So - the blog name... Since the impetus for starting this blog right now was the GCISD Virtual Voyage, I wanted a blog name that somehow related to the idea of travel or sailing. As a bonus, one of my favorite poems is "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem is from the point of view of Odysseus after he has found his way home from the Trojan War. He is rather bored with the life in his quiet kingdom and wants to go back out searching for new places and new experiences. This fits the Virtual Voyage concept perfectly for me. Even though I have taught for quite a while, I am still learning new things. I would find it boring to do things the same way year after year. So I am off on this odyssey to "sail beyond the sunset". I expect this blog will be a place to share what I am learning, make recommendations for strategies and activities I found successful, and ask questions.
"Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world."
