Day One of Blogging

I never imagined that I would ever start a blog. I have always been a person that rejected new technology simply because the new technology becomes old before I ever get my hands on it.  For example, I bought the newest and clearest flat screen tv a couple years back and a week later 3D televisions were released making my new technology not as flashy.  I see that new iPhones come out every year, so why would I spend the 500 dollars on the newest iPhone when the newest one will be old before we blink our eyes twice.

Another thing that deterred me from being interested in blogs is that I view them to have no personal value because I have not encountered any application in my life that has made a blog worth it.  Now that I am in an MBA program at Montclair State University, I am starting to change my opinion about the tools that are out there to connect me to the others hat may or may not exist in my world.  The program is designed to be a cohort, and the plan is to develop relationships with different classmates, all with different skill sets, and build lasting relationships that will prove to be valuable in the near and distant future.  So here I am sharing all my personal and professional thoughts with the Internet world.  We will see how it goes!

I chose the name virtuateachryan for the address of this blog because of my current interest in the world of educational technology.  I have a passion to improve education by utilizing the "new" technologies that have certainly surpassed the level of technology that is used in any educational setting.  My inspiration comes from being a high school math teacher and working in a school that was filled with new technology and a school that used no new technology.  I was supposed to write this blog before I started this class, so as I sit here now... My professor is using his computer to change the slides of the smart board projector when the smart board is designed to be a touch screen.  I am bothered by this because I know the potential of these screens and believe that if they are used to their full potential, the benefits will supercede anyone's stubbornness to stay with their old methods.
Not to contradict my earlier statements on not getting new technology, it is not whether the technology is new or not, it's whether the technology is being used to its maximum potential.

I currently work for a small startup company that has a goal to provide a free service to anyone with Internet service that functions as a video wikipedia.  There are obstacles that need to be tackled, and my workload is still young in regards to maturity, I will continually update on this blog how my progress with this startup is going as well as new ideas that are introduced to me as I coast through this MBA program at MSU.

Happy reading!