I am leading a coaches clinic at the NSRF Meeting later this week with the title "Using Weblogs as Tools for Reflection." As I've prepared for the presentation, I've once again been struck by how central the act of reflecting is to my work and how my work unravels when I do not deliberately reflect.
I'm embarrassed that I have posted so few entries over the last few months. I slacked off when a colleague wondered out loud if anybody was really reading the blog. The implication was that the time I spent writing entries wasn't "worth it." Encountering technical difficulties such as an unreliable email program and an avalanche of comment spam made me slack off of posting blog entries even more.
As a result, I feel like I've just been moving from deadline to deadline in my work without much inspiration. I've learned that my blog is as much a tool for motivating current planning and action as it is a tool for encouraging reflection on the recent past.
GOAL: I will post public entries to this weblog at least twice a week.
Posted by Donna at January 11, 2005 05:53 AMI read them and I find them a great way to hear from you and your mind -- because we do not have the time to talk as much as we would like.
Have fun in Boston!!!!
Posted by: Michaelann at January 11, 2005 06:41 PMI keep up as well, Donna. In particular, as I am not attending the NSRF winter meeting...my sense is that you would have some sort of reference to the conference. I am looking forward to hearing your reflections after the meeting. Safe travels. Lance
Posted by: Lance at January 12, 2005 01:44 PMLance I am glad to see I am not the only stalker to the Donna website. I hope all is well with you at HISD - I saw Joe last night at the Warwick. The speaker last night was good -- made me think -- always a good thing.
Donna - can't wait to hear about NSRF. Michaelann