Learning as a Way of Teaching

It is a common complaint of all teachers.  Not enough time to do the things that need to be done and the things that we want to do.  I would love to blog every day.  There are not enough hours in the day to do all of the things that I have learned in the world of 2.0. 

Since the fall of last year, I have learned the power of student blogging, wikis, and collaborating with educators from all around the world.  Unfortunately, the roles that make up my job description could not care less of my wishes.  Here is what I have to do (which prevents me from doing what I want to do):  I am the district’s inclusion facilitator, I am the special education coordinator for the junior high, I am on the district’s assisstive technology team, and I am the testing coordinator for the junior high.  If I could only have a few more hours in the day I could do things like:

1. Develop the wiki mentoring project that I started last year.  I had students at the high school encourage students from the jr high in their writing skills.  The seventh graders wrote stories that the high schoolers critiqued and gave advice on.
2. I would teach several teachers on each of our campuses how to use blogs in their classrooms.
3. Podcasting has appealed to me for a very long time and I cannot seem to find the time to delve into it.  I tried getting some students involved in an after school podcasting club, but it went over like a pregnant high jumper.
4. Last year, I collaborated with a class in Maylasia.  It was a lot of fun, it did not last as long as I would have wanted it.  I just do not have the time to try that again.
5. I would like to have a really informative website.  One that can be used by students and teachers alike.
6. Every heard of Moodle?  I have and do not know a lot about it.  I would like to teach classes online, but that requires time that I just do not have.

Could it be possible to just blink my eyes and have this list happen?  The amount of time it would take to launch some of these projects is several lifetimes…..

….and I only have one life.

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