tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post3324581870269303211..comments2024-02-19T13:57:50.195+05:30Comments on Tech Transformation: Moving ForwardMaggie Hos-McGranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06906722339671067160noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-58518409991876584652011-11-26T17:29:15.142+05:302011-11-26T17:29:15.142+05:30Eileen and Edna, I've thought more about these...Eileen and Edna, I've thought more about these comments and I definitely agree. It's important to do whatever we can to create a culture of learning wherever we are, and I can see many teachers creating this culture in their own classrooms.Maggie Hos-McGranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906722339671067160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-61798255148763667552011-11-26T03:54:30.395+05:302011-11-26T03:54:30.395+05:30Edna and Mary Ann, it's a pleasure to connect ...Edna and Mary Ann, it's a pleasure to connect with the two of you. I truly believe it is the fact that I have been blogging, putting down my thoughts and so on that has led me to this point in my life. I know that I have made and am making a difference in my school and with our teachers, but I also know that I need to grow more myself and I cannot do this where I am now. I'm in a scary place right now as I'm really stepping out of my comfort zone, but I hope that new opportunities will come along. I can stay safe and unfulfilled, or I can actually do something about this feeling and change something and hope for something better. This is the first time in many years, with our daughter leaving home and going to university next summer, that I will be able to make a choice for myself. In some ways this is very liberating, in others terrifying! Edna, I too feel that although we have never met, I know you (and your school) very well. This is the power of technology I guess,and it's exciting to see the transformation that it is bringing to our lives.Maggie Hos-McGranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906722339671067160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-51815026926643705182011-11-26T03:43:54.229+05:302011-11-26T03:43:54.229+05:30Wonderful post, Maggie. You echo so many of my own...Wonderful post, Maggie. You echo so many of my own thoughts, and I find that so encouraging. I'm a big fan of Edna's too!<br /><br />I work with a number of homeroom teachers who are open to trying new things, and we learn together from our mistakes and successes.<br /><br />I know I annoy & pester in collaborative planning meetings because I've been thanked by open minded colleagues for doing just that. Some days I find the struggle disheartening, but most days there is hope when I see individual teachers moving away from their usual approach to try something new. I try to be there to support them, since those are the times that I love my job the most.<br /><br />When you find that school, I want to come work there too! In the meantime, I will continue to work with teachers who want to create that school one classroom at a time.<br /><br />EileenEileen Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593476790164634825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-22982915728679001422011-11-26T03:19:28.794+05:302011-11-26T03:19:28.794+05:30Maggie, we too have never met but there must be so...Maggie, we too have never met but there must be something about 30 years of work that creates kindred spirits. I too am dabbling in the uncertainty of: what's next. What do I want to do.<br /><br />I hope you will continue to post as you make your way through. You may well be a guide I need about now.<br /><br />Thanks.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-64993350530013620142011-11-26T03:13:23.367+05:302011-11-26T03:13:23.367+05:30Wow,Maggie, I am just catching up on my reader (ne...Wow,Maggie, I am just catching up on my reader (never going to happen) and discovered this post. <br />I wish you were coming to work at my school next. Whatever you do, wherever you go though, this is what I have discovered (in regard to your 3 points at the end) You can rattle the cage (even quietly) and make a difference wherever you are. You can help create a culture of learning, even if the whole school doesn't have a uniform vision. Relationships and trust are key, I agree, but we do have power to create and build our own. Good luck and I really hope to meet you some day (although it feels as if we have met already).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com