Gratitude for your PLN
Do you have a professional learning network (PLN)?
When you are planning a lesson, thinking about pedagogy, or learning about something new, do you have a group of people you turn to for guidance and support?
It used to be the people who worked in our teaching offices or schools that we would rely on the most. Today, access to social media gives us a much deeper pool of colleagues to draw ideas from. If you have an idea for a lesson, chances are there is someone else online who has done something similar and can help.
So while The Shift has lots of people we rely on in person to bounce ideas off of, we also have a much wider PLN online that we can draw inspiration from.
After June 4th and the #LoveMyHaltonSchool event, it would appear that this is true for many of us! Just how big is the PNL of teachers in Halton? How far does it reach?
Surprisingly, pretty far! There were almost 400 different twitter accounts active on Monday tweeting about why they love working in Halton. All together, they created 1,569 tweets that were seen by 162,000 people! Our messages of love were view over two million times. That’s a huge Professional Learning Network!
Importantly, it benefits our own wellness as educators to express gratitude for the things we love. There is shown to be strong links in positive psychology research between gratitude and improved mental health and happiness. There are even apps that are used to journal and track gratitude on a daily basis! (of course there is...there is an app for everything) So it is important in our working lives to take stock of our Halton schools, staff, students and community. Expressing our appreciation for these things can only make our day to day work easier. So thank YOU Shifters for brightening everyone’s day, and taking the time to share why you #LoveMyHaltonSchool.
When you are planning a lesson, thinking about pedagogy, or learning about something new, do you have a group of people you turn to for guidance and support?
It used to be the people who worked in our teaching offices or schools that we would rely on the most. Today, access to social media gives us a much deeper pool of colleagues to draw ideas from. If you have an idea for a lesson, chances are there is someone else online who has done something similar and can help.
So while The Shift has lots of people we rely on in person to bounce ideas off of, we also have a much wider PLN online that we can draw inspiration from.
After June 4th and the #LoveMyHaltonSchool event, it would appear that this is true for many of us! Just how big is the PNL of teachers in Halton? How far does it reach?
Surprisingly, pretty far! There were almost 400 different twitter accounts active on Monday tweeting about why they love working in Halton. All together, they created 1,569 tweets that were seen by 162,000 people! Our messages of love were view over two million times. That’s a huge Professional Learning Network!
Importantly, it benefits our own wellness as educators to express gratitude for the things we love. There is shown to be strong links in positive psychology research between gratitude and improved mental health and happiness. There are even apps that are used to journal and track gratitude on a daily basis! (of course there is...there is an app for everything) So it is important in our working lives to take stock of our Halton schools, staff, students and community. Expressing our appreciation for these things can only make our day to day work easier. So thank YOU Shifters for brightening everyone’s day, and taking the time to share why you #LoveMyHaltonSchool.
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