"It's all Greek to me!", is the antiquated exclamation used to express lack of understanding, especially of a language. Ancient Greek became a dead language as it was no longer learned as a native language. I can image that it was frustrating being one of those last few people who where raised in the language and realizing that its time was at an end. I contrast this with the idea that the Internet is birthing a new world-wide language, one that will break down spoken-language barriers. A reversal of a dead language fading out, a new language coming more into focus.
Just a thought.
But I sub-titled it a Lesson in Latin, so let's switch languages.
My original idea for this post began with this: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Latin for: "Who watches the watchers?" It entered pop-culture consciousness a few years ago as a tag line for the movie: The Watchmen. Regarding this class, I thought something fractal along the lines of: "Who uses technology to teach the technology teachers technology?" Today it is you, and I follow in those footsteps so that tomorrow it will be me, and all of us in this class. I feel a sea-change coming in education and those educators who have embraced and learned technology will be well positioned to help others up to a higher level.
So I'm pretty excited about becoming a technology teacher......and beyond.
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