- Amen to that! You have such an eloquent way of stating the truth, and I am so lucky to have been a part of the EMDT experience with you. I agree with Shawn that we have to all stay in touch...even if it's at least a shout out in Facebook. You can always count on me for support, and I will try my best to pull you out of the downward spiral. The daily grind can wear on anyone, and it is important to have a positive support system. Finally, just FYI, I am eternally grateful that you were always on my team. Thanks!
Media Asset Creation: The Art of Possibility Chapters 9-12
Although the idea of reading a self-help book as the culmination of a masters program has completely tweaked me out, I decided this week to apply these 4 chapters to the next step in my life. My robe came in the mail, the tassel is hanging on my computer, I’m contemplating the perfect shoes to wear, (so I won’t trip across the stage) but really my biggest concern is what happens when there’s not a group of people, a program, or a set of assignments to guide me and the gravitational pull of that downward spiral, that is sometimes more like a bureaucratic, educational black hole, exerts its grip.
Remembering my initial forays into the field of education, I was naïve, optimistic and completely certain that I would not only light a spark but also ignite a fire. And while some of the “no’s” I’ve heard along the way should have been an “invitation for enrollment”, many of them were completely earned due to a limited, unrealistic vision of what it takes to educate a community of children. I hope that my re-discovered optimism is more tempered by realism, a larger picture of success tempers those manic tendencies by those on the eve of success, and my zeal is tempered by the now-glimpsed multitude of complexities that are human development. However, I am grateful to Full Sail for re-igniting the spark.
A revenge creature!! Chapter 11 of The Art of Possibility, entitled “Creating frameworks for Possibility” stirred many options for me. Of the things I have learned in my 15 years of teaching, one of the greatest is that learning seldom, very seldom, happens in giant leaps. It’s the daily grunt, the daily practice, the daily head banging, and the persistence (on the parts of student, teacher, parent, administrator, community members) that make it happen a little bit every day!This past year at Full Sail has taken me from an educator who meets the challenges teaching serves up, to one who can design the stage on which her students and colleagues can learn. Yet, for continued advancement, a framework of possibility is needed. One that attends to those details of educating students. One that attends to the need of perfection in the daily grind. At the brilliant suggestion of a fellow conspirator, and the encouragement of my iPad donor, I will create a wiki as a means of charting progress and, hopefully, as a means of creating a “WE” story, for all of us who are trying to find our way through the unchartered waters of appropriately educating the next digital generation. Here’s a link to its humble beginnings. Care to join?
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