"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." WB Yeats
This is viral.
Last week I wrote a little deal about Ten Tips for New Teachers. Far and away my most read blogpost. 1437 views to this point. Woohoo, right? It was fun to read the comments, especially the ones from former students. But this isn’t viral. I’m honored that it was read and well received. But I like to keep things in perspective.
Ten Tips for New Teachers Stats.
The one below these words is viral. Let me use a BIG font.
This is Viral!
Check out the stats on Andre’s tweet. As of this morning, 335,000 likes, 61,000 retweets, and over 1100 comments. If that ain’t viral, especially in the world of education, I don’t know what is. 61,000 retweets? Holy smokes! Her simple and elegant change of words to her students is a masterpiece. “What questions do you have?” Instead of, “Do you have any questions?”
I bet Andre would agree that the point of sharing our thoughts, however, isn’t to generate numbers. The point is to share, learn, and grow with our Professional Learning Network. And to make that happen, one has to take a couple of minutes to set up a twitter account. Here’s how.
We look forward to meeting, sharing, learning, and growing with you. What questions do you have?
Jeff Nelson
Fife School District
Assistant Superintendent:Teaching-Learning-Innovation
39 years as an educator.
16 years teacher
3 years assistant principal
12 years principal
8 years Assistant Superintendent
BA, Washington State University
MAEd, Washington State University
Previous member of AWSP Legislative Committee
Previous member of UW Tacoma PEAB, Administrative Certification
Established and maintained Fife’s first website for 7 years
Present work includes establishing the first Teaching/Learning/Innovation department in the Fife School District. Examples of responsibilities include: teacher/administrator professional development, assessment, TPEP, curriculum/materials review, 24 credit requirement, technology levy leadership, teacher/administrator bargaining.
Initiatives underway in Fife, as a result of new TLI Department: AVID, OER, Curriculum and Materials reviews, Student Perception Pilot with CSTP, Google Expedition
Cofounder of Educational Internet Communications, LLC. Marketed and sold one of the first online grade checking programs in the US. Consulted with Seattle Educational Internet Company for 2 years.
jnelson@fifeschools.com
twitter.com/jeffnelsonTLI
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The Lighting of a Fire 