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and now for something completely different...

I've said in the past that I might use this blog for things other than technology or teaching. So here we go. One from the archives: a moment in march                                                   03/07/04       dabbed colors blur on the edge of vision and what cost is our sight worth? forgive me for the moment surrendering to the melancholy to fatigue, to often grim realities etched in stone for history.   this night is hopeful maybe because of lessons learned- sometimes it’s in the breathing, still others, when it abruptly stops...   do we perceive ourselves as those few lines in newsprint? or is this, “the stuff of life” greater than that?   are my dreams still real? are any of us where we imagined ourselves to be?   open hearts are, sadly, more in the realm of surgery than something looked upon with awe and understood when we remember days of “ill show you mine,” and how as children, we were transparent- lo
How often do you have to blog to be considered a blogger? If I haven't blogged in over a year am I still a blogger? Was I ever a blogger? A few friends have been after me to start writing again so I thought maybe we would take this old blog out for a ride. Knock the dirt off of the tires. See what happens. Today I want to talk about old habits. You know, they die hard. Just like our affinity for using the same old tools and the same old worksheets and the same old jokes. As humans we tend to gravitate toward the tried and true. But is it all so tried and true anymore? Just because something worked for students five years ago doesn't mean it's going to work today. Or maybe it will. I don't know. The point here is that we shouldn't be scared to try new things. New ways of delivering info, new ways of imparting knowledge. Just try it. You might like it. -Sam I am