Learning as a Way of Teaching

In a recent post, I mentioned how I would like to read some blogs of teachers who are not technology teachers.  And to my pleasant surprise, I got a comment.  A real, honest to goodness comment.  All of the comments I have received so far are from students that I have forced and friends who have felt sorry for my comment-less blogging so far.

Graham came to my rescue by offering some places to start looking.  One blog led to another and the next thing you know, I have more feeds in my aggregator than I could possible shake a stick at.  If information overload never knocked on my door, today was the day I met it.

And then it struck me.  Who says that the only people I teach walk the halls of my school building?  Is it possible now for me to say that I teach the world?  I think I can.  Through Teen Talk, I can teach 8th graders in Malaysia.  Through the Wiki Mentoring Project, I can teach 4th graders and high school students here in my hometown.

And what about professional development?  Why do I have to wait for workshops to come to a big city near me?  Why do I have to pour over book titles at a mega bookstore?  Do I really have to go further into debt so I can take college classes?  Who has the time for that?

I learn from the best 2.0 has to offer without having to leave my house.  My news aggregator brings in more information I can handle.  My ideas can be shared with the world, and even commented by teachers in and out of my field.  I grow as I learn from others and them from me.  That is what 2.0 does for me, and I am swimming in the flood with a big smile on my face.

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