We are back! The #AgEd2Malaysia group had a great experience for the past 5 days at the FELDA Ayer Hitam; however, due to connectivity availability, they took their “blogging” offline. They are excited to share some of their observations from the past few days.
As Fulbright Scholars [Learn more about the Fulbright Program], we are asking a great deal of our of participants on the #AgEd2Malaysia experience to move beyond digital citizenship and move confidently into the role of digital leaders exerting a positive influence on the dispositions of the profession as a whole!
We are doing this through daily blogging and the strong development/extension of the professional community of learners utilizing the hashtag #AgEd2Malaysia across multiple social media platforms, but primarily, Twitter.
But Why?
- For Yourself as a Professional.
- Moving into digital leadership pushes you as an individual to not just “experience” something awesome, but to crystallize into actionable thoughts to advance professional goals developed as individuals on this journey.
- For Your Students (both current and future).
- Being able to effectively engage/share in digital space is a necessity that is only projected to grow in the future, not decline! When we ask our students to do tasks, it is also wise to engage and serve as role models in those actions.
- For Your Profession.
- We need strong advocates for education and for school-based agricultural education. This focused sharing allows us to increase awareness of secondary school-based agricultural education as well as share this transformative learning experience for a potential exponential impact with our colleagues across the world. Together, we can do anything and collectively we must work together to ensure a bright future.
We do hope you will actively engage with us! Do not hesitate to leave a comment on a blog or ask a question for us to answer! Share your thoughts and feelings on Twitter. Let us know that someone is reading, learning, and enjoying the effort being expended to share.
We are entering the third of four phases of our experience in the next week as we travel to Sabah and visit two rural agricultural education programs (Taman Tun Fuad National High School; Mat Salleh National High School) and the Kinabalu National Park. We look forward to sharing with you as we continue to grow and learn!
Daniel D. Foster (@FosterDanielD)
is an agricultural teacher educator
at Penn State University (@TeachAgPSU).
