The People I Learn With

The People I Learn With

I had a great time this weekend meeting and learning with and from some terrific people. I meet with the people in my MassCUE network, and some of the people who make up my twitter network at the New England Tweet up. I met people connected to a virtual network and those that network face to face. I met people not associated with any of my networks.

I learned from them all.

There has been some chatter lately about the echo chamber and the inner circle. It is topic that seems to come and go. I have written about this before. I think of my many interlocking networks as a fermentation tank not really an echo chamber. But in pondering about it during the drive home I realized I honestly didn’t care. Not that it is not important to some, just not me at this time. There are some people who study social networks and group dynamics but I can’t get my head around those things. I learn, I share and I love to develop my thoughts with people, the people who make up my networks. It is with these people that I continue to grow and learn and be inspired. I take that knowledge and passion and share it with anyone who will listen and even with some who will not. As teachers we look for the teachable moments. As learners we should be looking for the learning moments. I believe I can learn from the well known, the unknown, the master, the novice, and most importantly our children. The key is to be open to learning from anyone and share with everyone.

I see myself on a mission to learn, grow and be challenged in my thinking. And in turn encourage others to learn, grow and be challenged in their thinking. In my opinion if we all did that the message, the skills and the knowledge would spread.

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