Burgundy Productions

I am a firm believer in the statement, “Everything happens for a reason;” however, I am still often surprised when everything comes together like a well-executed plan.

Last year a co-worker’s retirement opened the opportunity for me to change jobs. For eleven years I was a high school English teacher. Having always had an interest in technology, and feeling tired of correcting essays, the new position of Information Technology Resource Teacher seemed inviting.

As exciting as this all was, I had concerns. The official job description for my position states that I am to help teachers implement technology in their classrooms and serve as the first step in the repair process. With the number of desktops, laptops, and printers in our school, repair is a major part of the job. Repair takes most of my time as well– and although one cannot not implement technology if the technology does not work, I was more attracted to working with teachers and students than being what I call the ‘electronic janitor’.

During the first two months of school my time was filled with constant repairs. There was little time to work on implementing technology in classroom and work with teachers. In what free time I had I read journals and tech blogs looking for ideas and projects. One such blog was Victoria Davis’ blog at coolcatteacher.blogspot.com . As I sat in office in walked a colleague, Brian Wall asking “What do you know about wikis and RSS feeds?” I pointed to the articles I had been reading and the conversation continued into what is now our wiki/blog project.

The timing of every thing couldn’t have been better. A moment of perfect timing has lead to this burgundy productions blog(my first blog) and wiki, and a project that hopes bring all the good in being the Information Technology Resource teacher.