As I sit here on New Year’s Eve 2009, I am still waiting for our 3rd child (a baby girl) to decide to be born. My due date was yesterday. I am thinking she has moved in some new furniture and has done some remodeling inside of me and that she doesn’t intend to come out!
In previous years I have usually posted my thoughts on the past year and some predictions for the coming year in education and ed tech. While I will do some light reflection in this post, I am going to refrain from making any predictions. I am interested in what the coming year holds, but I am also overwhelmed with some major personal changes (not the least of which is the birth of a 3rd child) right at the moment and I just don’t have the brain power to make any kind of educated predictions or guesses about our field for 2010.
As I look back over 2009, I see a year where I witnessed increased interest in, and use of, many Web 2.0 by various employees across our district — from district-level specialists and managers to campus-based administrators and teachers. In that respect, I feel some satisfaction and I know that in some small ways I helped to foster and support this increased use of Web 2.0 in our work.
On a personal note, the one piece of tech that I think has had the biggest impact on me — at work and at home — has been my new iPhone 3GS. Every day I discover new apps or new ways to use existing apps to improve many of my daily tasks. This little “phone” has proven to be more useful than I ever imagined!
On an even more personal note — 2009 has been a busy and hectic year filled with lots of travel (business and family), the construction of our new home, 9 long months of pregnancy, and the purchase of a new vehicle. To say that there has been a little bit of stress would be an understatement. It’s been a good year, but a stressful one and I am happy to celebrate it’s end and to welcome in a new year that holds many promises for me both professionally and personally.
On that note — let me take this moment to wish all of you a peaceful, happy, and prosperous 2010!
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