Yesterday I attended the first ever New Teacher Camp (http://www.ntcamp.org/) in Philadelphia. The reason I'm typing these words right now is that I'm heeding the call - every teacher should blog.
This comment came during the opening panel discussion on PLNs and was a reference to some other blog post, which I haven't yet tracked down. Nonetheless, I found myself thinking about this statement after NTCamp was over and tweeted out for help on getting started. I got a number of replies back with helpful information about how to get started blogging. The one I needed to see the most though, was the reply that instructed me to write what I'm passionate about.
The thing I am most passionate about is the journey I'm on to become a physics teacher. I'm in my second quarter of a 2 year Master's program Assuming I survive and everything continues to feel "right", I hope to be teaching physics somewhere in the Philadelphia area as of Fall 2012.
I will share in coming posts about how I got to this point. The process thus far has involved a lot of soul-searching and has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster to say the least.
For now though, I'm mostly filled with questions about the blogging thing. Is there such a thing as "blog-iquette"? For example, I'm assuming that I should leave other people and places out of my posts unless I get permission first. What are your thoughts?
To close for now, I'll give the story of my handle "tkubed". Pronounced tee cubed, or for all you mathematical types t^3, it is a nickname I've had since high-school that has just stuck. It stands for Too Tall Tollison. I wasn't even aware that people may be mis-interpreting my handle. Even as I've heard mis-pronunciations over the years, my love of this nick name has prevailed.
Thanks for reading and I hope to hear from some of you on the etiquette of blogging. I'm totally new to this and can use all the help I can get!
Until next time, Andrea
