The prerequisite “blog about the blogging experience”…

First off, no, I do not intend to maintain the rate I had last week- I just had a backlog in my head and it’s taking a while to catch up. That said, how often I post will be directly relational to how much time life allows me to evaluate and introspect. I tentatively plan to post something significant at a minimum every other week (this post doesn’t count, heh). I’m hoping that’s a realistic expectation, but time will tell.

Basically, I think keeping this as an open playground to test things out and decide whether they are useful or not is the way to go. That said, if something goes away that’s useful for YOU, please let me know. Conversely, if something appears to suck massively, please tell why you think so- constructive criticism will be considered. Non-constructive criticism will be dealt with as it should. ;}

Mostly, I think right now that I’m still in the “sponge” stage- poring through data and soaking up info. I’ve fallen out of the loop on some things, and on other things I was never in the loop in the first place. This eclectic sampling is opening up some interesting questions for me though, and I suspect that getting back in the habit of research will come in handy when I go for my next degree- what degree I’m not entirely sure yet, but an MA in Instructional Design currently looks appealing. That may change, however.

I’m also hoping this blog will help fill a personal need for professional development- after 2 years at UCF in EdTech I foolishly thought we would be past various technological challenges so that I could include focus on assessment and development. Ha! After 10 years in this field, I should know better, right? And there’s nothing like managing a service desk (of any size) to keep you running from fire to fire, until the end of day when you end up in bed with a bottle of Maalox and a countdown calendar to your next vacation. Like a few other things in life, I recently realized that the time won’t make itself, and if I wait until a good time it will never happen. So yeah, there it is.