Dec 30 2008
Welcome! - How I got here
Welcome to TheTeachingBox!
This is my first post, so let me introduce myself. Actually the easiest way is to click on the About Tab located above.
I am a manufacturing engineer by day, and I enjoy my job tremendously. As an engineer I live for all things technical and strive to understand WHY things work. My other love is education. A large part of my job as a manufacturing engineer is to train and educate people. This is the basis of my writing, and this blog. A year or so ago I took on the challenge to increase my writing skill. At the time I was doing a certification class for PostSecondary Teaching at a local University. A very good professor in this program told me that the best way to get better at writing was to DO IT. After making this decision a number of pieces fell into place and the challenge to improve my writing skills appeared.
I was at a conference and chatted with a guy manning a booth for a trade magazine. It turned out that this was a new publication and they were looking for contributors. After a few minutes of telling him what I do as an engineer he asked me if I would be interested in writing an article. I was taken aback, but nevertheless excited about this prospect. In the realm of the Education World being published is a big deal, and here was my chance.
The publication is called Micro Manufacturing and in the last year I have had two articles.
This work has been a fantastic experience and my relationship with the editor has been outstanding. In the process of submitting my work I made the comment that I should keep the editors busy correcting my “Engineering Grammar”. He responded with a comment that my writing was better than alot of engineer submitted articles. I took this as a great compliment and it has fueled my efforts.
So in short this is how I have gotten here. I have since completed the certification and now am officially a Certified Post Secondary Teacher. In the quest to increase my writing skills I will continue to use this format as my proving ground. As time passes I will continue to collect my thoughts and post them. I will focus on education and technology issues as I strive to increase my ability as an Engineer who is a part time Education Professional. Feel free to comment on any of my posts and provide feedback. I believe that Education is a process and everything is a work in progress. As stated in my tagline at the top of the blog, this blog is “An Engineer’s Perspective on Education and Technology”.
We are in this together, so lets get started.
