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I’m really excited that I will be teaching four different  classes this semester at Front Range Community College. In the past I’ve only taught two classes at any particular time, so this is going to be a challenge. Fortunately I’m passionate about all the subjects. Tuesday evenings  I’ll be teaching sound design, Thursday morning I’ll be teaching Video editing I useing Final Cut Pro, Friday afternoon it’s Music Technology and Recording, and I wrap-up the week with Photoshop I on Saturday afternoons. While this adds up to about 14 and a half hours in the classroom, throw in a 30 minute commute each way and class preparation, the actual time I spend on the classes ends up almost being a full-time job. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite pay like a full-time job. But in today’s economy any job is a good one in my book.
There is always the argument that those that can’t do, teach. I, of course, have to disagree, I’m still running my video and web business in addition to teaching and when you run your own business there is really no time-off. so I’m essentially doing two full time jobs. And still try to find some time to do some fun stuff like making music and DJing in Second Life.
Speaking of Second Life the college does own a  space there, and a group of us are exploriing ways to utilize virtual worlds for education. This is a rich area and I’m really excited to be a part of it…in my spare time.