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BLOG III
08 02, 21 16:19
BLOG III
In 2004 I initiated a blog while residing in Belfast, Northern Ireland where I was a Fulbright fellow at Queens University. Under the title "Accountabilitybloke", it served its purpose as a place where I could reflect on events of the day and often rant about my adventures in Belfast. When I returned home and took on a new position at the University of New Hampshire in 2005, the blog got less and less attention from me overtime and I eventually stopped adding content while letting keeping it accessible to others.
Overtime I shifted more of my comments and reactions to Twitter and Facebook where I remain active today.
In 2014, however, I decided to give blogging another try, and I set up the first version of Dribs and Drafts. I was attempting to use the new blog as a platform to share my experiences and thoughts about teaching online. But I failed to sustain that effort -- and looking back it is obvious that I'd start each year off with a few posts and then not follow up.
So this is the third launch -- Blog III -- but now to help fill a void left by retiring from teaching. I retired last May, and while I do not miss the teaching per se, I do miss the opportunity to make commentary and snide remarks in and around the classroom. I do have Twitter and FB, but they are not quite suitable for some of the lengthy diatribes I'd like to engage in. I am maintaining the odd title of Dribs and Drafts -- although I am not quite sure why.
In any case, welcome to my new blogging site -- feedback and reasonable interaction welcome.
Mel
In 2004 I initiated a blog while residing in Belfast, Northern Ireland where I was a Fulbright fellow at Queens University. Under the title "Accountabilitybloke", it served its purpose as a place where I could reflect on events of the day and often rant about my adventures in Belfast. When I returned home and took on a new position at the University of New Hampshire in 2005, the blog got less and less attention from me overtime and I eventually stopped adding content while letting keeping it accessible to others.
Overtime I shifted more of my comments and reactions to Twitter and Facebook where I remain active today.
In 2014, however, I decided to give blogging another try, and I set up the first version of Dribs and Drafts. I was attempting to use the new blog as a platform to share my experiences and thoughts about teaching online. But I failed to sustain that effort -- and looking back it is obvious that I'd start each year off with a few posts and then not follow up.
So this is the third launch -- Blog III -- but now to help fill a void left by retiring from teaching. I retired last May, and while I do not miss the teaching per se, I do miss the opportunity to make commentary and snide remarks in and around the classroom. I do have Twitter and FB, but they are not quite suitable for some of the lengthy diatribes I'd like to engage in. I am maintaining the odd title of Dribs and Drafts -- although I am not quite sure why.
In any case, welcome to my new blogging site -- feedback and reasonable interaction welcome.
Mel
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