Hello all!
I suppose this post should have come about a week or so ago, but I am just getting around to writing it, so....there. I hope you are all having a wonderful time in school as most of us have only been back now a week. I realized the other day that I have officially been in the classroom one full year (with the exception of our holidays). Some of you are beginning your adventure as a teacher and I wanted to share some thoughts I had on being a new teacher, or what's called a n00b or newb or newbie in the gaming world.
The term, "n00b" is one that has been around for a few years, but has really come into the lexicon of youth here lately because of more prominent avenues and accessibility of multiplayer gaming.You may have heard this term and associated a negative connotation to it, but I refuse to see it that way. Is it partly because I've been called a n00b more than once? Maybe. But I don't think that is the only reason I look at it with a positive light.
How I came to the conclusion that being a n00b is in no way a bad thing: Very simply, I understand that everything that lies ahead for the n00b is opportunity. You are at the very beginning of your next quest. You've worked for years to develop skills that will lend themselves to your occupation whether intentionally or unintentionally, and now you get to use those skills exactly how you choose to. As I look down the road at what lies ahead of me, all I can see is the time I can work on my craft and build myself into the educator I've always known I can be. There's not only time which I can practice what I know inside of the classroom, there is also time outside of the classroom where I can sit and reflect on everything that I've done. To err is human, and I will err quite a lot. And I'm okay with that.
I've got nothin' but time.
Musings of a teacher who games, or a gamer who teaches.
