To explain my long absence...

Holy smokes, I have been out of touch for over a month. In the time I've spent away from talking with...well, if anyone actually reads this blog...YOU...I've been finishing my MEd thesis paper. My topic? The use of hand writing for learning. I am NOT anti-tech...but I am anti-putting-all-the-eggs-in-one-basket.

Assuming all goes well, the 60 page tome will be submitted and reviewed within the next month. It's been sent out to a hand-selected group of kind but intellectually critical readers as of yesterday, with the idea that if I can convince a wider variety of people to believe that there is a real benefit to writing by hand, then I might be able to make a real difference in some kid's life.

Or so it may seem. In short, computers are making very lazy students; they don't want to understand that the computer and the Internet and all the techno-toys out there won't make them better thinkers or communicators. I guess it's my role in life to try and show them, time and time again, that they will benefit from using the proper tool for the task at hand.

In the interim, between my last blog post and today, I have had my usual fun with tech. SMART board issues, computer issues, phone issues (my daughter's)...you know, the realities of living in the 21st century. I had a pen issue today; it ran out of ink. I got another one. Problem solved. I only wish all tech issues were so easily solved.

Ciao for now.