The first post was 6 September 2016 and since then I've been writing usually fortnightly, sometimes weekly and sometimes monthly! The topics have been varied and are usually motivated by school visits -seeing science in action and thinking what I've seen or discussed might be helpful to others. I really do see this blog as a support for New Zealand teachers and I hope it does achieve that. Mind you, there are 1200 views of the post from Russia, so you never know! I'm waiting for an invitation to attend some science education conference in Moscow!
The blog started because I was told to (no, really!). We were all told to start twitter accounts too but I just don't like twitter... I've tried but it's just not my cup of tea! I hoped that I had something to say that could support teachers and principals in places that I may never visit and that has continued to be my singular vision. I did make a decision at the beginning that this wasn't about scoring schools for PLD and in today's marketplace atmosphere, that's getting harder and harder. I actually enjoy writing the posts and the sort of randomness of the topics, although I've had the odd little series. Topics grow from school visits and start as a seed before being written up. The odd time I've had two or three on the go at once (usually the series posts) but all get written, saved and reread and then published very carefully with mistakes in -which continues to wind me up... after all I read the things several times!
I want to simply thank all of you who take time out to read my posts. I realise how busy a teacher's day is, how much you all try to squeeze in and reading my post takes you away from all the other items on the to do list! I know I can tend to ramble and that my sense of humour isn't for everyone but readership continues to grow... slowly, but it is growing!
I want to send a bigger thank you to those of you who take the time to comment. A few of you regularly share a thought (here's looking at you Debbie, Alison, Tim and Di!) and I can't say enough how grateful I am for those responses. It can be a lonely job at times and I really have no idea whether the posts are useful or helpful and a quick comment is fantastic. My fervent dream is that there would be space here for discussions -it was one of the reasons I started the Facebook page. It's yet to happen, but it doesn't really seem to happen on other blogs either!
I've set up a form for people to share their thoughts regarding the blog here. It's relatively short and your input would be valued.
So once again thank you all you wonderful people!
Thanks Leanne -good to hear!
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