Sunday, February 26, 2012
Here's a shout out to my friend Lawana in Cohort 8! THANK YOU!
Regarding how to save article notes taken in Mendeley and needed for an AB. I saw the function in Mendeley but I thought I would get the whole article again with notes embedded in it. And, I just couldn't grasp the new angle on it at that time - so much to learn at once. So, I never tried it. I'm glad when a peer is willing to say something to help - it made me go back and look at the function again. (Rule here, it is good to share your knowledge.) A million thanks! I'm passing it along. Mendeley - load it on your desk top and start using it. Highlight, take notes, store Pdf articles. Then, when you need your AB click: File -> Export Pdf with annotations -> deselect "article content". Wala! Copy and paste what you want or just study your notes.
It pays to revisit something you weren't ready for the first time. That's learning - right? Now, I encourage you all to try Mendeley if you haven't. I've been using it as a reader and storage of articles for the beginnings of what will eventually be my dissertation and just now tried the tool with which Lawana helped me.
WOW! Nice - I just created a pdf of all my notes from an article and it puts out a beautiful format. It took some time to work through and learn it. But, I am so glad I am spending this precious time up front to learn new technologies; Mendeley is particularly helpful for me right now. For any of you who haven't tried it - take the hour and play with it. If you don't already use something wonderful to organize your articles, citations, and notes, try it. (No, Mendeley is not paying me.)
I was prepared to go down the long, sloppy road of which I was most comfortable. When I completed my Masters thesis I had scraps of notes cut and put in to little piles all over the kitchen (I'm dating myself). That was the way we were taught back then (I hope you figured out my age by now - I want people to feel like they can go back to school at any age!). Anyway, I had actually started to revert back yesterday. Then I forced myself to stop and take the necessary time to learn more about Mendeley. I have a long way to go with it but this beats from where I came. Hint: if you haven't started a doctorate program but want to, or you are planning any advanced education, spend time now getting tech savvy (if you haven't already). It will save you time in the long run. If you are tech savvy, you are a step ahead of the game - that should encourage you to move forward in any good endeavor.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Of what value is EQ (or EI) to Educational Leaders?
wiki/Emotional_intelligence
In preparing for a class presentation on the subject, I would like to hear your thoughts:
What is the value of Emotional Quotient (EQ) or Emotional Intelligence (EI) as it applies to Educational Leadership?
In preparing for a class presentation on the subject, I would like to hear your thoughts:
What is the value of Emotional Quotient (EQ) or Emotional Intelligence (EI) as it applies to Educational Leadership?
Saturday, February 18, 2012
New Media Environments - Mike Wesch
http://youtu.be/DwyCAtyNYHw
What does this video mean for you as a person, a parent, an educator, and a leader? From books to computers - media mediate relationships. As an advanced society (or so we are called), books are not new media. Google Earth yourself over to Papua New Guinea and you'll quickly see how books are new media. There you can see a different version of a mediated world. Quite possibly, how we use media to mediate our relationships will be a measure of our success as a society - either way, media uses us and we use it.
There is no opting out of media; it changes our society as a whole whether we participate or not. It affects how we are connected and who is connected. It gives hopeful possibilities (like for the people of Papua New Guinea) and ominous possibilities as well. It brings thoughts of "mass participation" and worries of "mass distraction". As Kansas State University (my husband's Alma mater) Professor, Mike Wesch appropriately advises, "We need to be more open, caring, daring, creative, and collaborative as learners..." This is true. but, definitely as leaders we must be all of this because many of our learners already are and they will continue with or without us.
We need to make learning meaningful. Career Technical Education has done that for decades. The question is how can media be used to better mediate meaningful learning for students earning bachelor degrees? We need to ask ourselves: What do I need to do to engage those around me? How differently does learning need to look in order to engage today's students? How can I move out of the classroom? How can I create environments that allow students to think about what it is they need to know? Part of the solution will include:
What does this video mean for you as a person, a parent, an educator, and a leader? From books to computers - media mediate relationships. As an advanced society (or so we are called), books are not new media. Google Earth yourself over to Papua New Guinea and you'll quickly see how books are new media. There you can see a different version of a mediated world. Quite possibly, how we use media to mediate our relationships will be a measure of our success as a society - either way, media uses us and we use it.
There is no opting out of media; it changes our society as a whole whether we participate or not. It affects how we are connected and who is connected. It gives hopeful possibilities (like for the people of Papua New Guinea) and ominous possibilities as well. It brings thoughts of "mass participation" and worries of "mass distraction". As Kansas State University (my husband's Alma mater) Professor, Mike Wesch appropriately advises, "We need to be more open, caring, daring, creative, and collaborative as learners..." This is true. but, definitely as leaders we must be all of this because many of our learners already are and they will continue with or without us.
We need to make learning meaningful. Career Technical Education has done that for decades. The question is how can media be used to better mediate meaningful learning for students earning bachelor degrees? We need to ask ourselves: What do I need to do to engage those around me? How differently does learning need to look in order to engage today's students? How can I move out of the classroom? How can I create environments that allow students to think about what it is they need to know? Part of the solution will include:
- Collaborative learning
- Shared knowledge
- Systems that value knowledge in all stakeholders (thinking of students as participants not burdens)
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