I got a comment on my previous post, and I am glad I am not the only one having troubles getting posts out there. I hope I can inspire you to some more posting as well, Malyn. These are the lines that got my inspiration going:
"Incidentally, if you haven't yet, i encourage you to read that last post on "Follow your bliss" as it might just fire you up some more to keep blogging as a way to create, challenge and connect."
And, yes, it did actually - maybe because I have read some other posts over the last week about the passion for blogging, tweeting and connecting. And the passion for being a part of changing education and the circumstances around teaching and learning. The first one is written by Shelly Terell, and she also includes an audio with her keynote from a conference in Plymouth.
"Twitter, Facebook, and blogs are tools and I know that I have used these tools effectively to collaborate and connect with teachers worldwide./.../ I use social media tools to share a human experience of reaching out to others and make meaningful connections. I have been able in the last two years to do amazing things I would have never been able to do as effectively without these tools ..."
Shelly Terell, Two: The Power of Educators on Social Networks, 29.04.2011 on Teacher Reboot Camp.
I really find it inspiring how passionate Shelly Terell is talking about her beliefs when it comes to using social media in improving the conditions for teachers and students world wide.
I think a lot about how it will be this fall, when I after a few years off the teaching job get to go back in the classroom. I hope I can bring some of Shelly's passion with me into the classroom and that I will be able to use my own, my students' and my colleagues' passion to get the best learning possible going. I also hope that I can make use of all my newly acquiered knowledge and that I have the sense to take one step at a time.
I would like to finish with a few lines from another post about the power of passion:
"From my own experience, I have known that passion has been a key to my own career. Through that experience of being able to find my own passion, I feel it is essential that I give students and staff the opportunity to find that passion in themselves. /.../ Passion is the game-changer in education and if we can have more of this in the field of education, we will be better off both in school, and in life. The more people that follow their passions and do great things, the better off we are all as a society."
George, The Power of Passion, 30.04.2011 on The Principal of Change.
Be passionate!
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