I struggled as I tried to think of topics for my blog this week, which has not been a problem all semester. In general, something in the readings or in the discussion has sparked another thought and I have been able to write out my thoughts very quickly and easily. This week, however, I am distracted. Part of this is I have been focusing most of my school-related energy on completing my presentation before Sunday night. And part of my distraction is that I am scheduled to deliver my second child via c-section on Monday morning. Truly, I have had trouble thinking of much besides this for the past couple of weeks. Anyway, since this is where my mind is, I figured I would go with it, and hope to get back on track with a more appropriate topic in my next blog.
So much has changed about education since I was a high school and even a college student myself. The Internet was a "new" thing when I entered college in the nineties--the dorms at my school had only been wired for Internet use in every room in the previous year or two before I arrived. And yes, there were still wires then. How quickly everything changed and continues to change. Even some of the information in the articles about podcasting that we read this week already seemed "old" compared to the way things are today.
Since I am thinking so much about my new baby and how life will change for me, my husband, and my daughter right now, it has me pondering how much more education is going to change and grow while my children themselves are changing and growing.
It is exciting to think of all the "new" technologies we already have the opportunity to share with our students, and exciting to look ahead and wonder what else is coming.
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