Think Out Loud Post 1
Think Out Loud Post 2
Melissa Cooper's Publishing Leadership Project Article
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wk 4 Publishing Leadership Project
The article based on my CBR project has a strong emphasis on Art and technology throughout community service project. Therefore, I am sticking with three journals that I plan to submit too because I wanted to appeal to the Arts (on a small and large scale) as well as technology journals. The following are the Journals I plan on submitting to, a link to the copy of my research article, as well as my two “think-aloud” post if your interested.
Edutopia is a database from the George Lucas foundation that highlights educational and technological programs, topics, information and other research that is unique and breaking ground. I have been a fan for a long time and have actually been inspired by some of their blogs to focus on bringing arts and technology into community service.
NAEA - The National Art Educators of America are a well-known community that advocate for Arts Education, share research, stories, and network with individuals and organizations that do the same. They have a recognize association for their efforts and services and something I look forward to being a part of.
The National Guild for Community Arts Education supports and advances any educational and learning opportunities in the community. They foster art education as well as community focus with their service and advocacy. They host a quarterly journal that highlights related topics in the community and education.
Think Out Loud Post 1
Think Out Loud Post 2
Melissa Cooper's Publishing Leadership Project Article
Think Out Loud Post 1
Think Out Loud Post 2
Melissa Cooper's Publishing Leadership Project Article
Week 4 Free Post: PLP think outloud post II
PLP think out loud post
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Coming into week 4 we are to come to a final decision on our Publishing learning project. I believe I am going to stick to the plan of writing an article for a journal. After researching several possibilities I have narrowed it down to a possible four; Edutopia, TechTrends, GuildNotes, and the NAEA. In the next week I will be looking further into narrowing these down into two at least. I look forward to seeing how this work and the responses some of us may get.
I am not absent-minded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.- G. K. Chesterton
Coming into week 4 we are to come to a final decision on our Publishing learning project. I believe I am going to stick to the plan of writing an article for a journal. After researching several possibilities I have narrowed it down to a possible four; Edutopia, TechTrends, GuildNotes, and the NAEA. In the next week I will be looking further into narrowing these down into two at least. I look forward to seeing how this work and the responses some of us may get.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Week 3 Free Post: PLP think outloud post
"People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground."
- Marcel Proust
For MAC this month we have to decide on the platform we wish to use to share our CBR project that we have been working on. With the Publishing/Leaders Project (PLP), we can either present through an actual conference presentation or choose to have an article published through a scholarly journal.
I am still up in the air with which way I want to go with this whole thing but my initial feelings are leaning towards publishing via a journal. Written publications of your work have been something I always admired and for some reason thought I’d never to do, writing (grammatically speaking) being a weakness of mine. Thus, that option would be a challenge but a welcomed one.
On the other hand, presenting seems like an exciting endeavor as well. Although, as much as I actually enjoy putting together presentations, oddly enough, the shyness factor is what scares me about presenting. Barely getting through speech class, I know I have a long way to go before I can see myself effective getting a message across as a presenter at a conference. I would love it to be something that comes natural to me but fear the message would get lost in embarrassing situation.
Well…I have a few more days to decide, we’ll see.
Comments on Classmates' Blog Post Wk 3 - "The Art of Possibility":
Helen Xiong's : "Week 3 Reading:Art of Possibility"
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"This week’s reading included the chapters of 5-8 in the Art of Possibility.
Overall, I would say this is a great book. I have been enjoying it greatly throughout each chapter and each reference it has given. It is funny because I feel that I can relate to almost every series it has given to me to reflect upon. The ups and downs in each part can easily be related to different things in my own life. I really enjoy reading Ben’s play on words and at times have a hard time following Roz’s but overall the read has been easy and amusing to follow. It has really been making me reflect upon their stories to make me realize how I can be a better teacher, wife, daughter, and person all around.
One of the stories that struck me the hardest was when Ben talked about allowing the player to conduct and allowing others to take the lead and make mistakes. I think this is a key concept because people are so afraid of making mistakes and letting others down but I feel like that is a way of life….for people to be well rounded they need to experience these types of experiences and make the mistakes they are allowed to. We need to empower our students just as Ben had his students in his symphony.
We also need to help the people around us, as well as ourselves, be willing to peel away the layers that hold back who we really are. We need to give way to passion and allow things to be the way they are. These were two concepts that also struck me strongly. Just think if we allowed these things to happen…young or old how strong our future leaders of our world would be…being wiling to take the bull by the horns and not blame others for our mistakes. For each of us to participate wholly and always give everything our best…think of how successful our world and lives would be…A world full of challenge and accomplishment.
I know that my words are strong and blunt and probably impossible…but the words and stories in this book are so empowering that it makes me feel like anything is possible. I know that we all go through roller coasters throughout our lifetime and we need to be constantly reminded about the things we can and need to do to make our world a better place….It is also empowering to hear Roz and Ben share their ideas and stories to try to make our world a better place…I cannot wait to share this read with others in my life."
