tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35067489125166005262024-03-20T21:13:54.093-07:00Blogging with Burcham/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-58165814813771054162011-04-24T12:59:00.000-07:002011-04-24T12:59:13.783-07:00Week 4 - Blog #4 - Response to Jen<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jen Alman writes:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The last four chapters of this week's reading seem to have been designed to inspire the reader to be the change they want to see in the world. The Zanders encourage the reader to create a spark and framework for that change and enroll others in that vision. It is not about manipulating people or situations to accomplish something, but using your passion to inspire others.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I also liked the chapters on being the board and telling the we story. It is so easy to blame others for what we perceive to be wrong. Instead the Zanders challenge the reader to take responsibility for what happens in your life and find a way to transform situations and see things in a different light. Doing this brings more compassion to a world full of human beings all trying to co-exist.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My response:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I agree that the last four chapters are meant to inspire us to go out and change the way we perceive the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The message is simple, yet not always so easy to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of taking responsibility for everything, good and bad, that happens in our life is foreign to most of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet the implications are boundless if we take the challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am impressed that you were able to sum up a very complicated section of the book in so few words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excellent job!<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-20022838067075217132011-04-24T12:45:00.000-07:002011-04-24T12:45:55.855-07:00Week 4 - Blog #3 - Response to Kathy<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Kathy said,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #250c28; font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">I didn’t get very far into the reading this week before I found the focus for my blog… lighting a spark. According to Ben Zander, “…our universe is alive with sparks. We have at our fingertips an infinite capacity to light a spark of possibility” (p125). This fits perfectly in with the tech conference I sent a proposal to and seems to be the ‘sign’ I needed that says- this is the place you need to be to help light that spark of possibility in others! Zander went on to list some steps and two of those remind me of what my mantra needs to be: “Offer that which lights you up… [and] have no doubt that others are eager to catch the spark” (p126). This pretty much sums up my passion for what I do and all that I have learned throughout my journey both as a student and a teacher. I have always been full of passion and the desire to pass that onto others has been burned deep inside because of how others have inspired or ‘enrolled’ me in this educational trip. They have been my roadmap and their sparks have ignited mine. By offering to others what I discovered along my personal journey and through my research, I can only hope that my light will spark someone else to carry on their own passion and pass the sparks onto others.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #250c28; font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Zander, R. & Zander, B. (2000). The art of possibility. Harvard Business School Press: Boston, MA.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #250c28; font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Postscript: I just wanted to say I loved this book! It had so many wonderful stories and themes I could relate to. It was a very enjoyable and entertaining read.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #250c28; font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">My response:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kathy, you have a passion and a spark that will ignite many people as you share your knowledge and experience with others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I agree that when we are able to pursue interests that we have passion for we share that spark and spread the excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish you well as you present your AR project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The audience will surely catch the spark and go on to ignite others as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-56002093703764795812011-04-21T19:56:00.000-07:002011-04-21T19:56:26.099-07:00Week 4 – Blog #2 – Reading: the rest of The Art of Possibility<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Be the board, not one of the pieces!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I have to start by saying that I love this book! I have enjoyed every chapter and know that, although I am familiar with many of the themes in this book, I loved the way that they were presented in this book. It also served to remind me that I need to live in the moment and give the situation I find myself in it’s due; it is what it is! Judgement and bitterness over situations we find ourselves in serves nobody, especially me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The idea of enrollment is very enticing to me. You know it when you see it, but it is something that almost always is seen in person. Zander writes, “ Enrollment is the art and practice of generating a spark of possibility for others to share.” This is what we hope to share with our students. I think enrollment is what launches a good teacher to a great teacher because they are able to launch their students into the mindset of possibility.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The chapter on being the board was the hardest for me to understand, but once I got the idea that it was really about taking the responsibility of being a part of the situation. It isn’t about taking all of the responsibility for the situation or blame. It is about seeing what part you did have in the situation and what can be done to alleviate the blame game. What can be done to get the participants in the situation back in the same game. By taking the responsibility of being the board, you are able to see the situation for what it is, minus any blame or resentment. If both participants take the stance of being the board the situation is more likely to be solved in a mutually beneficial way. It becomes a WE story instead of an I story. What can WE do about this so that we can both find a suitable solution for everyone.