Welcome to the Teachers Lounge!
The Teachers Lounge is a community I've had in my mind for a long time. When I came to Hive back in January there was a community for pretty much everything. All of my interests were already covered except for one; teaching.
What I wanted was a space for teachers to sit back and write about their day and life as teachers in general. A place to get things off our chests, be it new experiences, good experiences, bad experiences or whatever.
This is something I personally want to blog about and right now I don't feel like there is a space on Hive to do that, except maybe my personal blog of course. That's where I got the idea for the Teachers Lounge Community. Let's gather up the teachers and make our own little community!
It's meant to be a place where teachers can sit back, relax and talk about their day. Where the focus can be on us and our lives and not the educational part of it. We get enough of that during our work days, don't we? Nonetheless there's a plethora of other places to look for exactly that.
Some might say that there is the Education Community and while that is true it focuses to much on educational content for my taste. It doesn't seem to be moderated anymore either, sadly.
Tima Miroshnichenko
Educational content
I want to clarify what I mean by educational content not being the focus of this community. What is meant by this is posts that focus purely on educational content like:
- How to teach math effectively.
- How to get students interested in history.
- How to dissect a frog.
These are of course all important themes but not what we want to focus on. We want your experiences to be in focus. Posts like these are what will fit into the community:
- I tried this new method in math class today and it was great!
- Why history is my favorite subject to teach.
- We dissected frogs today and my students loved it!
- My thoughts on the new curriculum.
- Why I became a teacher.
Educational content is of course automatically baked into everything we as teachers do in some way. The point is we don't want it to be the sole focus of the posts made in this community. The focus should be on us (you and me) and not the education itself.
Max Fischer
Rules clarification
1: Cite all sources not belonging to you.
2: No plagiarism.
The first two rules speak for themselves and go hand in hand. If you use an external source to make a point or a statement then be respectful to the original author by citing that source. Plagiarism is an act that all of us know is bad. Especially when we're monetizing content here on Hive. Plagiarism will result in muting within the community.
3: No NSFW content.
It's just not the place for that.
4: Make sure no one can be identified from your post. Especially students. If you feel like someone might read your post and think to themselves "that's me" then don't post.
This is a big one. No student, parent or colleague should ever come here, read your post and feel like you're ranting about them. Keep things anonymous and if you must talk about someone make sure it's uplifting and empowering. Remember that we are often a big presence in these kids lives. Them finding out you're ranting about them online could be damaging to both them and yourself. Even though this is your personal blog it is still important to stay professional.
RODNAE Productions
End Notes
With the introductions and descriptions out of the way there is nothing else to do but open the doors of this community to all you wonderful teachers out there!
Going forward posts regarding the community will be made from the @teachersl account. I decided to make this introduction post from my own personal account in hopes it would reach out to more people to get that initial following. Half of the payouts from this post will go to that account.
I hope this can grow into something beautiful and I'm looking forward to seeing posts from all the users that will find their way here.
The Teachers Lounge is now OPEN!
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All the best. I am sure it’ll do well. I was a teacher in a medical college for almost 4 years. The point where you emphasise about not identifying anyone, even indirectly, if it is something negative about that person is very important. Having been a student and a teacher, I realise what a significant impact it can have on the psyche of a budding student. And it is not like we, as teachers, are right all the time.
Thanks! You’re welcome to contribute with your experience.
I think it’s an important point to. I don’t know about other countries but in Norway we have full confidentiality over everything related to the kids and most matters of the school. I’m assuming it’s the same in any country that has some respect for their citizens.
Thanks, I will try to contribute when possible.
With regards to patients, we have strict guidelines regarding confidentiality. Regarding students, I may not be fully aware of all the rules, but I feel any good teacher will strive to uphold the privacy of the institution and students.
That's a great idea for a community, and it completely makes sense to be focused on teaching experiences/reflections rather that subject content. I bet a lot of teachers have tons of quarantine stories and experiences to share. You count me in!
Thanks a lot! I'm sure there's a lot of stories coming up with the new school year starting. I have my first day back to work today actually. That seven week holiday was heavenly.
Awesome man! When school starts again I'll be sure to use this community! I am starting at a new school this year as well so I think there will be plenty of new things I discover to share!
Sweet! Looking forward to reading about your new school. I started back up this week and I'm totally busted. Going back to work after 7 weeks on holidays was rough. Only planning this week so I'll be charging them batteries this weekend for when the kids come to school on Monday.
Ah I have got a bit more than a week of vacation recharge before I go back... It's been especially needed this recharge with the crazy covid year
I had not seen this. It's really great to know that you decided to create your own community, you've told me about your experiences as a teacher and it will be great to see how you share your experiences here. (Just like the day you told me about your students' graduation).
Best of luck with your new community man.
Cheers! I thought it would be cool to have a place to share teacher stuff. Let's hope some people catch on!
I think this is a great initiative! @mineopoly If i remember correctly you are a teacher?! This may be a great community to share your experiences. I will try and spread the word to any other teachers i come across on the chain. Reblogged and Excited for those that impart wisdom and knowledge to have a spot of their own.
Thanks a lot! I hope at least some will find their way over here. I'm looking forward to seeing what people will share. :D
This may be fun. Thanks
Summer vacation is basically over. I'm in Korea teaching online classes for the summer. I think we will be half online and half offline from the new semester.
Nice! Its all normal school for us. We had some online teaching during the worst of the pandemic but not much. Schools weren't hit very hard by infections in Norway which was lucky.
I see this being a success, with you involved it sure should be.
Makes me wonder how many sleeper teachers we have here on Hive who we didn’t even know were educators.
I hope so! Would be a little sad if I was the only one posting and talking to myself. I'm expecting a slow start but hoping for a slow and steady growth. Thanks my dude!
@guruvaj might be interested in joining this community too 😉👍🏼 will reblog too. Tnx for promoting on @dbuzz 🎉🎉
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Thanks a lot!
Great initiative here. At least, teachers now have an avenue to pour their hearts.
Cheers! I hope we can get something good going here. Even if it's just a small tight knit community.
It will sure go beyond your imagination, that I can assure you. Look out for my first post.
Have you seen this yet, @riverflows? A lounge for you. 😊
@trostparadox did you know about this?
But how can teachers talk shit about their students if it's on the public ledger!?!?
We'll create a secret community where we use anonymous accounts called the Teachers Basement for that.
Do you think downvoting my post out of your false conviction will teach me anything?
No. I'm just taking away some of the rewards.
Yes. -$0.378 USD to be exact.
But what for? Are you jealous for that 37 cents?
I live under the minimum wage, just to let you know. If you cannot help, at least do not take away from my already small rewards. Some of my posts do not even earn that much. I earn a little, and you make it even more less.
No, I'm not jealous of your 37 cents. I don't think anyone should be earning anything from posting someones elses content regardless of their living situations. If you try to steal from me I'm not gonna ask you about your living situation before letting you run off with my wallet.
Why are we having this discussion in this post? Are you trying to make me look bad in my new community or something?
For reference this discussion is about this post: https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@xplosive/axie-infinity-the-most-popular.
What stealing? Paraphrasing is not stealing. It means "in your own words". I did not stole anything. This is a false accusation.
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Best of luck with your community, buddy!
Great idea. A good niche. I wish you much success in your new community.
Hey @pusen this a great community you've started in here, would love to contribute to it. How do I join?
This is awesome!! It's really great to know that this community exist, I do love to share my experiences as a teacher.