Hi. I thought an introduction might start things off with ego... My name is John and I am a MAT student at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. I'm studying to become a secondary social studies teacher.
For my undergrad, I attended Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where I majored in government.
In terms of my personal life, I'm 27, bald, and kind of addicted to the Internet. Oh, and lately, I've been kind of obsessed with this British archaeology TV documentary called Time Team, though it's a bit of a guilty pleasure. How can they possibly do responsible archaeology in their three-day show filming format?
About the image: I borrowed the Silver Certificate from Wikimedia Commons, a site that hosts various images, audio, etc., that people can use in their web projects. (I haven't combed through it well enough to have noticed if it's safe for use with students, though.) I chose that image because the news for the past month has been full of economic gloom and doom, and it's made me more curious about econ. I've been trying to follow along, and it's been frustrating when the media seem to simultaneously explain the really, really simple concepts like we're all idiots and then refer to the more difficult ones as if we should all know what they're talking about. My favorite news source is actually a podcast put out by NPR called Planet Money. They're better about explaining things.
Also, I found a new hobby a couple weeks ago: taking digital photo panoramas. I don't quite have the hang of it yet, but here's a sample of one I took on Halloween. It's not, um, Halloween themed.
One more thing: Here's an animoto I created. It's a bit long, but it might be useful. Maybe as a memory aid, or a crazy end-of-year test for an American history course?
I wanted to use the obvious audio, "Hail To The Chief," but it's too short. Animoto only uses as many of your photos as it has enough room for on the audio track if you upload a song.
Well, that's probably enough incoherent rambling. Comment on this post if you want to say hello.
