What a semester it has been! I am so thankful that we have reached the end of it for many reasons. I have enjoyed the students I have had this semester and will see a few of them again next (some for next level courses, others as repeats). As a student, it has been difficult to accomplish everything I wanted to accomplish in a timely manner. This has caused me more anguis that anything and more than likely helped me to decide that I am simply not ready for the Ed.D program. Instead, I will continue to take classes here and there and possibly add another Master’s and a few certificates along the way.
Why the sudden change? Well, I have decided that it would be best to put my efforts into helping move our IT Department forward in what we are offering as far as classes and certificates to give our students a better range of courses that are currently available. In the process, I must further educate myself and continue to search out grants to help pay for the new curriculum.
Beginning this fall, we will be offering an Introduction to Geographical Information Systems. This course, which has a pending grant, will introduce students to a variety of materials including GPS. I am using the GPS modules to introduce more Service Learning initiatives for the college and is partly behind the grant I am seeking. We will be using a Garmin eTrex Venture HC to map the various trails, facilities and several other places of interest around Grayson Lake. There will be more to following on this later.
So for everyone that is still reading this, good luck for a wonderful end of semester and FABULOUS summer! I’ll be posting here from time to time and keeping everyone informed of what is going on in my neck of the woods. Who would have thought that this is something I would actually want to keep up with?
