Today was the first day of a teaching history with technology workshop.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that I am familiar with a lot of the different tools.  I certainly am not proficient in most of them and there were many other things that I had no clue about.  The important question is how am I going to incorporate these things into my teaching practices.  I do not want to be one of those people who attends these things and then nothing comes of it.

One of the things that I want to use in my classroom this year is this blog.  I want to be able to post relevant information in a structured format and have the students comment or respond.  There are many obstacles to this but I am going to "jump in" as they say.  If I fall flat on my face then it won't be the first time.  I set this blog up over two years ago and other than a few initial posts, I did nothing with it.  Since then, I have learned several techniques to make this experience more meaningful for the students.

In addition to blogging, I wanted to mention some of the other things I have learned.  Most of my colleagues know that I have been flirting with the idea of incorporating the idea of the flipped classroom into my instruction.  The Teaching History with Technology workshop has helped me find ways to evaluate sites and has helped me to feel more comfortable just using technology.

Needless to say, it's going to be an adventure . . .