Talking with colleagues about their educational passions, projects they are working on, struggles they’re having, etc. it all excites me. I’m not sure the correct term for this is edugeeking, but that’s what I call it. I spend each day teaching kiddos, helping them move their thinking and learning forward. I use conversations with colleagues as a conduit to move MY thinking and learning forward.

My family asks me to go into another room when I’m talking on the phone in the evenings with specific colleagues (you know who you are). At first, I was hurt and even a little angry about this, but it comes down to the fact that I DO raise my voice and laugh out loud continually when talking with them– celebrating our successes or commiserating on troubles, etc. Even as I’m writing this, I’m smiling because I just finished speaking with a friend about the successes she experienced today. I’m excited for her and her accomplishments and can’t wait to see what the future holds. That’s what I call edugeeking!

Do you feel this way after talking with your colleagues? Do you edugeek after discussing educational topics? Do you ride a “high” after conversations about your successful moments and those of others? Do you look forward to reading educational books and discussing them with others? Yeah, me too!  And if you don’t– give me a call, drop me a line, or even Tweet me.  I think edugeeking can be contagious and I’d like to spread it around!

Here’s to continuing to seek opportunities to edugeek with others. Here’s to finding my own space at home to carry on educational conversations without disturbing my family. Here’s to my bank account for allowing me to purchase the “occasional” educational book so I can continue to move my thinking forward!  And finally, here’s to connecting with others so we can edugeek together!