A New Academic Year – Fall 2015

I initially sat down to write this post several weeks ago but things just keep getting busier and I don’t know if I will ever have a truly free moment to reflect on this upcoming semester. So here it goes…

After an extended summer break from this blog, and really most things related to teaching, tech, and research, I am back in the throws of a new semester and in a new location. In case you didn’t know I am now part of the MSW program at California State University San Marcos, which is located in northern San Diego County of Southern California. The setting is amazing as I try to get to the beach as often as I can. The institution is also amazing and I have been telling everyone that it is easy to see the influence of our President (who is also a social worker) Dr. Karen Haynes in all areas of Campus. I am excited for this new opportunity and excited to get to know many new wonderful colleagues and students.

Here at CSUSM I still plan to pursue my interests of social media and technology in social work education and nonprofit administrations, but I also hope to move into new directions to assess the impact of technology on individuals, families, communities, and organizations. I also have some ideas for health literacies as they related to my work on digital literacies that I hope to pursue within the community. I think CSUSM is an innovative place where many of my ideas will be able to be implemented and tested.

I am also excited to be in the MSW program and working with students on research projects and getting know students as they matriculate through our program. I hear it’s been a rocky road but with our new director and others that have been hired on this year I think the future is looking very bright and I’m excited to be part of it.  One last hope I have is to continue blogging some of my learning experiences here and sharing with those of you who actually read my blog 🙂 The past year was a busy one where I was steadfastly working on publications. Six publications in one year was never really a goal but just happened. I am grateful but I am also looking to getting back to writing in this space. For instance, Dr. Laurel Hitchcock and I are once again conducting our Live Twitter Chat this semester, in a few weeks actually and I will have another blog post up in a few days. This new semester and new start are very exciting and I hope to achieve lots. Check back once in awhile to see what I’m up to and as always, you can usually find me on Twitter 🙂