I recently wrote a lesson plan about Digital Footprints for school-wide use in Advisory, so it's nice to get to reflect on my own. This blogger website has not been shared out, but a couple of the posts helped me wake up my old blog OmRoom that I started during student teaching (you were there!).
Before these two posts in November, I haven't posted since February 2015 and that was haphazardly and grasping for concepts that felt exciting.
So this project not only restarted my calligraphy practice (dormant since December 2014 when John gave me a new set for Christmas) but also my blogging.
As part of my digital footprint, I've linked my blog to my Twitter, which is public. It also goes to my Facebook, but that is private. I haven't needed to apply for a job in years now and don't anticipate needing it soon, but I know that Twitter is often viewed as an online portfolio or resume. Although calligraphy is not directly related to teaching, I think my blog is a nice addition to my digital footprint since it is proof of lifelong learning. In previous iterations of my blog it also documented my life as a reader as well. (I'm hoping to get back there after grad school wraps up.)
My digital presence also led me to this focus - although I haven't practiced it for a while, following professional calligraphers on Instagram and elsewhere had helped me find inspiration to restart and continue this practice.
I would still like to continue my search for a 'learning community' around calligraphy online. I follow accounts I like on Instagram, but did not find any tutorials (blogs or videos) that really resonated with me. I'm sure they are out there, but I had to sort through a lot of subscription type tutorials that asked for payment to continue learning. That's not really up my street at the moment, so I'm going to keep looking for free quality resources.
Thanks for the opportunity for counting calligraphy/self-care as an assignment :) I'm going to try and hold myself to it even after the class ends.
