Well, today was a first for me. Today I received my first actual comment (from an adult) to a blog I posted. Thank you. It was thoughtful and helpful AND it has inspired me to both post this as well as begin to think about my next post. Who know, someone might read it too :-) PS. Thanks to my twitter friend for sharing my blog link (and commenting on twitter). Interesting to note the connection between twitter followers and encouragement to think and write. Hmmmm?
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This is Connected Educator month #ce14 - I struggle with blogging or journaling of any kind. I am not sure why. Possibly because I don't value my own thoughts and beliefs or I don't think others will. It might be that, while I value my thoughts, I struggle with sharing something that is not eloquent or thoroughly thought out and written with skill. Maybe it is because I don't want to share - I am typically a private person - always willing to listen and/or help someone else but usually keeping my thoughts and struggles to myself (for fear of looking weak or sounding like a whiner looking for pity). The cynical and rational person that I find myself to be convinces me that there are so many other blogs or twitter posts worth reading so why share mine to "add to the noise". Then I read some of these "experts" among the twitter folk that I follow and the blogs and articles that I read and I think that I am experiencing much the same or have thoughts or experiences that might just help or inspire someone too. Then the doubt of value returns and I choose to be a reader if others' thoughts but seldom a sharer of my own. So how to overcome this struggle? I'm not sure. I read many awesome twitter posts and connected articles. I retweet many and sometime add my own thoughts - in a few characters. I try to add relavent hashtags, hoping to find someone who might value from the insights. I might even try to blog :-) - whatever that will mean or look like. I might add thoughts or reflections from my class or from the books and articles I'm reading or share excerpts from the book I've been trying to write (I get so many requests to write a book about my thoughts and beliefs about how to inspire kids by parents and others) but it's been a bit hard to get past the prologue. I guess I'll start by sharing this blog post on twitter and see if anyone reads it. |
CategoriesJames KlassenI am a teacher. I have held various teaching positions, mostly in Abbotsford, BC, Canada, since 1987. I believe that teachers have the opportunity to inspire deep and meaningful learning and that all learners create their knowledge in ways that are connected to their interests and within their social context. I have observed many waves of educational "reform" come and go and remain hopeful that schools will be transformed into places where all learners desire to be creators and consumers of knowledge and that, together, each member of this community will become prepared to face their world in both skills and attitudes. |