</div>/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-78616869118725201412011-04-20T15:03:00.000-07:002011-04-21T20:03:08.231-07:00Week 4 Publishing_Leadership Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsdgJSUymD6qyljCkkmzfEblMZy_xi61d76emfpXFC-JNLl8qF_BdAaZqxsUxfjdW7lpsBmAYGDtcGYqi4VLYlIXMP9x3xhmfgkm6F1YXzjPSiTrDJD2mLeBB7QIMU3DzUaEBT2UxtKc/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-17+at+7.38.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsdgJSUymD6qyljCkkmzfEblMZy_xi61d76emfpXFC-JNLl8qF_BdAaZqxsUxfjdW7lpsBmAYGDtcGYqi4VLYlIXMP9x3xhmfgkm6F1YXzjPSiTrDJD2mLeBB7QIMU3DzUaEBT2UxtKc/s200/Screen+shot+2011-04-17+at+7.38.31+PM.png" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Action Research Project focusses on using digital social stories to teach social nuances and rules to students on the autistic spectrum. I have decided to pursue publishing my finding with the following two journals. Both have links to Autism Speaks and are valuable resources to parents, teachers and specialist who work with autistic students.</span><br />
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.autismdigest.com/"> http://www.autismdigest.com/ </a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Autism – Asperger’s Digest Magazine</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> <a href="http://www.springer.com/psychology/child+%26+school+psychology/journal/10803"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.springer.com/psychology/child+%26+school+psychology/journal/10803</span></a></span> Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders</span></li>
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Here is the link to my Leadership Project that I wish to publish:<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PK3WQq_-OcHIjtV1VL4gNj9crq7vag_IASkj5Q401Dc/edit?hl=en&authkey=CICA3-IE#">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PK3WQq_-OcHIjtV1VL4gNj9crq7vag_IASkj5Q401Dc/edit?hl=en&authkey=CICA3-IE#</a><br />
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Here are the links to my think-aloud posts about my AR project:<br />
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<ol><li><a href="http://klytia-burcham.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-3-blog-4-publishing-paper-or.html">http://klytia-burcham.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-3-blog-4-publishing-paper-or.html</a></li>
<li><a href="http://klytia-burcham.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-3-blog-5-publishing-my-ar-findings.html">http://klytia-burcham.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-3-blog-5-publishing-my-ar-findings.html</a></li>
</ol>/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-51872258826160172372011-04-17T20:30:00.000-07:002011-04-17T20:30:29.180-07:00Week 3 – Blog #5 – Publishing my AR Findings<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">c. Sophia Winters - Fotolia.com</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Here is a list of magazines and professional journals that I am going to submit my AR findings to in hopes of having them published<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ol><li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.autismdigest.com/">http://www.autismdigest.com/</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Autism – Asperger’s Digest Magazine</li>
<li><a href="http://www.asquarterly.com/">http://www.asquarterly.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Autism Spectrum Quarterly</li>
<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/1034912X.html">http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/1034912X.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>International Journal of Disability, Development and Education</li>
<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.springer.com/psychology/child+%26+school+psychology/journal/10803">http://www.springer.com/psychology/child+%26+school+psychology/journal/10803</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders</li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is my hope that I might help an educator, a family and a child through sharing digital social stories through these publications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that I have something to share with educators and parents because I am an educator and a parent of a child with autism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not necessarily a unique view, however it is one worth sharing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Autism has been around for a long time and Asperger’s, although diagnosed relatively recently, has always been there too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our schools are struggling with the current influx of students with autism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schools need to learn how to help students on the spectrum learn social skills in order to get along with neurotypical students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truth be told, I think the schools need to change a little and social skills need to be taught to all students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students on the spectrum may need a little more specific language and modeling, but all students benefit from learning to look at another’s perspective and turn taking skills.</span><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-45958524831429270392011-04-14T16:47:00.000-07:002011-04-14T16:48:26.892-07:00Week 3 - Blog #4 - Publishing a paper or Presentation?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul, age 8, at a cabin in Lake Tahoe<br />
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My action research project is on making social stories digital to increase their effectiveness with students with Asperger's or high-end autism. Although, my project is in the special education realm I am not a special education teacher. My son has Asperger's and that is my connection to this topic. Although. . . I did teach one year of special education in a private school about ten years ago. I'm not sure that one year qualifies me to be a presenter or a writer of special education issues. But, I know that parenting a nine year old with this disorder does. Many educators and parents are interested in positive and effective ways of teaching social skills to students on the autistic spectrum.<br />
