Comments on Notes From McTeach: Sometimes A Great Notion

Wow! That's so much change for one year! And h...

2011-07-21T22:49:47.833-07:00

Wow! That's so much change for one year! And hopefully it will be a good thing for you. I agree that we need to find some way to offer and/or find support during the school year. Perhaps something along the lines of an #edchat once a week or every other week. Hmm...you definitely have me thinking!

Mmm... Is there a hashtag yet #teach+? I am thin...

2011-07-21T16:16:06.265-07:00

Mmm... Is there a hashtag yet #teach+? I am thinking we start one in a couple weeks and garner each others' support in the crowd/teacher-sourcing fashion we do best. :) We are in a tough business right now. There is power in numbers and we need to be strong with and for each other. And, it can be done. Anything is possible. Believe me, I know exactly what you mean.... in the past two-three weeks, we've lost our superintendent, business manager, tech ology coordinator and elementary school principal (small district- 1HS, 1ES). It is going to be a tough year. But, change can be a good thing. #teach+ If Google can harner such benefits from the + sign, maybe we can, too?

Suzie, thank you! I often wonder if anyone reads t...

2011-07-21T08:51:37.722-07:00

Suzie, thank you! I often wonder if anyone reads the posts I write, and having you and Nick comment on this one reaffirms to me the reason I started blogging in the first place. Not only is it to carry on the conversations that, I'm sure you would agree, are vital to the future of education. But it is also a means for me to figure out what I'm doing with my career. Am I making the right choices? Am I doing what's best for my students? For myself? Are there other teachers out there who are going through the same thing I am? Because if there are, then I know I'm not alone. "It's not just me" can be a powerful phrase, don't you think?

Nick has done a wonderful thing in getting us started thinking about the positive parts of our profession. The next question is: How do we keep this going throughout the school year when it is the most challenging to remain positive? How can we help ourselves and other teachers remember to focus on the positive day-in and day-out?

Karen, Great post! Do you ever wonder why someth...

2011-07-21T04:44:36.453-07:00

Karen,

Great post! Do you ever wonder why something so simple can be so hard at times? I have much the same experience when I read through the #schooldidagoodthing hashtag. And, I am one of those people who truly need it from time to time. The end of the school year, prior to ISTE11 was rough for me, both personally and professionally, and honestly, one of the things that helped me most was Kyle Pace's #edumoment hashtag.

Like you, I do my best to create and maintain a positive school and classroom environment. I am in a rural, public school smack-dab in the throws of this education crisis and it is often hard to do. But, we do it. Here, we are learning to deal with change before it even happens and, maybe, just maybe, people will start coming together for the good. Thanks for sharing this simple, but oh so very important, notion.

Thanks for your comment, Nick! And thanks for gett...

2011-07-20T16:58:36.002-07:00

Thanks for your comment, Nick! And thanks for getting this idea started. You definitely have me thinking about my job as a teacher as well as the importance of the career I've chosen.

I'm so excited to read this post. I had no ide...

2011-07-20T10:58:57.751-07:00

I'm so excited to read this post. I had no idea what was going to happen once I started the tag, but I'm glad I did. It is nice to reminded of the great things happening in the classroom every day. Sometimes the simplest things have the biggest impact and I think some of these tweets showed that. Thanks for the post, it made my day.

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- Nick Provenzano