The Work

     I must say, that as I started working on this new venture I was very excited.   But with all of the other things I have on my plate to accomplish this year, I was a bit concerned that this would turn into one of my "Monsters".  I tend to have a great deal of fun and exciting ideas, and they start out as small concepts, but after a couple of hours of work my small idea turns into this complicated "monster" that I want to create.  This could have been one of those monsters....honestly.  The whole reason I started this blog site was because I am such a control freak about how I want things done that I just could not stand working within our school webpages any longer.  I feel so limited on my choices of layout and designing that I almost felt ashamed to have people go to my school web page and see how boring it was.  I am a technology teacher and we all know that first impressions mean a great deal.
     So here I am on Blogspot.  Would I recommend it?  I would!  In fact I am hoping to present a workshop for our district this coming summer on how to create your own pages here.  It is so very easy to work in that I am confident that the other teachers can do it with no issues.  Parent/Teacher communication is very important and if I can find an easy way for the teachers to post assignment,s and a place to write up a weekly accomplishments post, then I have a great new tool for the teachers.  I am hoping to find a couple of willing volunteers to do this with me during the remainder of the year so that when I present the workshop this summer I can tell them how other teachers besides myself liked the creation process.
     I will say that working in this blog site has not been without some challenges.  It has nothing to do with me just diving in and starting the work without looking at the help or tutorial features either.  Ok....so it does.  Lesson learned.  But I do best when I have to repeat things, so now my mistakes are fixed and stuck in my head to be able to show other people how to do this, or now NOT do to something.  Are there enough options on here to soothe the savage control freak in me?  YES!  Most of my issue with our school web pages are that they are not customizable to the degree I need and want them to be.  This site has what I need and want.  I can make it as simple or as complex as I want, which is something I know will concern many people.
     Don't get me wrong.  I love that our district provides us with a place to create.  And for many teachers that space is more than enough for them.  It is just that controlling technology side of me that screams for all of the options....not just a few.