Comments on: 2010: The Year of the Lutheran Teacher http://lutheraneducators.com/2010/01/06/2010-the-year-of-the-lutheran-teacher/ Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Coachburk http://lutheraneducators.com/2010/01/06/2010-the-year-of-the-lutheran-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Coachburk Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:40:02 +0000 http://lutheraneducators.com/?p=399#comment-35 On Liz Davis' latest blog she talks about 10 tips (http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2010/01/10-tips-for-beginning-bloggers.html) for beginning bloggers. What I liked was in her opening paragraph: <blockquote> "I started blogging in 2006 and it has been some of the best professional development for me that I have ever done. Blogging forces me to think, reflect and write about my experiences. Blogging helps me retain my learning and connects me to others who help and support me in my endeavors."</blockquote> On Liz Davis’ latest blog she talks about 10 tips (http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2010/01/10-tips-for-beginning-bloggers.html) for beginning bloggers. What I liked was in her opening paragraph:

“I started blogging in 2006 and it has been some of the best professional development for me that I have ever done. Blogging forces me to think, reflect and write about my experiences. Blogging helps me retain my learning and connects me to others who help and support me in my endeavors.”

]]> By: Coachburk http://lutheraneducators.com/2010/01/06/2010-the-year-of-the-lutheran-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Coachburk Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:01:50 +0000 http://lutheraneducators.com/?p=399#comment-29 I wouldn't put myself in the same class as Dave or Rob. Both of them have been influential in my own learning and growing process. I have been in Lutheran schools since Kindergarten and I do believe I owe to give back to the system, as little as my giving may be. I just hope to plant seeds and as Dave will say, "we just need to be faithful." I will let God do the work (since he is the one who does the work anyways. :) ) You are correct in the fact that you do not have to have the "gift" to be able to learn and motivate others. Some of the biggest challenges I face in my school is changing attitudes. But, in the three years I have been here, I think we have made great strides. We are very "green" when it comes to newsletters. We use an online grading program that parents can check their child's homework grades. We actually have something up as a website. Which working with what I have to use, I am trying to improve it and make it accessible and nice looking to potential parents. With a little help from useful people and A LOT of Prayers, I hope we can stop the slide of losing students in Lutheran Schools. I wouldn’t put myself in the same class as Dave or Rob. Both of them have been influential in my own learning and growing process. I have been in Lutheran schools since Kindergarten and I do believe I owe to give back to the system, as little as my giving may be. I just hope to plant seeds and as Dave will say, “we just need to be faithful.” I will let God do the work (since he is the one who does the work anyways. :) )

You are correct in the fact that you do not have to have the “gift” to be able to learn and motivate others. Some of the biggest challenges I face in my school is changing attitudes. But, in the three years I have been here, I think we have made great strides. We are very “green” when it comes to newsletters. We use an online grading program that parents can check their child’s homework grades. We actually have something up as a website. Which working with what I have to use, I am trying to improve it and make it accessible and nice looking to potential parents.

With a little help from useful people and A LOT of Prayers, I hope we can stop the slide of losing students in Lutheran Schools.

]]> By: Wendy http://lutheraneducators.com/2010/01/06/2010-the-year-of-the-lutheran-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Wendy Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:15:06 +0000 http://lutheraneducators.com/?p=399#comment-27 Prayer is obviously the strongest "tool" we have. I would like to think that all of us use that on a daily basis. PLNs makes a lot of sense, but it means re-educating ourselves and our collegues. PLN is a relatively new "buzz word" or terminology. I had one started before I knew what I had. :o) PLNs take time (in short commodity for most Lutheran educators)and sound somewhat intimidating for others. Dave Black has been of enormous help to me in the past few years and through him I have been following Rob Jacklin and you. That does not include the non-Lutheran educators I have been following. I am nowhere near the level of you guys but if everyone would take things one step at a time we can be at a place that will be of most benefit to our children and will help prepare them for the world they live in. This does not take having a "gift" for technology - just a willingness. Don't know what the answer to this is, but I do know this: We cannot rest forever on our reputation for doing things well, if we do not keep up with the times. Prayer is obviously the strongest “tool” we have. I would like to think that all of us use that on a daily basis.

PLNs makes a lot of sense, but it means re-educating ourselves and our collegues. PLN is a relatively new “buzz word” or terminology. I had one started before I knew what I had. :o ) PLNs take time (in short commodity for most Lutheran educators)and sound somewhat intimidating for others. Dave Black has been of enormous help to me in the past few years and through him I have been following Rob Jacklin and you. That does not include the non-Lutheran educators I have been following. I am nowhere near the level of you guys but if everyone would take things one step at a time we can be at a place that will be of most benefit to our children and will help prepare them for the world they live in. This does not take having a “gift” for technology – just a willingness.

Don’t know what the answer to this is, but I do know this: We cannot rest forever on our reputation for doing things well, if we do not keep up with the times.

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