As I sit down to my first blog post about educational technology, the edit button is pressed, the page loads and…’Beep, Beep, Boop‘. The clever loading window appears with three short words that remind me in yet another obscure way why we teach technology skills and let creativity flourish in our students and school districts.
Odds are, some programer was afforded the luxury of expressing themselves with this small, crowning achievement. The very fact that this loading screen bears the creative character of the person who made is a small positive reminder of how our world has changed for the more intimate and how work can become rewarding, fun and personalized.
Connectivity and communication have always been the cornerstone of any thriving civilization. Go ahead, get a social studies teacher talking about the power of tech and you’re sure to get the full run-down of how the U.S. was built on technological 
communications(most of them wartime, but we won’t get into that here). Today’s communities have become less centralized and more diversified and what I mean by this is simple; there are more people with things in common who can communicate and connect with each other much easier. There in-lies the power for the reaping. It’s a large world that we have all heard is getting smaller. Why not find your niche and starting digging for treasure?
Making connections, building networks, and bringing reviews to you are the main goals of this blog. I started here with a top 10, to get you feet wet, but I am in the process of getting Google Educator certified(YAHOOOOOO!…wait.), so look for Google updates to come in the next week or so. Whether you are looking to build on your own professional network, bring something back to a team or simply get some tech knowledge for you own classroom or district, I will strive to bring you the resources needed to fill gaps of ed tech while I walk hand-in-hand with you(digitally, of course!) towards this bright and sometimes intimidating horizon called EdTech Knowledge.
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