First Attempt

Wow! I have a blog. I am officially a blogger. I am a teacher, mother, and wife in the middle of the process of starting a website (iheartteachers.org), and in this process, I have grown exponentially in my technical abilities. In just a few short years, I will know nearly as much as my 13 year old son knows now.
I have waded clumsily into the waters of the world wide web and have established rudimentary presences on fb, Twitter, g+, Pinterest, and here. (If I have learned anything from my high school students, it is shameless self-promotion: follow me! like me!) My goal for this week is to have a logo so that I can begin pulling my "social media strategy" into some semblance of coherence. Right now, my "strategy" is to congratulate myself for having accounts and hope that I can log back in with my logo.
Why a website, social media, and blog if I'm beaming at rudimentary? I have a goal, a driving desire to unite teachers and the education community around the world to enable collaboration and provide support and appreciation. To accomplish that, I have to create a real-time environment. The ends merit the means (even if it means the teachers I heart the most are my adolescent children).
Teachers, professors, students, parents, and members of the education community, I am willing to sacrifice both pride and dignity to show you appreciation.
When do you feel appreciated? I myself like a good swag bag. Today I scored a haul by going to training. The district gave me a bag, binder, notebook, pencil case, highlighters, pens, and sticky notes. (Oh, and I learned quite a bit about the new curriculum I'll be teaching this year too.)
I will post pictures as soon as I find the best way.