Thanks to @thosethatcan for nominating me for the #TwitteratiChallenge . We have never met in the “real world” but I feel a real closeness to her. And we are both Germanists!
My nominations are as follows:
Vincent Lien aka @fratibus – Vincent has really supported me with my MEd studies, providing critical friendship and encouragement online. Unfortunately, our one chance so far to meet up non-virtually was scuppered by a pesky flu which stopped me from attending #rEDCamb this year.
Beth Kelly aka @imisschalk – again, a MEd-related twitter “friend” who contributed regularly to #MEduCHAT back in the day and whose encouragement and support has been greatly received!
Nick Newman aka @newmanswords – a true advocate of Careers Education, we met virtually and are soon to meet face-to-face. Nick’s encouragement, support & advice online and over the phone has recently helped me secure a post as lead teacher for #CEIAG from September.
Simon Warburton aka @Simon_Warburton – I first “met” Simon via #SLTchat debates a couple of years ago. I was looking to step up into a SLT post and Simon’s blog advice really helped me revamp how I approached applying for jobs. In return, I offered to proof-read his blog, once or twice. We now work together, which is kind of cheating but I don’t care 😉
Richard Spencer aka @richspencer1979 – similar to Simon above, I “met” Richard via #SLTchat some time back. Imagine my surprise when I turned up to a job interview last June to meet someone I follow on Twitter in person! Richard may never know what his words meant to me – emerging from a dark period of my life, and lacking in confidence about my teaching abilities, Richard kick-started my journey to recovery! I got the job, worked with Richard until Xmas, but he has moved on and I so, officially we don’t work together!
@teachertoolkit ‘s rules are:
- You cannot knowingly include someone you work with in real life
- You cannot list somebody that has already been named if you are already made aware of them being listed on #TwitteratiChallenge
- You will need to copy and paste the title of this blogpost and (the rules and what to do) information into your own blog post
What to do?
- Within 7 days of being nominated by somebody else, you need to identify colleagues that you rely regularly go-to for support and challenge. They have now been challenged and must act and must act as participants of the #TwitteratiChallenge
- If you’ve been nominated, please write your own #TwitteratiChallenge blogpost within 7 days. If you do not have your own blog, try @staffrm
- The educator that is now (newly) nominated, has 7 days to compose their own #TwitteratiChallenge blogpost and identify who their top 5 go-to educators are. However, as I am a rebel, I nominate everyone. You are not the last to be picked in PE again.
Mindful MEd-dling! 