Alien Pedagogy

Last year, I led a PLN session for my colleagues. It was not a mandatory meeting. Only a few people showed up. Here’s an update.

At first, I was a little disappointed because it didn’t seem like any of the staff were using their feeders to read educational blogs. However, at the start of the year, I passed on Scott Mcleod’s Push series and educational blogs are now in their feeders.

On top of this, our environmental science teacher is using social bookmarking and RSS feeds to bring current events into his classroom.

It’s a good feeling.

Intrepid Teacher posts here on how/ why teachers (especially literature/ LA) should be posting content online. It’s worth considering.

But aside from the argument, Intrepid Teacher is disappointed that he did not express himself as effectively as he could have. In my opinion, this happens when we do not take the time to practice presenting to a safe audience, which should be our faculty or department.

At my school, we spend quite a bit of time presenting ideas to each other. It’s something all of us should do more than once. What we currently lack is a feedback system.

Have you presented to your faculty? Do you have a feedback system?