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Storytelling Why bother sharing? #28daysofwriting by Stephen Lockyer · 13 hours ago There are 40 teaching periods in my school timetable, so in the whole school, 320 lessons are taught a week, making almost 10,000 separate lessons a year. That's an amazing amount of energy spent in teaching and learning, and if you are a teacher of any calibre, there are going to be a few original ideas in there. When Peps and co told me about their vision for Staffrm a year ago, it was exactly what I'd been wishing for. I love blogs, and love the format, but there was a sheen to them which I felt put some people off - as if the ideas had to only be published fully formed and successful. I real little blogs about experiments, failure in the classroom and genuine risk taking. It was like we as a profession were encouraging these things from our pupils, but had too much misplaced professional pride to show our own experiments. I told the Staffrm team that my dream was to try something in my first lesson, and be able to quickly rattle out a Staffrm story in my break time. I've tried where possible to do that. I've posted in a queue at the bank, at break time frequently and once even in my school Staffrm. I nicknamed it fly pedagogy, because it was pedagogy sharing in the style of telling a colleague in the Staffroom, rather than presenting at an inset or Teachmeet. Both are valid experiences, but a lot of what I write about are half-formed trials, experiments, sometimes just thoughts. Poor ones at that. I have my fair share of fails, and I try to share these too, when I have the courage to. So, why do the #28daysofwriting challenge? Put it this way, why not? You must do something unique and worth sharing every day. Skip pudding and write a Staffrm post instead. Take a photo every day. At the very least, you'll have 28 photos to look back on. You can always blog about non school things too, as well as sharing thoughts, ideas and challenges. Many of my teaching ideas come from random musings, interesting shops and chats with non-teaching friends. Share inspiration, perspiration, frustration and maybe even a meditation. I love reading the Staffrm stories as there is just such a variety of subjects, skills and experiences on offer. Dive in! Sign In Join Staffrm 6 2 148
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StorytellingWhy bother sharing?
#28daysofwriting
by Stephen Lockyer · 13 hours ago
There are 40 teaching periods in my school timetable, so in the whole school, 320lessons are taught a week, making almost 10,000 separate lessons a year. That's anamazing amount of energy spent in teaching and learning, and if you are a teacher ofany calibre, there are going to be a few original ideas in there.
When Peps and co told me about their vision for Staffrm a year ago, it was exactlywhat I'd been wishing for. I love blogs, and love the format, but there was a sheen tothem which I felt put some people off - as if the ideas had to only be published fullyformed and successful. I real little blogs about experiments, failure in the classroomand genuine risk taking. It was like we as a profession were encouraging these thingsfrom our pupils, but had too much misplaced professional pride to show our ownexperiments.
I told the Staffrm team that my dream was to try something in my first lesson, and beable to quickly rattle out a Staffrm story in my break time. I've tried where possible todo that. I've posted in a queue at the bank, at break time frequently and once even inmy school Staffrm. I nicknamed it fly pedagogy, because it was pedagogy sharing inthe style of telling a colleague in the Staffroom, rather than presenting at an inset orTeachmeet. Both are valid experiences, but a lot of what I write about are half-formedtrials, experiments, sometimes just thoughts. Poor ones at that. I have my fair share offails, and I try to share these too, when I have the courage to.
So, why do the #28daysofwriting challenge? Put it this way, why not? You must dosomething unique and worth sharing every day. Skip pudding and write a Staffrm postinstead. Take a photo every day. At the very least, you'll have 28 photos to look backon.
You can always blog about non school things too, as well as sharing thoughts, ideasand challenges. Many of my teaching ideas come from random musings, interestingshops and chats with non-teaching friends. Share inspiration, perspiration, frustrationand maybe even a meditation. I love reading the Staffrm stories as there is just such avariety of subjects, skills and experiences on offer. Dive in!
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Pete Good ・12 hours agoLove this Stephen. You have summed up why this format is so powerful. I love Staffrm for the verysame reasons. In fact, in this post you have written the story I have been planning for the past fewdays. :o)
Abigail Mann ・12 hours agoIf this doesn't encourage people to blog on Staffrm, I don't know what will. Nice to see that it's ok tomake mistakes!
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