I never thought writing a blog post would be the easiest and most relaxing thing I would do all night. A few days ago, I felt disconnected and afraid that I was falling behind the Classroom 2.0 world, and so I started a blog. Since then I have joined Twitter, sign onto three Nings and haven’t looked back.

As I was in a networking frenzy while eating my dinner in the kitchen, I stepped back for a second and was amazed at how many things I was doing at once; how many people I was talking with; and how many ideas were brewing.

Here is a brief re-cap of my night. I still feel an adrenalin high from all of my activity:

I was listening to a podcast from Betchablog, while Tweeting and emailing Mr. Mayo about connecting our two Global Issues classes. I was told to join The Global Education Collaborative by Lucy Grey, which I did. I embedded a slideshow from her page onto our Global Issues blog, a perfect fit. I added a few widgets here and there, extended by blogroll and added a few new Skype contacts, and cleaned out my google reader folders.

All in all, not a bad night. Now I am off to read some Gore Vidal and perhaps watch a few shows with my wife. I am re-connected and excited to see what people have to say tomorrow.

If words like Twitter and Ning sound like a foreign language to you, they don’t have to. Until a few days ago, I didn’t know a thing about them either, but they are so easy that I already cannot remember how I lived without them.

Fellow teachers at ASD, let me know if you are interested in any of this.