Think Like a Teacher

My old blog home had some great connections: people who left behind comments or  linked to me there. I feel as if I moved out of my home and left no forwarding address. So what do I do? What everyone does (or used to do before RSS feeds): Since it’s holiday time, I send everyone I ever knew a “card” to let them know where I “live” now. Here is hoping that blog-magic will get the word out.

So, to all of you, this is my invitation to visit this, my new blog home, whenever you wish. I will refrain from writing an annoying holiday letter that describes the trials of moving a blog and instead mention these bloggers or commenters I consider to be “gifts” who have made me think, made me angry, made me laugh, or simply motivated  me to respond. What better gift could I receive than thoughts sparked by a fellow blogger?

Thank you notes and address-change Christmas cards, therefore, go to:

Drapes Takes, MatthewKTabor.com, Rambling Reflections, Herman Wood’s EdTech Blog, Cathy Nelson’s TechnoTuesday, Chris Lehmann’s Practical Theory, Krysia, Ryan Palmer, Wes Fryer’s Speed of Creativity, David Warlick’s 2 Cents Worth, Jim Gates’ TIPline, Karl Fisch’s Fischbowl, KJ’s NCS Tech, Andy Carvin’s Learning Now, and miscellaneous others who arrive via Google Reader.

Now if I could just avoid cleaning my real house for the holidays by having everyone visit vis RSS feed (?!)

Merry Christmas to all!

 As I finally make the first post at this new home for my blog, a thick coating of ice covers the trees and shrubs outside my window. I left my old blog reluctantly, since I cannot bring along the old webs I have spun there. As a spider leaving behind a sticky web, I hope these posts will retain their stickiness. But I know they are probably more like ice than spider webs. They will soon drop away and melt into the archives of old blog posts. As most writers, I love my own words more than I should. I have finally accepted that there must be a reason why hours of efforts to export and import from an out-of-date, no-longer-supported blogging tool simply does not work. If anyone really wants to hunt down the old posts (and some marvelous comments from others), you can click on Shively Blogmire in my new Blogroll.

So I am making a clean break. Here is my NEW blog. 

Welcome to Think Like a Teacher. It’s not just a title. It’s what I do. I hope you will join in the dialog about education and where it is going, how technology fits in, how parents and kids and society all work together (or not), and where we want to be going. There’s certainly a lot to talk about.