I cannot believe that I have finally mustered the courage to write my first blog post that focuses on my learning. I have been talking about it all year but have kept pushing it out of my mind until today. A fellow teacher, Josh Ray replied to my email the other night and encouraged me to document how excited I am about all that I learned at the Building Learning Communities in Boston
A wonderful presenter at the conference Silvia Tolisano suggested that if teachers want their students to use blogs to document their learning the teachers should document their own learning through a blog. She also asked me point blank if I was going to challenge myself this summer as I read the Documenting 4Learning book for summer PD. A little secret about me that if someone does challenge me I always go for the challenge. The problem is that this challenge seems scarier than most as I am a pretty private and quiet person in a professional setting.
I have been a teacher for thirty years and I am happy to report that I am so excited about learning and starting the school year. I never thought that I would be so excited in year 30 but I am!