Sunday, January 19, 2014

Playdate

I'm still not a blogger, but every once in awhile I need to get my thoughts out to share with my colleagues and just get them out of myself.  I attended my first Playdate yesterday and this is my first blog since I've been on Twitter for awhile now.  At Playdate I gained new Twitter followers and I actually met some people that I've been following on Twitter!  It was so much fun.  My Stop Comparing! title that I had forgotten about is even more appropriate.  Even though many people at the Playdate are much more advanced in their knowledge and use of technology, comparing myself to them would do me no good.  And they did not treat me as if I didn't belong.  I was even a facilitator (at the prodding of my Tech. Coordinator) and made it through that experience learning what to do better next time and happy that I took the chance and happy that the participants got some ideas and added to the discussion. 

My main goal in this blog post is to encourage my Joliet colleagues to realize that wherever they are in technology, they need to stop comparing, stop feeling stupid, stop feeling pressured.  Nobody is pressuring them.  The pressure is self-imposed.  The pressure is imposed by the changing world, not by their peers or their bosses.  When we embrace the technology and the fun and the technology when it makes sense, we will stop feeling stupid and stop feeling pressured.  The Playdate was teachers sharing with teachers--nothing more, nothing less.  I really hope that we can start to do some things like this in Joliet.  We are having "tracks" at our February SIP day. I hope that can be the start of teachers sharing with teachers.  I know the Technology department is passionate about helping us and helping us to help each other.  I really want to be a part of that movement and I know there are teachers out there doing fantastic things and I want to learn from you.  Please consider sharing and not comparing. 



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