There’s a song by Semi-sonic that has a great line in it – Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end. The other beginnings end has already been posted. It is, therefore, time to talk about this new beginning. My writing over the past few years has focused primarily on the topic of educational technology, teaching, learning and education. I’m hoping that in this blog I can widen the scope of my writing. I am sure I’ll still be writing about ed-tech stuff but that won’t be the focus. I suppose the reason that I have written so much about ed-tech is that it has been occupying an inordinately high portion of my brain over the past five years as I’ve been working on my M.Ed. in Educational Communication and Curriculum. My blogging was, for the most part, an … Continue reading »

So – here’s the new blog. I’ve gone through a few different iterations of blogs over the past 5 years, and it was feeling like the right time for a new one. It isn’t quite ready for the grand opening yet – I’m still pimping the sidebar, finding just the right widgets, looking at different themes (but this one – Autumn Concept – is pretty cool) and all those other little touches that will make it just right. But I couldn’t stand having a new blog without posting in it. The standard WordPress “Hello World” just didn’t cut it. It was like having a can of spray paint with a blank wall in front of you – the urge to make your mark on that pristine space is unbearable. Now that that’s out of my system, I can get back … Continue reading »