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I have presented in several conferences and although the reaction from others makes you feel good, it is a lot of work with little or no financial gain. Most conferences pay your way into the conference for presenting in the conference. The presenters that make money at conferences have products that they sell after or before their presentation. I know that sharing information isn't about money, but there is a lot of work to do to prepare for a presentation at a conference. This is not the time to throw something together and run with it. You need to have a well thought out plan, presentation, handout, and door prizes. That's right, educators love getting something for free. Especially if what you are offering has something to do with implementing what you are presenting. <br />
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So. . . the paper is a lot of work too, but it would be done at the end of this class and I wouldn't have to spend any more money to prepare it for publishing. I might have to do a re-write, but that is just time, not money. I think that I am leaning towards writing a paper with my findings from my action research project. Now I need to narrow my focus and look at the publications that would be interested in the information I have to offer./Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-85024071861576948102011-04-14T16:11:00.000-07:002011-04-14T16:11:42.399-07:00Week 3 – Blog #3 – Response to Melissa<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Melissa wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Week 3 Reading: Seriously?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">During the last few days, I have spent a substantial amount of time asking myself, “Are you taking yourself too seriously?” In most cases, the answer is yes. When things don’t go the way they should or the way I think that they should, my normal reaction is frustration. This is usually a result of being driven by the calculating self instead of the central self. This weeks reading has sharpened my awareness of internal motivation. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In many ways the reading from <u>The Art of Possibility</u> mirrors concepts delivered in Eckhart Tolle’s <u>A New Earth</u>. Instead of <i>calculating self</i>, Eckhart uses the term <i>ego. </i>Realizing when this aspect of personality is at work is a major step in redirecting thought patterns. The <i>calculating self</i>, or <i>ego</i>, is really just a survival mechanism that loses its purpose in adulthood and serves to hinder relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">These steps are not easy but reading them again has helped me to refocus on awareness and presence. Breaking habits in behavior and in thought is a challenging endeavor but is the only way for me to evolve as an individual.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My response:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I applaud your connection with the calculating self and the ego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are right that they served a purpose in our youth, but as an adult they tend to get in the way when we take them to seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is human nature to not like it when things don’t go our way or don’t end up the way we think that they should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I too, am trying to break those habits in behavior by making myself aware of the now and how things really are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is something that I will need to continually work on because it is so easy to forget and slip back into old habits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s to keeping to how things really are, not taking ourselves to seriously and to new possibilities!<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-66609677613543693732011-04-14T15:44:00.000-07:002011-04-14T15:44:56.685-07:00Week 3 - Blog #2 - Response to Jennifer<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jennifer wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I thought last week's reading was really good, but this week I couldn't stop reading. I was blown away by the chapter on being a contribution. I love the thought of being a meaningful contributor instead of focusing on competition. Although I do have a competitive spirit, it's generally within myself. I strive to grow and be better than I was the day before. I especially enjoy collaborating and working together for the greater good. This chapter empowered me to value this about myself and strive to incorporate this in my future career path.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I also liked the chapter on accepting things the way they are. I realized that I spend too much time focusing on how I think things should be or I would like for them to be. Instead, if I allowed things to be just as they are, I can use my time to be in the moment or find solutions that would work better.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My response:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jennifer,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed the chapter on contribution as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we are trained from youth to be in constant competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little friendly competition is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Living in constant competition isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you are right on when you talk about trying to be a little better today then you were yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should embrace the good things that we know about ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I too, would love to learn how to be in the moment more often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All we can do is try to learn from our mistakes and try to do it better tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all any of us can do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-81368341841053277822011-04-14T15:20:00.000-07:002011-04-14T15:20:54.086-07:00Week 3 – Blog #1 – Reading: The Art of Possibility<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Several concepts in these four chapters resound in me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None so much as the question, “What would need to change for me to be completely fulfilled?