I have Subscribers!

My blog actually has 9 subscribers! I know three of them are just my feedreaders, but there are others beyond that. Welcome dear reader. Don’t feel neglected. I haven’t forgotten about you, but I just haven’t had time to post lately. My goal from the onset was to post at least once a month. I didn’t make that last month. I think that is because I have been doing a lot with my class website. I update that site every week and have even published two podcasts with my students. I am working on a third podcast, and I have started an after-school tech club to help produce frequent podcasts. I do plan to post another podcast here someday about how I started podcasting.

It is hard running two blogs. I wish I could combine the two, but they really have two different audiences. This blog is for you, me, and other teachers. It is sort of my professional learning journal, soapbox about education, and writing sandbox to write for you, the audience. My classroom web site is for my students and their parents.

I’m long on desire to innovate and short on time and energy to do so. How do teachers teach, grade, prepare lesson plans, integrate new teaching method and technologies, blog, lead workshops, and still have a family. There just isn’t enough time. I believe that a teacher’s most precious resource in the classroom is time. I haven’t figured out to make the most of that, but I’m working on it.

I want to teach with a project-based, student-centered approach. I know it is one of best ways to teach at higher levels of complexity. I’m just not sure how to plan that. I guess that is part of this blog is about, figuring out the best way to teach.

School 2.0 doesn’t just involve using web 2.0 tools in the classroom, it is about the pedagogy that comes with it. The interactivity of the new Read/Write Web tools give opportunities for expanding learning. How do I change my teaching to match my teaching philosophy? That’s what I’m here to figure out. Any suggestions or comments? </whine>

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