TT3 Ready for Blog Talk?

I'm turning back the clock hands here a little bit, I'm sure you all remember my blog post "Am I a Robot?" (I'll admit, not my best title) where I made sure I reminded you that the main thing I bring to my classroom is my stunning good looks?  Well, if you all remember, we had a speaker in the class named Kirsten Thompson who runs a blog called Fishbowl Teaching, and since her presentation in the class, I have been following along her blog and taking advantage of seeing how a real professional runs their blog, compared to an amateur like me.  Kirsten is "the divisional Coordinator of ICT for the Mountain View School Division; overseeing technology programming and purchasing for approximately 3000 stakeholders.  I am a Microsoft Education Trainer as well as a Level 1 Google Certified Educator with over 200 hours of combined professional development on how to assist educators in the use of these tools." or, as I said, a pro. 

There is always an incredible amount of information being shared on Kirsten's blog and I have been trying my best to take advantage of it, whether she is being involved in worldwide events, such as "Safer Internet Day", or providing her own ideas and providing ways we can support our students, with the times are we are in, I found this post to be a personal favourite for information as it was extremely insightful on the circumstances in Manitoba at the time.  

However, my favorite part of the blog is her "Follow Friday" posts, where she will share a person or an organization that she finds to be insightful and can be a benefit to teachers or a school as a whole to follow.  Her latest Follow Friday was for John Spencer who, well, I won't ruin the surprise for you, but is well worth the follow!

As a side note, I just want to give a shout out to her "Wow Wednesday" posts where she gives a shout out to a coworker, it's an incredible idea, and a wonderful way to show appreciation!

Following Kirsten's blog has made me see how in just a few minutes, you can change someone's day, whether it be a "Follow Friday" or a "Wow Wednesday" but beyond that by providing information that is exciting to me in a fun and informational way that can get somebody, who may not regularly be interested in that certain topic, to stop, take a look, and read through it.  

So Kirsten, if you stumble your way across this, I hope you consider this your "Wow Wednesday" and your "Follow Friday" all in one on this first-ever Shout-Out Saturday as you are absolutely deserving of it for the work that you put in and the positivity and the information that you share on your blog!