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As stated in previous blogs, I am in a period of change and uncertainty in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure when there will be primary teaching jobs again where I live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure what I would want to do if I weren’t a teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what would have to change for me to be completely fulfilled?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem with this is that I think I was completely fulfilled as a kindergarten teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved my job and in fact it was part of my identity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So, maybe I need to refer to rule #6 and not take myself so seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think for the next several months I am going to play the . . .”Have the Best <u>Day</u> Ever” game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can remember rule #6 maybe I can open myself to some new possibilities that I have been overlooking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have arranged my narrative or my story around being a primary teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to remove those boundaries and that story so that I can reinvent a new story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I try to live my life to the fullest and live in the moment, surely a path or revelation will come to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have always been a cup half-full type of person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the way that Zander explains that the cup half-full is the only true way to be aware of the way things are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By describing the cup half-empty you are describing how things aren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By looking at the way things are without any judgments or fears or focusing on how things should be a new world of possibilities will open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By releasing all of these boundaries, fears and contradictions or as Zander puts it, “Beyond the F--- It” (BTFI) lies my future.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-78064949751097198582011-04-10T11:41:00.000-07:002011-04-10T11:41:17.161-07:00Week 2 - Blog #4 - Free Choice<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Personal Connection to My AR Project</span></div><br />
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My son was diagnosed with Asperger's when he was four years old. Asperger's is on the high end of the autistic spectrum. People with Asperger's are very intelligent and vocal, but have difficulty understanding the complex social world we live in. Shortly after diagnosis, my family and I launched an all out intensive therapy treatment for Paul. We read everything we could get our hands on and tried everything that we thought might work. Paul has received speech therapy, occupational therapy and seen a psychologist at school since kindergarten. We have taken him to our own psychologist as well, who has offered lots of resources for Paul and for us. As parents of a special needs child it is difficult to know which consequences Paul will understand and will be effective. Dr. Wells has been extremely helpful to Steve and I and Paul loves going because they have play therapy. Paul also attended a karate school forty-five minutes from our house once a week for over two years. The school was recommended by his occupational therapist. The director of the karate school is a psychology professor from Fresno State. Most of the instructors at the school are his master's or doctorate students who are well versed in different disabilities. One of the greatest things that the school offered is that the students had a wide range of issues and some were considered "normal".<br />
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I decided on my action research topic because my son disliked reading the traditional social stories that were sent from the psychologist at school. However, he loved to do anything on the computer. He could google Earth and find the ranch where we live at age three. (My father spent hours with him studying geography on the computer.) So I decided that it would be a great idea to link these two things together. At the time, I had no idea if it had been done before. As it turns out several studies have been done on this and the practice has been found effective.<br />
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An update on Paul - Paul is now in the third grade in a regular education class at our local school district. His teachers are amazed at his intellect and vocabulary. At our last IEP, about two weeks ago, his teacher, the speech therapist and his occupational therapist all voiced how well Paul is progressing. He no longer has adaptations on his work schedule or on testing. He no longer has a BIP, behavior intervention plan, and he now has a best friend. He plays on the playground with a group of students and has actually formed a great relationship with a student in his class that lives just down the road from us. The kids play together very well and need little or no intervention during play dates at home or when playing at school. Wow. . . have we come a long way!! Paul will always have a few issues that will be difficult to him, especially when his schedule is far from his daily routine. However, the progress we have made in the last five years is amazing and I am very grateful for it./Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-58347714762426531602011-04-07T12:40:00.000-07:002011-04-07T12:40:19.869-07:00Week 3 - Blog #3 - Response to Ashley May<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Ashley May wrote:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I read chapters 1-4 in <u>The Art of Possibility</u> on Sunday, but for some reason, I have been wrestling with writing this post. It’s not that the reading was so confusing or that I had any misunderstandings; it was more of a “what to say and how to say it” kind of situation. However, this evening I got news that my mother was in the hospital, and suddenly the urge to find a distraction led me back to my computer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As I read through the chapters, I couldn’t help but think to myself. I know I have heard this all before. After about the fourth time I found myself saying this, it dawned on me; these are all Biblical principles being put into action. I had heard this all before. We have studied many of these same concepts in depth at </span><a href="http://www.lmfc.org/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">my church</span></a><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. Such titles as </span><a href="http://store.lmfc.org/product_p/expecting2disc.