Thursday 8 March 2012

"We are the people we've been waiting for"

There was a celebratory mood in the camp last Wednesday night as we basked in the enduring glow of what was an amazing event - TMBelfast2012. It was obvious from the big turnout in the chat that the TeachMeet the previous Friday had certainly served one of it's purposes, namely to "get the word out there" that we exist!


It's pretty hard to write a blog post about the discussion, I thought it would be better to let a number of the "#niedchatterers" speak for themselves.


On the buzz:


"We are the people we have been waiting for!" @he4therw4t5on


"...because of Twitter it felt like we were in a room with friends despite many of us meeting for the first time" @dmurray742 


On the learning

"I loved meeting others with similar ideas - great shared enthusiasm." @hezmar


"Presenters made it look easy, good ambiance, no competitiveness - really good!" @medv2


"Great to see what's being done elsewhere and get new ideas" @s1taylor1


 "Though the session was fantastic. The enthusiasm you guys have for teaching is inspiring." @jonnyholmes86


The way forward


"We need a poster like "Your Country Needs You!" - get those great teachers out there to come and share the wealth." dwatson802


What was plain to see in the discussion is that TMBelfast has created a real buzz and it is now imperative that the momentum is not wasted Plans are afoot for TMBelfast2 and there were murmurings of TMNorthWest too... more on that at a later date I'm sure. 


A big congrats then to the organizers of TMBelfast - Barry, Amanda, Daithi, Corrine and Heather. Great work guys and judging by the tweets this week it is already having an impact in the classroom.




You can watch all the presentations from TMBelfast here






Tweet of the week


Seriously...could you look past @johnmayo 's comment about the format of TMBelfast? 


The question was asked by @dmurray742 
"What did you think about the 2 and 7 minute presentation slots?"


John's answer:
"The format was like a hockey skirt - long enough to cover everything, short enough to keep interest!" 







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