 

1. Start a blog (or use the one you have) to share your reflections! 
   1. send us a link in the comments of our reflections.
   2. Tweet a link out with the hashtag #steppingintoci
2. Leave your reflections in the comments of our posts! 
3. Share a video reflection and post it on youtube.
   1. send us a link in the comments of our reflections
   2. tweet a link out with the hashtag #steppingintoci

The Prompts

1. What is something (activity/task/etc) that you did last year that you loved? (1 July 2018)
2. What topic are you most excited to work on for next year? (3 July 2018)
3. What is something (activity/task/etc) that you did last year that didn't go well/as planned? (5 July 2018)
4. What topic are you most hesitant to work on for next year? (7 July 2018)
5. What do you want to change physically about your classroom for next year? (9 July 2018)
6. What is something you wish you could have spent more time on last year? (11 July 2018)
7. What social network/person/new group have you followed/joined and have enjoyed? (13 July 2018)
8. What ways have you/or are you considering to either expand or contract your social network to benefit you? (15 July 2018)
9. What upcoming professional development are you excited about? (17 July 2018)
10. What is one new practice you want to adopt for the new year? (19 July 2018)
11. What is one practice it is time for you to change up? (21 July 2018)
12. What books have you read (language related or not) and what ones are you planning to read? (23 July 2018)
13. Write a brief reflection on your mental health over the past year (share as much or as little as you like). (25 July 2018)
14. What space will you make yourself for self care in the new year? (27 July 2018)
15. Brain Dump! This is a safe space for everything not said. One line each, write it all out, NO explanation. (29 July 2018)
16. What will your year look like (factually as best you know) and how that will change what you do and how you prepare? (31 July 2018)