Wow it has been a ride!

So here I am working on my next project and trying to figure out how to keep up with what I need to do and want to get do. At some point an explosion will be heard as my brain pops like a balloon, overloaded with web input.

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Feline a tabby overwhelmed

I am taking a course sponsored in my district on Web 2.0 tools. Though I feel comfortable dabbling in tech tools, I feel like a blind cat chasing it's tail. I know where the tail is, where it is going, but I'm geting dizzy chasing after it. While it is a part of me, I can't touch it, it keep one step ahead of me. Oh, I'm getting very dizzy but I can't help myself I've got to keep chasing it.

Finding one new tool leads to another gadget or widget, that opens the door to another new tool or blog, that connects me to at Tweet, or RSS feed which points me to a tech guru, who gets me thinking of new possible uses for these tools in class and online with students. No wonder cats sleep so much. All along the way I have anyone I have made personal contact with has been patient, kind and open. Thank you.

I am only three days into my initial probe ... do I smell tuna fish?

Environmental Studies

Here is a series of terms we will become familiar with during the course of the term.

Introduction

Welcome to my blog, I teach an Introduction to Environmental Studies at the North Middlesex Regional High School. This blog is being started as part of a Web Tools 2.0 Course that I am taking as a professional development experience.

As part of my course I challenge my students to determine if global warming is real, or just an alarmists calling? Their answers must be supported with pertinent data. Though I have an opinion on the matter, my task is to help them learn to make good choices (supported by the best available data) after analyzing information.