Welcome to my very first blog! I never pictured myself as a blogger but I guess I need to start:-)
The "publicness" of a blog is a little overwhelming to me. I guess I understand how my students feel when I asked them if they would like post to a wiki. Some loved the idea, but others feared it would open them up to scrutiny by their peers. Ahh, to be young again. I miss "youth" as a state but not the angst or anxiety.
I wonder, is there a phobia to graduate school? Or is there a fear of anxiety? That's too much to wrap my head around! Hopefully, when I have my Master's degree, my only phobia will be a fear of educational stagnation--edustagaphobia--(or spiders).
Our new class seems like it will be interesting. I'm excited. I feel like I'm in control and I like that. The expectations are clear and I can already see the end, which is good. I hope to someday be the go-to lady when teachers want to infuse a new and fun technology tool into their lessons. All of us "cohorters" will be technology rock stars among our fellow educators:-) Onward and upward I say!
In honor of our first project on IT history, here's a
link to an interactive, ancient technology tool, the abacus!
