Research Presentations
During the recent school holidays I gave a two and a half hour presentation on my thesis to the literacy leaders of professional development, here in the north of the country. I was extremely nervous and hardly slept at all the night before. Some of my jitters were connected to the fact that this was really the first time I was presenting my own research to an audience and the rest were language related. It was a strange experience thinking and then talking my way thorough my material in Hebrew. The audience was extremely enthusiastic and I received many compliments, both on the day and by email afterwards. This was a group of 30 or so close colleagues and I felt that they were truly interested in what I have learned. The second part of the lecture dealt with blogging in general, edublogging and my own blogging experience. Many of the participants had never even seen a blog before.
This week we had a professional learning day at school. The grade six pupils taught the younger classes for four hours and the staff all met in the staff room. Apart from my lecture on blogging, two other teachers discussed their recent research. It was a fantastic day and again I had a wonderful response. Two of the teachers took the details for wordpresswhich is the most suitable site for Hebrew bloggers (as far as I can tell) and one of them has already signed up to open a blog herself.
I am constantly aware that I am very lucky to have the opportunities I do to share my learning and my conclusions with my peers. Maybe lucky isn’t the word I am looking for, maybe privileged?
