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I end the weekend with a sense that I might just make it. I got the chunk of papers that I wanted to comment on done. I have more to do, but it seems much more doable now. I got 4 pages written on the *last* dissertation chapter. It will probably all be rewritten, but…

Since my dissertation directly addresses teaching and learning with technology, I’m constantly thinking about what the implications are of teaching in news ways.  Will Richardson’s post earlier this weekend got me thinking more about what I’m doing and what I think teaching and learning should be.  Will expressed some disgruntlement about the fact that people…

For obvious reasons. I am trying to remain calm and take things one step at a time. I have a plan. I think I’m going to be okay, but until things start to fall into place, I’m going to feel frazzled. Today, I travel down to our Government Building to get trained in election judging,…

I had been working on the diss for an hour every morning. This still happens, but only about twice a week. I’ve shifted my work to the evening, which works, but my brain is sometimes a little mushy after a full day at work. The main reason for the lack of morning work? My children.…

Why does it always seem that everything has to be done at once? Why can’t busy times spread themselves out? I have hit a lovely point where I have papers to comment on (had to ask for an extension from my students), a chapter to write, stuff to read for class, an election to judge,…