It’s Sunday night, the dishes are done, the baby’s sleeping. It’s time for me to get to work. I spent some time this afternoon looking for portable digital music players. Seems to me like if I’m going to want my students creating podcasts that involve interviews, I’m going to want them to be able to leave the safety of the computer lab.
Of course, I don’t yet have any students working on podcasts. Which is the really beautiful and problematic piece, isn’t it? I don’t yet know what can and will go wrong, who I will ultimately offend or confuse, or if this silly notion is even a good idea. Isn’t that the great thing about any new teaching idea or strategy? When the brain is pumping, fresh ideas are rubbing against even fresher ideas, and the friction created give you sparks of excitement that are self-sustaining. And then you go into the classroom with that great idea to see if it will soar or splatter. My gut is already knotting just thinking about failure here.
I used to not quite understand how someone could get so personal and introspective on the Internet. Now I get it. Rereading this post helps me to understand how easy that can be. It’s times like this I hope that no one is "listening."
But if you are . . .would you mind letting me know?
Here Comes the Week
