First session of the new year

It was so nice to see a couple of familiar faces in our nice new group. Welcome back Timothy and Amon! And it was so nice to meet Valerie, Chris, Justin, Eric, Wesley, Jonathan T., and Jonathan L.! We had a good session and it was fun to introduce blogging to all of you. You viewed this class blog, some of you commented on A School of Voices, and we talked about possibilities for classwork. Plus, having seasoned bloggers like Timothy and Amon was such a help! Both of you guys gave good descriptions. I know we are going to have fun learning U.S. history!

I finished the session by playing Zachary's podcast when he was interviewed by me at the legislative sesson at Georgia State. Zachary's comments about  hearing a comment from these high school students was a moment that touched all of our hearts!

I want to thank all of you for your attention and your hard work today. Then to learn that we have an artist, Valerie, in our midst! How cool! I look forward to seeing her work. We'll post it on our blogs.

Next week we will have your blogs ready and we will begin! Meanwhile, check out these outstanding pictures!