I must say, though, that the primary purpose of my blog is to provide technology support and resources to the teachers and staff of my school district, so I don’t know if it will have any audience here at all…. we shall see! Hoping no one will be bored

Lots of great things going on that I’m looking forward to – experiencing NECC both onsite and through Second Life – networking with vendors and other techies – absorbing absolutely everything I possibly can! I plan on going home FULL of new ideas and new friends – oh, and a little bit of Mexican food, too!

More later….. stay tuned!

After browing the gallery to get a feel for the look of it, I decided to test it out. I wondered what Web 2.0 would look like in a wordle, so I dashed off to Wikipedia for some defining text. I chose the section on “characteristics” and pasted that into the wordle window. Here is what I got – very interesting, and I think it was a fairly good capture. Take a look!

I’m having so much fun!

I remember those days – sweet summertime!!

In the meantime, still at my desk, I’ve been lurking and reading and reading and lurking on Twitter tweets and educator blogs galore. Interestingly, I’ve seen reference to blogging in general, and “blog”-ophobia often suffered by educators. I’ve decided I fall into this category. I’ve started a couple of blogs, but I think I”ve always felt that I had to have the perfect topic to talk about. I’m beginning to feel differently now, especially since I’ve been so actively reading and being inspired by many other bloggers. I think I realize now that often it’s the little nuggets of thought or the mention of an article or sharing of an idea, a web site, a book, a presentation or any other sensational discovery I might come across in my daily experiences… that someone else might find useful, interesting, even exciting! These are the kinds of things I’ve often found in reading the work of others. I’ve decided that I, too, have something to say!

Rather than creating buckets of email for teachers in my district, feverishly trying to decide to whom something would be relevant or curriculum-related, I’m going to post my thought-itudes in one blog, allowing anyone interested to pick and choose from my ramblings. It just might work!!

And so, here it is – the start of something not necessarily masterful, but hopefully evolutionary… at least in my own mind

I have made it a personal goal to become the best blogger I can, and to create a presence where I can let it all out, as they say… without fear!

MUCH more to come!

Welcome to my brand new blog. I’m excited to start thinking about different things we can talk about! I’ve worked on a number of web pages, but this is my first attempt at creating and maintaining a blog – wish me luck!