This post has both nothing and everything to do with educational technology.

The "nothingness:" The link below references a blog post about art.
The "everything:" The link below references a blog post about art that was created by mother, Mandy. The educational connection between her blog and what I write about is learning. My mother wanted to be able to connect her experiences (learning about art and classical realism) to a larger audience (the blogosphere). I helped her, but she took that those all important first steps: struggling to truly understand something new and taking a "risk." The result was undoubtedly new understandings/learning. I only wish that more of the classroom teachers that I work with would follow her example. I think teachers would reach more children if they were willing to say, "I don't know, but I want to try and learn something new. I am willing to take a risk."

Here is the link to her first post: Apprenticeship in Classical Realism: Still Life of Apple and Red Bottle. I am proud (a) that my mother was willing to let her son teach her something new and (b) that she was willing to do something that is quite scary for many people (try something totally differnt and new).