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Fear of Missing Out…
Fear of being left out…
Fear of being left behind…
As an educator, do we need to feel this fear? Do we need to feel a drive for growth? Now, maybe fear is not the greatest motivator. So how might we rephrase this:
Desire to be on the leading edge…
Desire to be a part of community…
Desire to be leading the change we want to see in our classrooms and schools…
There, that sounds better! And this is indeed what @ddoucet just wrote about, and inspired me to write about š Because this is the transformation that many of our cohort are writing about: moving from fear to desireĀ … Just take a look at some of these blogs from:
@clovrics: New Ideas, Fresh Ideas and Changed Ideas
@blng: Teacher as Role Model
@mjohn: Cooking Up a New Idea
None of us are experts, all of us are empowered by what we don’t yet know. I’ve written about how my son has F.A.I.Led, and others are writing about how, through Cohort 21, they know how their students feel.Ā Check out what @mjohn writes about her students:
These childrenĀ inspire me daily (as well as make we want to pull my hair out from time to time) with their perseveranceĀ and their trustĀ that some day we adults will figure out how to help them learn best. They are all amazing, wonderful, creative, and intelligent human beings who have often spent most of their time at school failing. To me this is a tragedy, and it is what motivates me to find other ways to help them learn.
These posts, and all the others from this year’s Cohort have sparked excitement in each other, and in our alumni. This is the beginning of a great journey! Where will it take you?
It’s all about the positive framing! So many great shout outs here. I feel the love.
Love it! So true – that’s what I’ve wanted from the very beginning, mostly because of my disengagement as a student in high school. Until Grade 11, when Jackie Balleny (@jballeny) showed me it could all be done differently when studying Winter Ecology. That experience is what started my journey toward education as a career and the desire to make learning more engaging! Crazy thing was – after years of no contact – she was in the back of the room at my GAFE presentation in Toronto! We owe it to our students and ourselves.