2021, June 7: I had you for EDU 101!

 My colleague, GO, and I are traveling all over Maine to visit makerspaces. (When you have an awesome project with a great colleague and you get to go visit amazing teachers doing fabulous things, it’s hard to call it “work.”) We were in AL's classroom at Casco Bay High School learning about the amazing work she does there, when a young man in his late 20's appeared in the doorway and started to talk to AL. Then he interrupted himself and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't realize you had company. I can come back later." Then he looked right at me and said, "I had you for EDU 101 at UMF!" It's been 12 years since I had SL in that class. I can't believe he recognized me...and behind a mask no less...and that he remembered that he had me and even remembered the course number! He's been at CBHS for 8 years but is moving to Colorado in a few weeks. How awesome that I got to reunite with him before he moved away (and that I can connect him with some people near where he's moving).

2021, March 20: A Virtual Second Degree

I’m participating in an educational technology conference today...in Utah. (Due to COVID, the annual conference for Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) was held virtually this year.) My students presented during the first two sessions and I moderated the session as they shared their amazing work. Now I’m in a session with one of my favorite ed tech bloggers, Rushton Hurley. He had the audience members introduce themselves and after I said I was from UMF another participant wrote in the chat window that her mom went to UMF! #ucet #ucet21