Bubble feeling!
Yesterday I read a very interesting post by Silvia Tolisano (@langwitches on Twitter) where she explains that as a teacher trying to implement 21st century teaching, you can often feel as you are in your own bubble"floating in a different dimension or even on a completely different planet"! In her post, she refers to a German saying “Allein auf weiter Flur stehen” which means that "one is walking a lonely hallway with no one around or even running away as they see you approach". This is exactly how I often feel in school. I mean, my school is deeply lacking technology but even though, I know that technology is not the only mean to become a 21st century teacher. It is all about sharing and collaborating, which you can do even if you don't have the latest technology at your fingertips. I feel that I am only/ mostly sharing good practice with my wonderful PLN on Twitter, Google Reader, Facebook, now starting on Google Wave, but very rarely in school! Silvia Tolisano along with her Twitter network has created this wonderful picture which exactly describes my feeling at the moment.
So, I have decided to take action and my goal is to set up a collaborative club in my school where teachers can meet and share ideas, resources, good practice.... I need to think about it but I really want to start something so that we feel we are part of a community supporting each other. What about you? How do you feel?
"There are three ways to contribute to this image by adding keywords describing how the inside and outside of YOUR bubble looks like.
- Leave the keywords as a comment on this blog post
- Leave a comment on the image’s Flickr page
- Send a Tweet to @langwitches"
So, I have decided to take action and my goal is to set up a collaborative club in my school where teachers can meet and share ideas, resources, good practice.... I need to think about it but I really want to start something so that we feel we are part of a community supporting each other. What about you? How do you feel?
