The term learner would be an accurate to describe me. My curiosity still spurs excitement and the quest to know more. I have been that way for as long as I remember, and I think it helps me to relate to my 4th grade students. We end up on a learning and sharing journey together.
I often remind them of my wish to have had YouTube and Google growing up. Would I have learned to knit mittens? Fix an engine? Paint or build a swing? I wonder how differently my life would have turned out if I could have relied on my own questions and hobbies to learn how to do things AND share with with others.
I use Twitter for this in my professional life. I have met so many other educators looking for a place to learn and share. It all happens like magic. I finish a Twitter chat and my mind is racing with new things. I can't wait to look at the many new tabs I have opened during the chat that were suggested by others. (That's another thing about me-I often have 20-30 tabs open at a time on my computer...I never know when I might need to go back and look at something! Even my students laugh about that.)
Being a teacher doesn't mean I have all the knowledge. It means I find tools for students to use in their learning, but they are in charge of it!
So, I'm using this blog to track all kinds of my learning. Past, present, future. Looking forward to this adventure.
I often remind them of my wish to have had YouTube and Google growing up. Would I have learned to knit mittens? Fix an engine? Paint or build a swing? I wonder how differently my life would have turned out if I could have relied on my own questions and hobbies to learn how to do things AND share with with others.
I use Twitter for this in my professional life. I have met so many other educators looking for a place to learn and share. It all happens like magic. I finish a Twitter chat and my mind is racing with new things. I can't wait to look at the many new tabs I have opened during the chat that were suggested by others. (That's another thing about me-I often have 20-30 tabs open at a time on my computer...I never know when I might need to go back and look at something! Even my students laugh about that.)
Being a teacher doesn't mean I have all the knowledge. It means I find tools for students to use in their learning, but they are in charge of it!
So, I'm using this blog to track all kinds of my learning. Past, present, future. Looking forward to this adventure.
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