If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!

QuixoticJeremy

@worden2 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

Hello: I'm an educator in an IT school in Indiana and am looking to connect and learn from in-the-field professionals so that I'm staying current and engaged in my field outside of the "Ivory Tower". I've watched Scott Alan Miller's presentations on our LANless future and the definition of IT and based on those two videos feel this is a community I'd like to be part of.

Kudos to you for doing this! The amount of teachers that I ran into when I went through college that were great teachers and people but were far behind in terms of what they were teaching was almost every teacher I had. It is difficult to stay current when you aren't working in the field regularly. Welcome to the community @worden2 I hope you enjoy it here!

worden2

@quixoticjeremy said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

@worden2 said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

Hello: I'm an educator in an IT school in Indiana and am looking to connect and learn from in-the-field professionals so that I'm staying current and engaged in my field outside of the "Ivory Tower". I've watched Scott Alan Miller's presentations on our LANless future and the definition of IT and based on those two videos feel this is a community I'd like to be part of.

Kudos to you for doing this! The amount of teachers that I ran into when I went through college that were great teachers and people but were far behind in terms of what they were teaching was almost every teacher I had. It is difficult to stay current when you aren't working in the field regularly. Welcome to the community @worden2 I hope you enjoy it here!

I'll be the first to admit that academic institutions turn like oil tankers in a sea of icebergs, but given that we're in IT as it is our School is definitely aware of the need to stay current (no pun intended with the tanker comment btw). It's a catch-22 though since it is really hard to find "time away" from my job. Teaching is a full time job, without question, so with the IT component adding that much more it can be tough. Just trying to keep up with industry certs for instance... whew.