TESOL103 opening day

Today is the first day of my new class 

in Teaching English as a second language.  


And now I am an official blogger!  I am starting this blog to help me learn about new technologies and new ways to teach.  I am also trying to refute the axiom that "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" as this is a new trick for me--and I am a very old dog!

On to more new trick!  Enjoy my learning journey!

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