{"id":1209,"date":"2011-04-26T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/poetponders\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:34:01","slug":"about-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/csw\/2011\/04\/26\/about-this-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About This Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People have asked me (okay, two people) what &#8220;Poet Ponders&#8221; is meant to be. What is my purpose? I now will attempt to clarify what makes &#8220;Poet Ponders&#8221; different from my blogs on rhetoric or writing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Poet Ponders Pedagogy&#8221; is meant to address the role technology plays within the science and art of education. This is not a blog for general political rants, thoughts on the latest fiction, or photos of my cats. This blog is a place to explore how teaching and learning are affected by hardware and software. 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