Though I have spent the past several years searching and creating ways to combine my skills in education and technology, the real work began today. I took a trip to NJ to chat with a friend who is a technology teacher and does amazing things with his students. He has been a role model for me in several other areas of life, so it is only natural that I follow his career path once again. I am very fortunate to have such a good mentor!

Since the position starts in early-to-mid January, I have about 3-4 weeks to research what other tech teachers are doing and commit my thoughts about a technology curriculum to paper and lesson plans. I have seen the school’s hardware (a brand new Mac lab) but need to do a full inventory of the software before I do my planning. Creating a curriculum will not be a cakewalk, but I look forward to the process as I expect it will be fun and rewarding.

I plan on documenting what works, what doesn’t, and what might work in the classroom on this here blog, since it is all Theoretical Junk anyway.

His video also a great use of Flickr video and its 90 second limit.  When describing Flickr’s new feature to tech-savvy friends, I usually call it “Twitterized Video.”  Quite simply, if Twitter is microblogging (a short, concise form of blogging, with strict limits on length), then Flickr video is “microvideo.”

How does one go about coining a phrase?  Am I even first to use microvideo?  Just don’t steal it — that would break my heart!

(If you breaking my heart doesn’t represent density, then you haven’t watched Kevin’s video yet!)