Silos bypassed as teachers meet online
The difficulties of being a human in the current state of the word are hard to ignore. Yet even within calamity, comes growth and renewal Teachers have taken an existing concept and structure, a ‘Teach Meet’ and adapted this informal professional learning network rapidly into a new and more open online medium. Instead of small, geographically discrete meetings, these new kinds of events are limited only by the number and willingness of volunteer speakers. Across subject areas, curriculums, states and even countries, this new and emerging type of event is an exciting and positive development in online teacher’s lifelong learning. A great deal of rhetoric around K-12 education is focused on the negative elements of what is misrepresented as an industrial model of schooling. As Neil Selwyn recently said, the COVID-19 Pandemic will likely show just how useful and important this model is for minimising inequity and providing a safe and productive space for the most at-risk of youths. Y