The school year has started and it has been at break-neck speed. That is on top of my wife and I buying a new house and all that comes with that. Soooooo……needless to say I have been busy, but I want to continue blogging. The plan was to create an entire new blog that is connected to my online portfolio and use that new space to talk about my new position as a tech coordinator. I have not made the new blog so I have not been posting. That is too bad because there is a ton of stuff I want to post about, and will.
This comment/question was from a couple of weeks ago and I want to answer if even if the moment may have passed. Sorry Paula for the tardiness.
- 2. Paula Falconer – August 28, 2008[Edit]
- I am not a technology major but I was thrown into the position for the last 4 years. I think that I did a fantastic job, but now I think my style is getting old and the students are familiar with the content. I usually give them the history of the computer and ask them to copy it for future testing. Could you help me with any other suggestions as to how I might start this school year off?
I think staying current on things that are happening in the ed tech world is very critical. I am not sure what your positon is exactly, but if you have been doing the same types of things for the last 4 years I think it is time for a revamp. I would recommend setting up a Google Reader (or any RSS reader) and fill it ed tech blogs you think are interesting. There are some very amazing people out there who somehow find time to great stuff with technology AND write about in their blogs. If you can spend a few minutes a day reading about people doing exactly the kind of stuff you are interested in it will be well worth your time.
Here are just a couple of links to blogs I have in my RSS reader
http://nhokanson.wordpress.com/
http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/
http://elemenous.typepad.com/weblog/
I hope these help get the ball rolling
