World History
The academic year is intense. On top of teaching classes, professional and committee work dominates a lot of the time. Most academics welcome the coming of summer.
I also welcome summer. I do not have to teach. Committee responsibilities are few. However, I am finding this is a hard time to blog.
Why? I have set aside summer to work on research projects. Further, my wife and kids expect me to spend vacation time on them. (And they deserve it!)
I have found that blogging is harder in the summer than during the academic year. I find this kind of ironic.
This post is an introduction to why the World History Blog has been unproductive the last few weeks. I will be back. I like blogging. I just can not give this priority right now in my life. I have the summer blogging blues. Please keep me on your blog rolls and your RSS feeds. I will be back to posting daily soon even if soon means September.
- Two Year Anniversary
I note that December 31st is the two year anniversary of the start of this blog. In the last two years, I have changed my blogging style some (more frequent posts and more commentary on sites) but I have kept my basic premise the same. I just want to...
- Moving To New Digital Challenges
This may come as a surprise to many of my readers, but today is the first day in almost 25 years that I won't be in a brick and mortar classroom. It was a bittersweet last two days with my students as I have an amazing bunch of kids (two classes...
- School Is Not Out For Summer On My Blogs
So most of you would laugh that my seniors are not finished until June 10th and my undergrads not until June 18 - yes the 18th! But I also teach during the summer so this blog is always being updated all summer, so if you want to keep finding out...
- No Summer Vacation On The Blogs
I am almost laughing thinking that some of you will actually be out of school in a week or so whereas I go until June 25th (yes indeed) and then start summer school teaching on July 1st (but I love my job so there is no complaining here!). But...
- This Blog Continues All Summer
Virginia does two things that I'd love to see changed. 1) We have our state end of the year exams several weeks before the end of the year and 2) Our state legislature (both parties) consistently say they are for "education first," but refuse...
World History
Summer Blogging Blues
The academic year is intense. On top of teaching classes, professional and committee work dominates a lot of the time. Most academics welcome the coming of summer.
I also welcome summer. I do not have to teach. Committee responsibilities are few. However, I am finding this is a hard time to blog.
Why? I have set aside summer to work on research projects. Further, my wife and kids expect me to spend vacation time on them. (And they deserve it!)
I have found that blogging is harder in the summer than during the academic year. I find this kind of ironic.
This post is an introduction to why the World History Blog has been unproductive the last few weeks. I will be back. I like blogging. I just can not give this priority right now in my life. I have the summer blogging blues. Please keep me on your blog rolls and your RSS feeds. I will be back to posting daily soon even if soon means September.
- Two Year Anniversary
I note that December 31st is the two year anniversary of the start of this blog. In the last two years, I have changed my blogging style some (more frequent posts and more commentary on sites) but I have kept my basic premise the same. I just want to...
- Moving To New Digital Challenges
This may come as a surprise to many of my readers, but today is the first day in almost 25 years that I won't be in a brick and mortar classroom. It was a bittersweet last two days with my students as I have an amazing bunch of kids (two classes...
- School Is Not Out For Summer On My Blogs
So most of you would laugh that my seniors are not finished until June 10th and my undergrads not until June 18 - yes the 18th! But I also teach during the summer so this blog is always being updated all summer, so if you want to keep finding out...
- No Summer Vacation On The Blogs
I am almost laughing thinking that some of you will actually be out of school in a week or so whereas I go until June 25th (yes indeed) and then start summer school teaching on July 1st (but I love my job so there is no complaining here!). But...
- This Blog Continues All Summer
Virginia does two things that I'd love to see changed. 1) We have our state end of the year exams several weeks before the end of the year and 2) Our state legislature (both parties) consistently say they are for "education first," but refuse...