I am brand new to blogging.  This is my very first blog! I am an instructional technology resource teacher for Amherst County Public Schools in Amherst, VA. I am starting my third year in this position.  Being an ITRT is the best job in the entire world!

It’s funny how I came into the digital world.  Over twenty years ago I had just completed my undergraduate degree.  I was newly married and was taking a graduate class.  My brother, who is six years younger than I, had just purchased a new Tandy.  He didn‘t have money to buy a monitor.  He went to the flea market and got an old black and white television to use as a monitor.  He was very proud of his computer but to me, it looked like junk! 

After much pleading, my brother convinced me to use his computer to type a paper for class; and with much skepticism, I attempted it.  It didn‘t go over very well as I was use to a manual typewriter.  Every time the cursor got to the edge of the screen, I hit return.  I really fussed when I previewed my paper and saw that it was a huge mess!  My brother tried to show me how to correct the alignment but I was trying to push him out of the way.  With the two of us fighting over the computer, someone hit the wrong button and my entire paper was lost!  I was furious and said very ugly things to my brother.  Shame on me! 

Anyway, after almost 25 years I have finally arrived in the digital world.  It amuses me that teachers in my district with which I work, think of me as a techno-guru.  I had a long hard journey to this place and I know I still have a lot to learn.  The really funny thing is that now I am learning not from my baby brother, but often from my 17 year old son.