Inspiration

Today was the first day running a Barclass. Based on the Barcamp concept, and led by Mark Osborne’s Ignite talk - I had set about trying to replicate some of that powerful spirit of learning in my room. I was also inspired by attending Kiwifoo in Feb of this year, as well as some twitter taunting from @taratj. Tara is also rolling Barclass/camp in her room - make sure you check out her reflections here and here. ...

About twelve months ago I started this, in part to learn myself some, in part to track be able to look back at where I’d come from. But also inspired by some words from Maya Angelou. This year, after a superb break and in the midst of a rather glorious summer, I was inspired by these words - a text this time from a good friend. Who it has to be said, is no Maya Angelou, but his thoughts made me smile and feel honoured to be a teacher. ...