Reading the blog titled, "This is Why Teachers Should Blog", I had to ask myself, with all of the advantages that have been mentioned, why am I still apprehensive about blogging? I love learning, so reflecting on what I do and learning from it does not bother me. I like to write, so taking time to jot down ideas about what I have done, (what worked and what didn't) doesn't bother me. I am not stingy and unwilling to share. So why am I nervous about the process of blogging?
As I thought about this, I came to the conclusion that what was holding me back was simply my own insecurity. I have been a stay-at-home mom for 8 years prior to returning to work last year and things have changed dramatically in the world of education in that time. I truly felt like a brand new teacher last year regardless of the many years of experience I have in my field. I am working with professionals that have lots of uninterrupted experience and I feel as though there is not much I can offer them that they don't already know. So blogging, in and of itself, is not the issue for me. It is what others will think about what I write that is hard for me. While pondering my insecurity, I reread the end of the article. The article states, "We need to continuously work to create the culture and environment where sharing is the norm and learning is transparent." Transparent.....why should I be embarrassed that I have learning to do and that not every lesson turns out the way I had hoped or planned?
So, I have come to the conclusion that using lessons that aren't teaching effectively, scraping lessons that could be wonderful with some tweaking and not learning from these lessons would be much more of an embarrassment. So blog number 2, check! Lesson learned! And blog number 3 is soon to come......
