Teaching Thought 106

Teaching Thought #106

The third most effective way for me to offer my own PD: blogging. Writing is a great way to work with your thoughts and reflect. What’s wrong with that. Even if no one every reads your blog, it’s still vital for improving your craft.

How often do we reflect on what we do? What if you blogged for 30 minutes at the end of the day about just one class?

I don’t have time.

Right. Sure you don’t.

I bet you spend 30 minutes texting or on social media at least every day. And you can’t trim from that? Pulease.

What if you blogged for 30 minutes – just once a week, say Sunday night – about a new thing you’d like to try in your class. Then the next Sunday night, what if you blogged again for 30 minutes about how it went once you tried that new thing in class?

What if you blogged for 20 minutes one morning about something interesting that you came across on Twitter?

What if you blogged about something remarkable you saw a student doing?

What if took a stroll through the halls during your prep, peeping into the classrooms of other teachers as you walked down the hall, and then when you got back to your room, what if you blogged about the stuff you saw? What did the students look like? How did the teachers use the first 20 minutes of class? Who was lecturing? Who was showing a video or presentation? Who was using Nearpod or Peardeck? Who had music playing? Who just began class? Who had the most engaged students?

What if you just typed up one nice thing to share with your department or another colleague?

What if . . .?