As it is often the case when you come back from a conference, my head is spinning : it’s full of ideas! I just spent three days at the ECOO conference in Niagara Falls. Good ideas, excellent resources and, of course, incredible networking!
What do I take back from ECOO?
What do I take back from ECOO?
And much more … just look up this hashtag #bit14!
But, one of the riches moment of the ECOO conference for me : finding my blogging niche … well, I think I found it! You know what a niche is? In the spring, I ventured into the blogging world. I didn’t know exactly what to write about, but I knew I had to write ... at least that’s what I read in many different blogs about blogging! So blogging, here I come! Since then, I have written many different blog posts, but I feel I have not found my niche. I know what I don’t want my blog to be : I don’t want my blog to be a list of tools. Yes, I can, and I do, from time to time, propose the use of certain tools, but I didn’t want technological tools to be the focus of my blog. Until now, I believe my passion for continuous learning and the learning I have experienced with my children have been the biggest source of inspiration for my blog posts. But again, I find/found that I did not find my niche. At the ECOO conference, listening to one of the keynote speakers, eurêka! ... I think! …
In one of his workshops, DJ Cunningham, who has a very interesting life story to share, mentioned many times the connection made on an emotional level with his Grade 9 English teacher. Then, in the conference closing keynote, George Couros, whose blog was a big influence in the push to start my own blog, talked about the importance of the connection to the heart.
But, one of the riches moment of the ECOO conference for me : finding my blogging niche … well, I think I found it! You know what a niche is? In the spring, I ventured into the blogging world. I didn’t know exactly what to write about, but I knew I had to write ... at least that’s what I read in many different blogs about blogging! So blogging, here I come! Since then, I have written many different blog posts, but I feel I have not found my niche. I know what I don’t want my blog to be : I don’t want my blog to be a list of tools. Yes, I can, and I do, from time to time, propose the use of certain tools, but I didn’t want technological tools to be the focus of my blog. Until now, I believe my passion for continuous learning and the learning I have experienced with my children have been the biggest source of inspiration for my blog posts. But again, I find/found that I did not find my niche. At the ECOO conference, listening to one of the keynote speakers, eurêka! ... I think! …
In one of his workshops, DJ Cunningham, who has a very interesting life story to share, mentioned many times the connection made on an emotional level with his Grade 9 English teacher. Then, in the conference closing keynote, George Couros, whose blog was a big influence in the push to start my own blog, talked about the importance of the connection to the heart.
There it is! I think I have found my spark, the element that comes back again and again in my writing : engagement. But trying to link all the reflections I made during and in the aftermath of ECOO, I believe, … I think! … my niche is not any engagement, but engagement via that emotional connection, “the connection to the heart!”
But, I am wondering … How can we make this connection within the framework of the educational system in which we work. My head is spinning ... I am still … I am always … in deep reflection! I will get back to you about the discovery of my niche! For now, I can say that I found my passion (I just read this article last week, but I use the blogger perspective while reading it!)! At least, one of my passions!!!
What’s your passion?
But, I am wondering … How can we make this connection within the framework of the educational system in which we work. My head is spinning ... I am still … I am always … in deep reflection! I will get back to you about the discovery of my niche! For now, I can say that I found my passion (I just read this article last week, but I use the blogger perspective while reading it!)! At least, one of my passions!!!
What’s your passion?
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