Twitter #edchatnz talk tonight

Sore throat, dead on my feet but twitter chat on collaboration calls me in.  Thanks #edchatnz

Topic of the night

So many succinct ideas that make you really think.  I want to bottle the ideas and drag my colleagues into these kicking and screaming.  Could twitter be something I introduce to staff?

hmmmm - Did it at my last school before we headed off to Ulearn ( whole staff there which was amazing) They used it sparingly while we were there to collaborate on shared docs and the occasional where are you and since then none have continued ) Never mind.

I guess the next reasonable step is to somehow engage them in discussions from what I hear gong on and let them go there if they want to.  Opening doors and giving possibilities.  I see some that are keen to open the door and see what's out there in the collaborative sphere.

But I LOVED the challenge and how @missDtheteacher challenges statements and makes us dig deeper ( in such a positive way)

and then

ahhhh

Fabulous night gaining insight into why I'm thinking like I'm thinking.  

Next day was the move into our newly renovated spaces and the next step in collaboration with teachers to enable a more collaborative learning environment for all.  

Continually impressed- twitterific!

I have to confess, when things get busy and I feel overloaded with the everyday tasks of a mother, wife, classroom teacher and Deputy Principal, Twitter falls off.

I feel like I don't miss it yet when I get back I realise how much I love it.  I love the variety, the enthusiasm and the constant stream of links that allow me to venture into things I didn't know I needed.

So thanks Twitter ( and those who know who they are from the favourites and replies).. you have to be my first post of this blog that has been looming for sometimes and I have been resisting the job. There are so many posts to come as my brain is bulging with ideas that I need to see be more than ideas. I am constantly inspired by the stunning bloggers surrounding us.

so... I plan to document my findings when I shift the lens and explore past what's most pressing to do to get through the next day to what's most pressing in the bigger picture.