Back in the saddle again!

Guess what’s back? The Teach42.com Podcast!

Yes, that’s right. After months of silence, I finally have a microphone strapped to my skull once again. It’s nothing earth shattering, just an update about what’s been happening and me getting my feet wet once again. It sounds dumb, but there’s a ton that I forgot how to do!

Anyway, the big news is that unfortunately I wound up leaving the new school. This was not an easy decision to make at all, but suffice to say I decided it was something I had to do. I don’t really want to get into the details, but I’ll just tell you that I was the fifth person out of a staff of twelve to leave the school. If you want to know more, you’ll have to buy me a beer some day and I’ll share a few stories with you.

However, Karma works in mysterious ways. As I was making this decision, I was contacted by someone at Discovery Education about a position they were looking to fill. In a nutshell, they’re working on creating a new community and want someone to facillitate the online portion of it all. After a pretty grueling interview process, I’m proud to say that I got the job and will be starting tomorrow morning.

So I guess you could say it’s both bad news and good news. Life just happens to take unexpected turns at times and you just have to take advantage of the opportunities it presents. I’m really excited about the new job and will fill you in with more details when I can. Regardless though, the best thing is that I should be able to have a life again. I’m going to be able to podcast, to blog, and still have time to give my wife and dog the attention they deserve!

So enjoy the show! And a huge thanks to everyone that still is still subscribed to the feed. I appreciate your sticking with me.

Direct link to the show

6 Comments

Jo McLeay
11/8/2005

Steve,
just listened to your welcome back podcast. I really want to say you have been (and still are) an inspiration to me and to many. I’m not surprised that your subscriptions went up as I think we knew you’d be back sometime. So I’m here to say to you welcome back! Good luck with the new job.
Jo

Kelly Dumont
11/8/2005

I haven’t listened yet, but can’t wait to get to the car. Welcome back Steve, your voice has been missed.

Eric Langhorst
11/8/2005

Great to hear you again. Discovery is doing some great things and I know you’ll be a huge asset to them. Look forward to hearing more from you soon.

Andy Seymour (Edtech Musician Podcast)
11/8/2005

Steve,
Great to hear your back. I wish you well in your new position. I look foward to your podcasts.
Bye the way… May I use your podcast for my Thesis project? I’ll be sending my participants your way for a listen and looking for indications of changes in technology use and awareness by listening to podcasts. I can’t have them listen to ETM because of bias issues so I’ll need your great podcast. I’ll also be using other podcats like a new one called Tech Pod Podcast For Teachers, EdTech Talk, Jeff Moore’s podcast and Dave Warlick’s.

Welcome back, now get to work