Saturday, August 12, 2006

Where I am going from here?

I am not entirely sure what the future holds for me. I want to incorporate blogs, podcasting, and vdeo editing into my courses this year but I don't have a lot of time to do it. My tech courses are required to be a minimum of 26 hours and that is not a lot of time. I have considered doing it as an extra-curricular activity but I am already doing Lego robotics and I don't know how I am going to get any time to pursue other afterschool events? A case of wanting to do a lot more but not enough time to do it.

I have been thinking a lot about where I am going with the distance education program. I had two reasons for doing the Master of Distance Education (MDDE) program. The first was that the program would lead to a significant increase in my salary. The second was my interest in distance learning. Now I am wondering what I will do once I finish the program. I like teaching but I don't think I can do it at a high school level for the next 22 years until I can retire. Distance learning is an exciting field and not much research has been devoted to the practice at the high school level. I think there are opportunities here but I have no idea how I am going to crack into the field.

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