Retired from UAH but still active in mind and spirit

Note: This Blog has been dormant almost 20 years since it's creation in 2007. It was created as part of an instructional exercise for visiting high school students and educators from overseas to UAH, the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This program was part of a U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) program. Students created blogs like this one as part of an exercise to help them learn more about the state of the Internet/World Wide Web and how to use it and publish content.

Whether future my personal thoughts, observations, musings here go unread or not, I intend to publish here as an exercise, at minimum, to keep my brain active and creative.

Rwanda Youth Leadership Program at UAH

On November 25, 2007 a group of high school students with three teachers from Rwanda came to the University of Alabama in Huntsville for a three week visit. I had the pleasure on Tuesday, December 11 to meet with them in a computer lab in the College of Business Administration. We talked about the Internet and World Wide Web, created gmail accounts and each started their own blog.

My Son, My Help

As a child and into adulthood, I was fortunate to have had many wonderful teachers who inspired and help me become who I am now. One especially, my sixth grade teacher at Ridgedale Elementary School in Chattanooga, TN, Ms. Grace Robinson, is the one who most help me decide by her example that I wanted to be a teacher like her. I have now been teaching for over 30 years, before my children were born. As a father I tried to be a good example and teacher for them as well. During these past few years, my son is now often my teacher and I am his appreciative student.

As a university lecturer I teach now in the area of information systems, an area constantly changing in new and wonderful ways. My son works as a web designer for NASA and frequently helps me learn new ways and techniques I am able to share with my students.

My Time With High School Students From Serbia

I had the great opportunity to meet with a group of high school students on Monday, Sept. 24, and share with them how to:

• Create a web page
• Create and post to a blog
• Create and use a FaceBook profile