The Year of 2022 in (Blog) Review

 Happy holidays!  Before 2022 ends, I was feeling reflective and wanted to briefly share some personal highlights of the year through the lens of Edtech Elixirs.  

• Back in November 2021, I attended and led a session at EDspaces in Pittsburgh, PA.  It's a great conference and support resource for those looking to renovate or build new school settings. Adapting that session into an article eventually became a published piece for EDspaces Essentials online magazine this year ("Article in EDspaces Essentials magazine!" April 20).
• I had a pretty big professional change in 2022.  After over eight years at Shelby County Public Schools as a Digital Learning Coordinator, I took a new job as Deeper Learning Design Specialist at the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative in August ("A New Chapter," August 16).  I'm happy with the opportunities to expand who I can help and how I can help others, as well as learn from them.  I'm also very grateful to be a part of my new team and employer.
• This year, I launched two websites: my personal site ("Launch of my new website!" July 17) as well as Kentucky Educators for Role Playing Games ("KyEdRPG, Part One: Site Launch Announcement!" September 10).
• The most popular entry of the year in terms of views? That would be "KyEdRPG, Part Three: Westward Expansion, d20 Style" (September 20), with 726 views as of today.  
• In terms of free edtech tools that I profiled this year, I think Verso is probably the one with the most positive potential for day to day instruction ("Verso," April 2).  However, the edtech story of the year is easily ChatGPT, one of the first clear examples of how artificial intelligence will make a huge difference in education in our near future ("How AI Will Save Education," December 21).
• Last but not least, I'm proud to be closing in on two milestones for my blog.  This entry is my 185th since starting Edtech Elixirs in August 2014, which means it's highly likely I will reach 200 next year.  Additionally, I'm just shy of 200,000 views overall for the blog, and at the current rate I'll easily top that number by February 2023.

As always, I appreciate your readership and your shares of my blog over the years.  May all your New Year's resolutions for 2023 come true!