Reflections from my creek bank

I really appreciate Wally's post which included Alan Jackson's "I still like bologna". The song gave me a focus for thinking about changes I might need to make to my philosophy for including web tools in my teaching repertoire. This collage demonstrates some of what is still important to me. I will continue to take plenty of pictures, and I'll still share them with students, friends, and family.

I will use more webtools in the future than I did in the past, but they will remain tools of my trade, not the focus of my trade. I will still need to decide if the time spent learning to use a tool is time well spent, or if I would be better off just to teach using a more traditional method.

As I walked to "my" little creek this afternoon, I realized that I learned a lot this summer, but I'm still the same person underneath. I like my cell phone, my laptop, my camera, high speed internet, data sharing and satellite photos but I love walks to the creek, long talks with my family, and watching my kids play a board game. I'm reassured that I have become more confident but I'm still me.