Joe Dillon really got me started thinking about the constants and variables within schools and other institutions of learning. It made me think that we should take the constants off the table and stop worrying about them and start focusing only on the variables, in this case the Learning.
Original Video from Joe Dillon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLPxi__ms8
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I’m trying to create a set of norms or promises to live by in my collaborative work, but I would like to hear what other folks are promising to do for one another? What promises are you making to your stakeholders, whether they are learners or fellow professionals?
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I absolutely love the work of Amy Burvall and the Theory of Knowledge course. I pulled two of my favorite excerpts from the Student Voices video (http://youtu.be/SU72SpObYKY). Listening to learners is so essential, especially when they are saying things like this. I encourage you to watch the whole video from Amy and then react to it in your own authentic way.
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Based upon the great work and reflection of Christina Hendricks (http://youtu.be/i14BNHBv404), I wanted to think through just how easily we might create transformational experiences for one another. If it only requires lasting connection with others, then perhaps we only lack the readiness for transformational change.
How do you get yourself ready for transformational chance?
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I like thinking about the "the problem we are trying to solve" without focusing on the side effects of our solution. Too often we are looking for silver bullets that will transform education without thinking about what the bullet is really meant to do.
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I don’t want to change the org chart or the ways in which we define roles and responsibilities, but rather the idea that there is a single way that we can fit our roles together.
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I am engaged by this idea that conversations could be considered metadata and could be used to drive instruction or differentiation. How would that work in your learning environment?
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Web 2.0 tools are unreliable at best and unavailable at worst. They don’t work the way they did last week because of their constant feature updates. They don’t allow for us to own many of the things we create either. They are, in fact, the worst tools for collaboration that exist, except for everything else that we have tried.
This video makes the case that despite their shortcoming, Read/Write tools are the best way to create and share our work and realize Authentic Learning environments.
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What should you do with those who are specifically anti-change, who will use false-negatives in order to try and stop movement on what you are trying to do? How should you go about shifting the conversation from miniature failures to the broader call for successful change?
Seriously, I’m asking.
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I took a moment yesterday to reflect upon just how happy I am with a longer commute that gives me the ability to consider the challenges that lay before me. I intentionally parked further away to extend that reflection time. It was wonderful.
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