<\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n (See the first #15MINPLN post<\/a> to understand what this series is about).<\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018Breathe in, breathe out\u2019 is a metaphor to describe the importance of sharing: putting out useful information, resources and ideas that you have come across and \/or developed. For too long as a teacher, I think I have been breathing in (syphoning and hoarding stuff primarily from the Internet that has quickly piled up into gigabytes upon gigabytes of data and fleeting ideas that I can\u2019t easily locate or remember). That\u2019s breathing in and holding your breath for too long.<\/font><\/p>\n Image: By Alan Vernon.<\/a><\/strong> <\/font>Some rights reserved<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n We need to breathe out. Try to give back to other teachers and educators almost as much as we take in. <\/font><\/p>\n What do you want to know about? There\u2019s a lot to breathe in, but you\u2019d be better off deciding where you want your focus to be. 15 minutes a day, is only a guideline, but it reflects the fact that we as teachers are very busy. Always will be. When you open the pipe, there is a potential deluge of information which will leave you dazed, directionless and ultimately washed out. The sheer volume of information that can accessed be reminds me of a TV advert in the UK a few years back when British Telecom were announcing the arrival of broadband. Some workmen accidentally break open the broadband \u2018pipe\u2019 and unleash an uncontrollable torrent of digital wonders. One of the workmen manages to order it all back where it came from, and you might just need to be prepared to do the same with the ocean of information out there. <\/font><\/p>\nLong version:<\/font><\/h2>\n
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<\/font><\/a><\/p>\nFocused breathing<\/font><\/strong><\/h4>\n