Bud the Teacher

    I really like Alicia’s description of the first day of school:

I looked over the balcony, down at
the kids, thinking that those were the students I would get to know
over the next nine months. Months from now I will look down and know
who they were, but for a few moments they were just a mass of khakis
and polos, tucked in. They looked sharp. They were potential.

Potential is what we’ve all got a lot of right now; it’s just nice to be reminded sometimes. 

    According to TechCrunch, Blogger is finally updating its blogging tool.  That’s a good thing, as all I really need for Blogger to do that it doesn’t do right now is tags.  According to the review, tags are coming, as is the ability to "privatize" content.  (Man, someday I need to figure out the rules for what should be private and what should be public.  Anybody got that one figured out and crystallized into something teachable?)
   Anybody know if folks will be able to update older Blogger blogs to the new beta versions?  I tried to figure out how to do that last night, but couldn’t seem to figure it out.  UPDATE:  According to Blogger, eventually users will be able to switch over from their current Blogger dashboard.  I hope that comes soon.