Invitation to UCET Conference

It's Teaching, It's Technology is the theme of the annual conference of the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology at Cottonwood High School. I'll be presenting Blogging to Connect, Create and Collaborate We'll explore how educators are using blogs to encourage collaboration, connect with students and parents, and create a greater sense of community on Friday, March 5 from 2:00 - 3:10 p.m.

Been There

create your own visited states map or write about it on the open travel guide

create your own visited country map or write about it on the open travel guide

Ledger

"No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has."
-Henry Ward Beecher

Learning
Opportunity
Selection
Splendid

Fiction?

"Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures."
-Jessamyn West

Realization

"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong."
-Charles Wadworth

Movie recommendation: I Never Sang for My Father

One Year Blogiversary

It's been a good year, this first year of blogging. A bit like a friendship I suppose. We got along pretty well right from the start, but there's more there now. More paint on the canvas. Some shared memories. Very few regrets. Growth. Some growing pains, but worth it.

What's been the best part of blogging in the last year? What have I learned? Did I accomplish what I set out to do? Did I find my voice? Was it ever lost? What's ahead?

They're all fair questions.

There've been some great moments. Getting feedback face-to-face, electronically, and in terms of stats (2372 unique visitors, 1225 via 164 website referrers, by far the most from the US, but a few from Europe, Asia, South America, Africa). It's fascinating to see how some things that have touched me have touched others.

I like the process probably as much or more than the actual product. And there have been some spinoffs you don't see here. Faster writing. More journaling. Clearer thinking--somedays, anyway. Certainly some reading and writing that I wouldn't have done otherwise. Some research undertaken. Some freindships made and strengthened.

And the voice? I did find one of sorts...

...in photography. So what's ahead? I'm just going to take it one day at time, but keep looking for those rainbows.