I never know how to start blog posts. Should I say, “Hi”, or just begin typing my ideas? These little things are what hang me up (like the 45 minutes I spent choosing a username, “Hmmm, will azingeragain sound lame? Creative? Narcissistic? Clever?” and the 20 minutes on a design template, “Honey, is this pink flowery one too feminine?”). Once, I get going however, I tend to be hard to stop.
Yesterday, I met some of the students and staff from my cohort in CTER 11. It was great. I’ve really enjoyed the program so far, and I love being able to take CTER courses while in my boxers…er, umm, I mean, the comfort of my own home. I love what and how I am learning, the assignments that have us using web 2.0 tools, and that I can take new knowledge right into my classroom. In fact there is very little that I don’t like about the program.
The only thing I miss about traditional classes is the face to face time with my peers: the chance to mingle around a room and talk with people after class; go out for coffee or cocktails; come back to my place and play Mario Kart until 2:00am. But a) My metacomprehension is good enough to know that, since this is an online program that I applied to, these opportunities would be limited and b) instead of meeting a bunch of people from my district, I get to meet people from all over the country. Let’s hear it for silver linings!!!
Anyway, Monday was a great chance for that f2f time and I really appreciated how friendly and exciting everyone was! Thanks to all for making the trip well worth it!
