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Fear has always accompanied change! We have to learn new ways to do things, it is part of life. It is part of being in this world. As I reflect on this sign from the British museum , I see in it all of the elements of change: What is it? How does it work? Will it harm me or my way of life? These elements of change have remained constant and we will do well to remember them as we introduce new technology. Attribution: David Flanders - Flickr - Accessed 4/5/2008 3:34 PM

115 degrees and lawnmower accidents Yeah -- we're back in school --but getting back here was a near fiasco -- a heat wave with a heat index of 115 and my compressor went out in my computer lab, my oldest son went off of a bridge on a heavy duty lawnmower due to a brake malfunction (but fortunately came out of it with only a cracked elbow!), and another of my children started middle school -- Whew! it is Nutty. But when someone said to me the other day: "If you could be anywhere, doing anything in the world right now, what would it be?" It hit me like a "ton of bricks" -- really, I am exactly where I want to be. I love teaching! When that bell rings and the kids fill their seats and begin work (usually before the bell rings) and when we get to talking about the cool tools (such a great talk about Microsoft Surface the other day) and technologies -- boy, that is a rush any good sky diver could understand. There is nothing like it in the world! My precious chi...