Typealyzed?

This was kind of a wacky happenstance as I was investigating a blog I heard about through Wordle on Diigo. The guy is a tech person in Texas and found the Typealyzer which will analyse your blog and tell what type of personality is the author. Apparently, I am a mechanic:



"The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts. The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters. "



Maybe this is true on a number of levels. The adventure and the risk I have chosen is to leave my real field of expertise, Middle School Language Arts and Social Studies, and jump into the challenge of trying to encourage my fellow teachers to take a leap of faith to utilize more tech in their classrooms. I am looking forward to returning in January (Ok, that sounds REALLY weird as I am not on break yet for Christmas) and introduce the idea of 21st century skills as being our real challenge. Critical Thinking, synthesis, analysing, creating, collaborating and storytelling are REALLY the things we need to work on. I am hoping that we can help create the connection of engagement by utilizing at least some technology. Once we use it, I know that there will be some enthusiasm on the faculty 's part.

So, maybe I am a mechanic, but right now I feel like I am trying to instigate some action that will ultimately result in setting a new path. This may , in fact, result in conflicts, but I hope note. Seth Rodin would call me a "heretic". That's my real goal.