MY COMMENT:
Helen,
I have had the same experience reading this too. Ben does have great wordplay, I can see how that might be why he is such a popular motivational speaker.
At this point in my life I do find a lot of the "living up to expectations" concepts easy to relate too. I think I have always tended to hold myself back on things in fear of not meeting others expectations. I agree, this book is quite empowering and a great share. You did a great job at summarizing, this would definitely make me want to read it! :)
"This week’s reading included the chapters of 5-8 in the Art of Possibility.
Overall, I would say this is a great book. I have been enjoying it greatly throughout each chapter and each reference it has given. It is funny because I feel that I can relate to almost every series it has given to me to reflect upon. The ups and downs in each part can easily be related to different things in my own life. I really enjoy reading Ben’s play on words and at times have a hard time following Roz’s but overall the read has been easy and amusing to follow. It has really been making me reflect upon their stories to make me realize how I can be a better teacher, wife, daughter, and person all around.
One of the stories that struck me the hardest was when Ben talked about allowing the player to conduct and allowing others to take the lead and make mistakes. I think this is a key concept because people are so afraid of making mistakes and letting others down but I feel like that is a way of life….for people to be well rounded they need to experience these types of experiences and make the mistakes they are allowed to. We need to empower our students just as Ben had his students in his symphony.
We also need to help the people around us, as well as ourselves, be willing to peel away the layers that hold back who we really are. We need to give way to passion and allow things to be the way they are. These were two concepts that also struck me strongly. Just think if we allowed these things to happen…young or old how strong our future leaders of our world would be…being wiling to take the bull by the horns and not blame others for our mistakes. For each of us to participate wholly and always give everything our best…think of how successful our world and lives would be…A world full of challenge and accomplishment.
I know that my words are strong and blunt and probably impossible…but the words and stories in this book are so empowering that it makes me feel like anything is possible. I know that we all go through roller coasters throughout our lifetime and we need to be constantly reminded about the things we can and need to do to make our world a better place….It is also empowering to hear Roz and Ben share their ideas and stories to try to make our world a better place…I cannot wait to share this read with others in my life."
MY COMMENT:
Helen,
I have had the same experience reading this too. Ben does have great wordplay, I can see how that might be why he is such a popular motivational speaker.
At this point in my life I do find a lot of the "living up to expectations" concepts easy to relate too. I think I have always tended to hold myself back on things in fear of not meeting others expectations. I agree, this book is quite empowering and a great share. You did a great job at summarizing, this would definitely make me want to read it! :)
Comments on Classmates' Blog Post Wk 3 - "The Art of Possibility":
Tiffany Tyndall - "Week3reading- LIGHTEN UP, It's not that serious!!!"
"It's true, a leader can be anywhere. I have always said as a teacher there are things that we learn from our students as well as our peers. Everyone has their strengths and everyone has their weaknesses, we as adults can learn from each other. I loved the story in our textbook about the conductor who was having problems getting the orchestra to play the song correctly and how someone visiting was able to make one or two suggestions and that fixed all their orchestral problems. Truth is, the visitor could have used a simple approach to LEAD the orchestra. Rule Number 6 is good advice, "Don't take yourself so seriously". In other words, lighten up. This is a prime example of the simple approach that the visiting conductor did. I can imagine now the normal conductor got up and corrected the students by saying something that was totally above their heads and the visiting conductor just made it plain.
Being an educator, I have noticed that a lot of stress gets put on educators to get and keep test scores up. As a result some teachers become so eager to get those test scores up that they will do anything even if that means boring their students. The students become stressed out and the teacher is even more stressed out, that's when Rule Number 6 really comes into play. By making class fun for the students it almost like you trick them into learning. They have so much fun that they forget that they are in a learning environment and ultimately you get the test scores you need."
Picture from http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeromartin/1470518841/
MY COMMENT:
Tiffany,
I like that you made the point that we can learn from our students as well. I think a lot of times they don’t realize that we are learning from them and they need to hear it. Also, that we are have our strengths and weakness. I always find myself explaining that to a student or friend when they say they are stupid and can’t do something. It can be tough to remember sometimes but we are not perfect and as the book explains we have to learn to accept things about ourselves especially to build on them. Great points!
"It's true, a leader can be anywhere. I have always said as a teacher there are things that we learn from our students as well as our peers. Everyone has their strengths and everyone has their weaknesses, we as adults can learn from each other. I loved the story in our textbook about the conductor who was having problems getting the orchestra to play the song correctly and how someone visiting was able to make one or two suggestions and that fixed all their orchestral problems. Truth is, the visitor could have used a simple approach to LEAD the orchestra. Rule Number 6 is good advice, "Don't take yourself so seriously". In other words, lighten up. This is a prime example of the simple approach that the visiting conductor did. I can imagine now the normal conductor got up and corrected the students by saying something that was totally above their heads and the visiting conductor just made it plain.
Being an educator, I have noticed that a lot of stress gets put on educators to get and keep test scores up. As a result some teachers become so eager to get those test scores up that they will do anything even if that means boring their students. The students become stressed out and the teacher is even more stressed out, that's when Rule Number 6 really comes into play. By making class fun for the students it almost like you trick them into learning. They have so much fun that they forget that they are in a learning environment and ultimately you get the test scores you need."
