Time to start Anew and Afresh

Well it's been some time time since I've posted on Twitter let alone this blog. A few things have changed since last blogging.

Where to start?

3 years ago on my last post I was teaching at a independent, all boys school on the Northern Beaches in Sydney. The school was well off. I had lots of technology resources at my finger tips and so did the students. The students were from middle to high socio-economic areas. I was in a team teaching environment. I had a classroom with desks and chairs that could be easily changed around and moved depending on the lesson.

Today, I am down in the Shoalhaven teaching at a school which can be considered the opposite of where I have been teaching for the past 10 years. I've come into a school where a few things are alien to me. One being, instead of windows based laptops I have I-pads. I'm one person that has avoid Macs as I'm not a fan. This itself has put me back as I have/had a negative mind-set towards them and this has led to me avoiding them or not using them to their full potential.

Another aspect I'm struggling with is sharing about 18 I-pads with 27 students and sharing these I-pads across 6 classes. The great news is that this is changing very soon.

I know I have lost my technology drive and motivation within the class. It's my fault and I want to get back on top of and feel like an expert. I want my students to create work in ways they previously didn't know possible. I want them to be more confident using technology create. I have to re-skill using the I-pad. I have to become an I-pad 'Genius'. I have to connect with people who can help with this.

It's now to to start again anew, afresh. I know this may seem like rambling but I needed to get it off my chest.