It's been a while since I last wrote here. Why? Well probably because there is only so much material to write about. As I've been writing short items of reflection in another space, it seems odd to do the same thing again here.
A little about that other space I'm writing in. It's in fact the safe and private workspace we're filling up with exchanges among the project members of the Homo Zappiens professionalization track. We reflect on things that we come across, on things that make us stop and think, but we also support each other with tips & suggestions and much more. Being part of such a learning community is a great bonus. It's ideal for letting off steam and reporting to like-minded people what concerns one in trying to get innovative ideas in education introduced and implemented. Just getting things off your chest can help enormously in reducing the frustration that innovators often come across. On the other hand, every so often in one's daily digest of feeds one comes across that little gem that one simply has to share with others. Again the first spot that comes to my mind is then the workspace and the people participating in the H Z project who are open to that. They value this, as is often demonstrated by stimulating reactions and / or further queries. This in fact in stark contrast to the writing of a separate blog like this, which is in fact so anonymous that one wonders why one writes here at all.
Ok ok, I do sense that people will be responding to this and saying it's good to reflect wherever you like as the act of reflecting is valuable in itself. Very true ! But again, there's only so much material to reflect on. And then I must say I concur with the many students that bring up the issue of being fed up with reflections and reflections on work done. Reflecting on things should always be timely and worthwhile to the one reflecting, instead of performing this little game for the sake of others, which is a recurring complaint I keep hearing from our students.
Now having a number of channels available to me for reflection, I have to choose wisely I feel what to bring / take where. Just so as not to turn reflection into a trick like many students simply do to satisfy their teachers and gain their credits.
Mission accomplished now ;-))
