Why this?

Well, first I have to say that I have been inspired by my former students (without their knowledge) to create a blog. Credit has to go where it is due. This blog should round off most of my efforts to innovate my teaching techniques in the coming year. For years, I have been creating web sites for students to complete assignments and explore historic research on the web. Last year, I established a discussion forum for my students to share ideas and assignments online. Over the summer I created a wiki for my students to submit their work in the coming school year. Now, as the last summer weeks tick slowly away, I thought that the creation of a blog would allow me to create a space for thoughts, historic connections, teaching moments, and other daily ideas that came in between the moments. We'll see. On to the teacher-babble...