My brain is feeling a little tired tonight. More than a little inspired though. I attended my very first educamp today. #educamprotovegas. A room of such amazing talent. I was so inspired.
A network of professional learning partners - in the form of Twitter, or face-to-face - is so incredibly powerful. Such power to change, to motivate, to support, to learn. There is truly nothing else that comes close.
I put my hand up at the end of last year to run our region's Year 4-8 Teachers PLN. It's a little daunting, but I'm also dreadfully excited. I ran this same group a couple of years ago and hadn't yet experienced the power and beauty of a great PLN, but this time will be different. Connecting with my neighbouring colleagues is something I've always been passionate about. We share a common catchment of students, experience a lot of the same hardships, challenges, celebrations and successes. Who better to meet with on a regular basis and hash things out? What untapped talent is lurking just below the surface in our group? I am dying to find out.
Attending #educamprotovegas today gave me a lot of ideas of how to establish, support and grow this PLN baby, to nurture it into a strong connected group of like-minded educators with a passion for making a difference and collaborating for the goal of student success. Top of my to-do list is providing a warm and inviting environment for us to meet in - my classroom (best I get tidying!!), establishing a sense of mutual trust and respect, giving opportunities for everyone to share (or to just listen if that is what they need), good food (a must-have in my book!) and hot coffee. It will be our first meeting of the year and I want everyone to leave the room as I left educamp today... wanting more.
More connectedness, more learning, more collaboration. More.
Did I mention that I was excited? Inspired? I am.
As a side note... to all those I met today face-to-face at #educamprotovegas - you inspire me daily on Twitter and you have now inspired me in real life. I was in awe of the talent and sheer passion that exuded from the room. Thank you.
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