Picture from http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeromartin/1470518841/
MY COMMENT:
Tiffany,
I like that you made the point that we can learn from our students as well. I think a lot of times they don’t realize that we are learning from them and they need to hear it. Also, that we are have our strengths and weakness. I always find myself explaining that to a student or friend when they say they are stupid and can’t do something. It can be tough to remember sometimes but we are not perfect and as the book explains we have to learn to accept things about ourselves especially to build on them. Great points!
Wk3 Reading: " The Art of Possibility" Chpts 5-8
“Where high horses are left in the stable”
I’ve always been a bit nervous about developing the “God Complex” or even coming off as if I have. I love to learn and beginning to think I’m addicted to school. At times when I talk about school though, I feel others may think I’m trying to overachieve in spite of others or pursue the credentials that would validate smart aleck, know-it-all statements. Regardless, I have always been taught that being humble comes before anything else & life has done a great job of making sure I keep that in mind. But as a middle child in a very large family I always have been the neutral peacemaker so the statement, “don’t take it so seriously”, is very much apart of my vocabulary.
The last year I have been on a mission to let go of expectations, try and take my sister’s advice to “stop caring about what I think other people think” and just get back to that person I was meant to become. My goal is confidence and my reward will be confidence!
These chapters explain how even as an authority we have to remember that mistakes happen, that we should own & acknowledge, and that we can still learn. The author describes implementing a “white sheet practice” to receive constructive criticism from his students which I personally think is intelligent. Accepting that we aren’t perfect and take criticism as a simple note to what we still have to learn, people are more willing to do the same around you and relate to you as person.
They go on to justify how balancing your “selves”, calculating & central, can help with acceptance and positive dealings with others. Your “calculating” self looks out for only you & “central” self is open to influence. With a balance you can learn to not only accept mistakes you’ve made but that you will continue to make them & deal with them easier. In doing so, you learn to look at the world not as your enemy but an adventure. Be a little more open to imperfection; let some things go, because it really is not that serious.
With these practices eventually you can get to a point where your thinking becomes more positive in many areas of your life. When you start accepting things for what they are, that vicious habit of “downward spiral” aka “negative” speaking and thinking will diminish as well. You begin to focus on what is rather than what should be leading to…
Opening your self up to follow your passion. The authors do a great job with examples of how to notice, “what you are holding back & let go” then learn to participate with your whole being. Basically not letting negative thoughts, your inhibitions, or other’s & your expectations keep you from being that person you want to be or know you can be.
Sometimes you just have to learn to go BTFI & “do you” (as my sister would say)!
"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms."
~ Kahlil Gibran
Pictures Via 1,2
I’ve always been a bit nervous about developing the “God Complex” or even coming off as if I have. I love to learn and beginning to think I’m addicted to school. At times when I talk about school though, I feel others may think I’m trying to overachieve in spite of others or pursue the credentials that would validate smart aleck, know-it-all statements. Regardless, I have always been taught that being humble comes before anything else & life has done a great job of making sure I keep that in mind. But as a middle child in a very large family I always have been the neutral peacemaker so the statement, “don’t take it so seriously”, is very much apart of my vocabulary.
The last year I have been on a mission to let go of expectations, try and take my sister’s advice to “stop caring about what I think other people think” and just get back to that person I was meant to become. My goal is confidence and my reward will be confidence!
These chapters explain how even as an authority we have to remember that mistakes happen, that we should own & acknowledge, and that we can still learn. The author describes implementing a “white sheet practice” to receive constructive criticism from his students which I personally think is intelligent. Accepting that we aren’t perfect and take criticism as a simple note to what we still have to learn, people are more willing to do the same around you and relate to you as person.
They go on to justify how balancing your “selves”, calculating & central, can help with acceptance and positive dealings with others. Your “calculating” self looks out for only you & “central” self is open to influence. With a balance you can learn to not only accept mistakes you’ve made but that you will continue to make them & deal with them easier. In doing so, you learn to look at the world not as your enemy but an adventure. Be a little more open to imperfection; let some things go, because it really is not that serious.
With these practices eventually you can get to a point where your thinking becomes more positive in many areas of your life. When you start accepting things for what they are, that vicious habit of “downward spiral” aka “negative” speaking and thinking will diminish as well. You begin to focus on what is rather than what should be leading to…
Opening your self up to follow your passion. The authors do a great job with examples of how to notice, “what you are holding back & let go” then learn to participate with your whole being. Basically not letting negative thoughts, your inhibitions, or other’s & your expectations keep you from being that person you want to be or know you can be.
Sometimes you just have to learn to go BTFI & “do you” (as my sister would say)!
"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms."
~ Kahlil Gibran
Pictures Via 1,2
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Wk 2 Wimba: Review of Copyrights
Media Asset Creation - August 2011 - Review of Wimba Meeting in Week 2
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