Teachmeets have been around since 2006 and are a casual meeting of educators who want to learn from each other. Originally starting in an Edinburgh pub (unsurprisingly) the gist was for people to share some idea, good practice, innovation or techno-tip in either 2 or 7 minutes. The idea spread and these days teachmeets are held all over the world in pubs, staff rooms, breakout rooms at conferences, and wherever teachers gather. For more information you can try here, here, and here.This week saw me present at a teachmeet for the second time ever. The first time I spoke about answergarden and padlet as collaborative classroom tools. The range of other topics was inspiring. You can check it out Selena Woodward's storify from the live tweeting here:
This particular teachmeet had a theme (some so, some don't): wellbeing. It's a hot topic at the moment isn't it? I chose to speak about a particular strategy I use with my students to develop mindfulness. It is, at a very basic level, a guided mediation. We 'go to the beach' and focus on all of our senses. It has been a powerful tool for many of my kiddos both at school and home. So, it was an ideal concept to share. [AND I had my first play with haiku deck (following @tina_p's inspiration at the last teachmeet). You can check out my super basic presentation here. (It doesn't actually say anything so don't expect anything too exciting!)]
Anyway, here's the storify for this teachmeet.
If you ever have the chance to attend - or even better: share at - a teachmeet, GO FOR IT! I promise it's worth it.
And: if you're in Adelaide why not follow @tmadelaide on Twitter or join the Facebook Teach Meet Adelaide Facebook group to hear all the details about the next event?
Standard 6 Engage in professional learning
Standard 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
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