My inspiration, The Fischbowl, is a wonderful example of faculty interaction. I think several of us at NLC need this kind of interaction, and while opportunities do exist I think several of us bypass those officially-sanctioned opportunities for the same reasons I often do:
- Incompatible scheduling
- Dislike of time-wasting meeting "stuff" -- agendas, rants, descriptions of someone's daughter's birthday
- Discussion limited to a specific topic
- Inability to have a lengthy dialog on a topic due to time constraints
- Would really rather be at home, surfing while watching CSI Miami. (aka "multi-tasking.")
The Teaching-Learning Team didn't make it through the meeting agenda, so I didn't get to address the question to the group as a whole. I did ask two highly articulate team members what they thought of the idea while we walked down the hallway.
Silly me, expecting enthusiasm for assigning writing homework!! Any English teacher could have set me straight. Reflection . . . is that really something teachers should do? After a five-minute sales pitch I let these unenlightened souls vanish down the hallway. They're obviously not ready for this transcendental experience.
I still feel in my gut that blogging is a great way to foster communication, so I'm starting this blog without my compadres. For now I'll have to do what bloggers everywhere do:
Talk to myself.
4 comments:
Alrighty then, I think I was in on the initial question posed about this and thought it was a great idea. For me personally, I don't consider myself a blogger and have typically viewed it as time consuming because I thought every post would need a response. I firmly believe faculty need to be communicating more with eachother! I think this is a great opportunity you have created and it just takes one to start the ripple. Enlightened and Exhausted both start with "E" :)
I'll use this forum as an escape from grading, entering grades late at night, or responding to student emails sent during the wee hours of the morning. My first post was written with more polish, somehow I lost it setting up my account.
Okay already, I've tried to post twice now. So this attempt will be super short, Great Idea!
Are these responses coming to you first for approval?
HUMPH!
Sonya, I didn't realize I had comment moderation turned on. It's off now, so you should see your comments as soon as you post them.
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