This is not my first blog but it is my first “open” professional blog. I’m writing as myself and not as anonymous and not as merely an announcer of events. I feel like my next line should go something like, “My name is Jenny and I’m a closet blogger.”

I’m the elementary school principal at the American International School – Riyadh (AIS-R) and if it weren’t for Alec Couros and his brother George (who really doesn’t even know I exist, until maybe now), I’m not so sure I’d be a principal or writing this post.  Thanks to George ‘s blog (which I started reading maybe nearly 5 years ago) and his thinking out loud, I was motivated and inspired to take a leadership role after 10 years as a teacher.  Thanks to a serendipitous meeting with Alec at the recent NESA Fall Leadership conference in Dubai, I was motivated and inspired to open myself to an online identity.  Alec, (in a very silent way) also helped me realize that although the space of an online professional network is vast, there is no room for leeches. So, thank you to these two brothers, from the opposite side of the world, for giving me courage from afar.

I hope that this blog and my Twitter are worth a following. Right now,  jumping in and giving the unknown a whirl is a bit scary.  Stay posted.