About getting my own domain and hosting, my fear is that to ask permission is to seek denial. But I’m sure the district office’s ears will be at full attention when they hear that I’m at the helm of any technology on campus. I’ve made some suggestions over the last few years that have not been warmly received. And to set that up without telling anyone about it might be seen as disrespectful.

Anyhow, you’re right that I should create a site for all this. Since it won’t be associated with the main school site, I don’t think I’ll have to abide by any rules or regulations or restrictions. However, because of all that, I’ll almost certainly have to pay for it all myself. I’ll be saving receipts for the tax write off.

But I’ll only be able to do this once I figure out the best way to avoid raising any alarms. Political savvy has never been my strong suit. I usually just do what needs to be done and those that don’t like it be damned.

I believe that Tom Woodward is doing a separate site for his middle school teachers at http://www.byrdmiddle.org if you haven’t seen it yet. He did exactly what you were talking about, with a blog, tagged bookmarks, and a space for his teachers’ classroom blogs.