My first time attending a Learning2 conference and I was inspired, energized, and too be honest, a bit overwhelmed. The theme of the conference was "disrupt" and we heard from people around the world whom are doing some impressive things to disrupt their lives, classrooms, and schools.
With each new presentation, I felt a bit like a child being scolded for doing something wrong, or in this case, not doing enough right. Everything was about how our system is broken, and we aren't doing enough to change it. I walked away with an action plan and some solid ideas, but mainly I walked away feeling like a loser.
Now that a few days have passed, I'm able to reflect on the conference with a little more objectivity. Being back in my comfortable environment, where there's anything but disruption around me, I realize that not everything we do is broken. Some of our students are thriving, and getting exactly what they need to be successful in the future. However, it is clear that some are not. It is my job to figure out how to reach all learners, how to inspires, how to prepare students for jobs not yet created, how to collaborate with their peers, how to apply knowledge, how to create new things, how to identify and then solve problems. In short it is my task, to educate the whole child for a beautifully complex and unpredictable future. A task, a job, a privilege that I approach with unabated enthusiasm.
Here's to a controlled disruption, where everyone can be successful!
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