My First

Well, they say that you always remember your first. I certainly will. For some reason my computer restarted mid-account-creation, and then I received all sorts of errors and complications. Hopefully it is all fixed now. Aside from technical drama, this foray into the bloggosphere is also steeped in irony. I have my students complete a project where they research some new science or technology and present it to the class. This last Thursday a student did an excellent presentation on social networking sites, such as facebook and myspace, blogs, podcasts and the like. Naturally the rest of the class wanted to know if I had any of these accounts. My response: Of course not! I am a respected teacher. There is a very clear line written in black sharpie marker between my teacher self and my every-other-roll self. When you introduce thoughts and feelings then shades of grey start to appear. I do (did?) not want to make myself so vulnerable. My classroom authority might start to change or even weaken.

Little did I know that my professional development assignment for this week would be to create a blog. I just can't wait for class tomorrow....