1. I’ve missed having my own students.
2. Face to face classes are fun to teach
3. I really love what I do
4. Practicing all this 21st Century Skills is hard work

For the last three years, I’ve been talking a lot more about teaching practices than I have been actually practicing them mainly because I haven’t really had or taken the opportunity to do so.  Classes that I have taught up to this point have been a three to six hour stint in which teachers come, we talk, do a project and off they go.  There’s always follow up and future conversations, but it’s not the same as having your own class and being responsible for the learning that goes on in that class.

So now that I’m teaching again, I’m trying to practice what I preach and expand the knowledge base and experience of my students in the area of technology and learning.  So far, I feel as though it’s gone well.  My class is small, but because of that, I feel as though I’ll be more effective and be able to really talk about the practice and art of teaching rather than focus on the tools.  We’re blogging, using Delicious, and have created a website already after only one week.

Over the next 8 weeks I’ll be writing about this class and experience a lot.  One of the class assignments is to do a weekly reflection blog entry so I’ll be participating by writing my own reflection.