#YourEduStory: Taking a Peek at Myself

#YourEduStory has presented a good opportunity to look internally and reflect.

By having access to weekly prompts, I was able to think more about my practices and approaches to teaching.  The questions and prompts promoted my own thinking and pushed me to examine my role as a teacher.  

The reflections tended to reinforce that I believe my students are capable of incredible things and that mindful interaction with the students will help get them there.  The questions also revealed that I feel strongly in the approaches that I take to motivate students and promote their learning.  And, of course, new thinking was introduced and re-emphasized that I can always improve.

Some weeks I could not piece together thoughts that I felt would make a cogent blog post.  Those prompts, however, still provoked my thinking and reflection.

The format #YourEduStory provided also exposed me to others’ blogs.  Setting aside time to view their blogs and comment was difficult, but I found the comments made on their blogs stimulated positive interaction. The format was also appealing since the participants were creating the weekly prompts.

Although I only started engaging with #YourEduStory in the later part of 2015, I found it rewarding and worthwhile.  The value of the experience would encourage me to participate again in 2016.

If you have experiences that have provoked reflection on your teaching practice or, if this post has generated some thoughts of your own, please share in the comments. I would appreciate hearing about them.

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This post is inspired by Share #YourEduStory. The prompt from @AppEducationFox was “What has the process of sharing #youredustory taught you? What have you learned? Would you do this again?”