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">What You are Expecting is Expecting You</span></a><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><a href="http://store.lmfc.org/product_p/yourthoughts3disc.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Your Thoughts Create Your World,</span></a><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> and </span><a href="http://store.lmfc.org/product_p/confession.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Confession that Brings Possession</span></a><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> immediately came to mind. You can click on any of the titles to purchase any of these titles or to read more information. My Bishop, S. Terri Smith, always says, “The principles work if you work them.” It is show true. Believer or non-believer, Christian or non-Christian, the principles of the Bible always work. After realizing that this book was simply a repeat of teaching that I had already received being presented in a different light, I was able to read and enjoy more. I was able to really get into what the Zanders had to say. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There were a few points that stuck out to me that I would like to address. First, Ben dealt with removing fear as an obstacle. This was a prevalent theme throughout the first 2 chapters. I had my “aha” moment when I (once again) realized that I am the biggest opposition to my own success. It’s my thought patterns about my environment and myself that have to change. I have to stop limiting myself to the box. Instead of thinking outside of the box, I have to operate as if the box doesn’t exist!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The second point that I absolutely loved was when Zander said, “When you make a mistake, lift your arms high in the air and say ‘how fascinating.’” I thought this would be a great exercise for me, personally. I tend to put an extraordinary amount of pressure on myself to do everything and be everything. What’s worse is that even though I know I cannot be perfect, I am still somehow disappointed when I am not. This exercise will be great for me to start to take some of the pressure off of myself, and to allow myself to make mistakes. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The third point that stood out was the story of the Taiwanese student. He went form seeing himself as a 68, to seeing himself as an A. It made me wonder, how do I see myself? Why do I let others define who I am? Why do we all let others define who we are, even if it’s just a small part of ourselves? This passage was extremely liberating for me. It also reinforced things that I knew, but that I hadn’t yet learned. I hope that makes sense to you! It’s just like when people hear you but they are not listening. Anyway, I am going to strive to do a better job of only caring about how I see myself, and giving myself that A!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The fourth and last point that I wanted to discuss was about making contributions, and about how that is like making ripples. It immediately brought me back to Professor Rena Hanaway’s class. Her theme was always “making ripples,” and I really, finally, truly got it! It’s really about doing enough to cause a change in others, and for that same change to cause a ripple effect. On a random side note, I thought it was rather befitting that I would reach this epiphany of sorts during the same week that I am hammering home cause and effect relationships with my 6</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>grade students! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-right: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">My response:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3c1600; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Hoefler Text";">Ashley,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3c1600; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Hoefler Text";">I agree that this book echos of information that we have heard in other places before. Yet, we must need to hear it many times because it takes us so long to "get" it. I also found similarities with the themes in this book and the teaching in the Christian Church. I appreciate your candid way of explaining how you came to understand that you need to think as though there is no box. My son has Aspergers and one of the greatest things about having Aspergers is that you operate everyday as if there was no box. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3c1600; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Hoefler Text";">I also like the way that you explained the contributions portion of our reading. It is like making ripples! I hadn't thought about it that way before reading your blog. If you think about it that is what we hope to do in our classrooms.</span></div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-71602947698793614332011-04-07T12:37:00.000-07:002011-04-07T12:37:02.548-07:00week 2 - Blog #2 - Response to Curt Isakson<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Curt Isakson wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One of the most compelling points bought across in this book, and what has stuck with me the longest, was the concept of giving an ‘A’ for a particular project to free one-self of the grade, and to let a person fully experiment, fail, or succeed without the worry of getting a bad grade. I believe this can be a wonderful way of letting loose the chains that bind us creatively.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I find myself in this course having to make decisions about whether I do what I really want to do (which usually is more involved), or just make sure I fit the criteria for the grade. Many times I have made the conclusion that I want the grade and have not taken it as far as I wanted to. The projects I am most proud of though are the ones that I really didn’t care about the grade and did what I felt was right in my mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This course has used this concept many times, and I use this same idea in the classes I teach. A ‘no-fail’ approach to some of my learning environments really brings out the best in my students. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">My response:</div><div class="MsoNormal">I agree, Curt! When we allow ourselves to fully immerse ourselves into a project and forget about how others may judge or critique it, that is where our creativity is set free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re right about Full Sail giving us the opportunity to try new things on a pass/fail basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hadn’t really thought about the EMDT program as starting us off with A’s, but I believe you are right!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now all we have to do is pass this belief forward to our students and see how far they can go with it.</div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-31541500902021416702011-04-06T11:25:00.000-07:002011-04-06T11:25:16.650-07:00Week #2 - Reading: The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Zander and Benjamin Zander<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaksOwJ8DA-B2LhUR5deUuAN7GMi5MGksE78s-jLz7Xrqic0kb4EEQgXTgSEauAj9qNKzLWr4txIQv2HwwTWc-3GazZ5b7ziJnEjnekvT7QtwufoPO0aHwrTk_PHuglJdrFxxvdvGK9Y/s1600/The+possiblities+are+in+your+head+picture.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaksOwJ8DA-B2LhUR5deUuAN7GMi5MGksE78s-jLz7Xrqic0kb4EEQgXTgSEauAj9qNKzLWr4txIQv2HwwTWc-3GazZ5b7ziJnEjnekvT7QtwufoPO0aHwrTk_PHuglJdrFxxvdvGK9Y/s200/The+possiblities+are+in+your+head+picture.png" width="200" /></a></div><!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">What is possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What our mind can comprehend and make into a narrative story is what we believe is reality and from that we determine what is possible. What if we are limiting ourselves, by limiting what we view?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if we are writing a narrative that limits our possibilities?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is precisely what the authors of the Art of Possibility are saying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two wonderful authors go on to give rules or guidelines to help us re-write our narrative or roadmap so that the world and our possibilities open up.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Within the first couple of pages I immediately had a connection with this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since being laid off last year, I find myself without a teaching position for the first time in fifteen years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is significant because I defined myself as a teacher; specifically a kindergarten teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not go into a store or on vacation without keeping an eye out for something that would be useful in my classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After being laid off I felt like I was “out of the boat” and I didn’t know which way was up and where I was going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My narrative was shaken and I had to write a new one. I had to find a new track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided that I would substitute teach and I decided to open myself up to any grade in the district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I landed a long-term job at the high school in Special Education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By opening myself up to other possibilities, I discovered that I enjoyed teaching an age group I previously wouldn’t have believed I would enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have spent most of the year subbing at the high school in a variety of classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the process I have gotten to know many students. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I love the chapter on Giving Yourself an A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a kindergarten teacher I believe this is my narrative or story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believed every student could learn to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I have to do is give them experiences with literacy and find out what they need to make sense of it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to chip away the un-needed clay to find the inner student inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By treating them as readers and calling them authors from the first day of school, students knew that they could do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could see when they started to believe it themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they would turn to their neighbor and say, “Look at the story I wrote!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know I am an author like David Shannon.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I let them know every day in every lesson that they had important information to contribute to the class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That each of them are valuable and capable learners. Each of them has something valuable to contribute to our learning. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ironically, this is what I believe high school students respond to as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I treat them like valuable people who have something wonderful to contribute to society. In return they become the person I see them to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the students who other teachers refer to as rough, like coming into a class I am subbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They know that I believe in them and in return they believe in me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this relationship the world’s narrative becomes a better one.</div><!--EndFragment-->/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-6710228706826390212011-04-02T14:07:00.000-07:002011-04-02T14:07:53.850-07:00Week 1 - Blog #4 - Wimba and My AR Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8X8pJvseXxlBTe3OFkZvmWbJMCOF-VnKrSPQvRm-YNr1m-Xc4EdmdXffRb_HADj2MXLTmWQCM9QotrrLPgVaC5ykJo_29-KlYKnnon9-hsH1pWqaedhkd8ZFiXMh0dh2vOT2-PspaYi8/s1600/Wimba+MAC+expectations.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8X8pJvseXxlBTe3OFkZvmWbJMCOF-VnKrSPQvRm-YNr1m-Xc4EdmdXffRb_HADj2MXLTmWQCM9QotrrLPgVaC5ykJo_29-KlYKnnon9-hsH1pWqaedhkd8ZFiXMh0dh2vOT2-PspaYi8/s200/Wimba+MAC+expectations.png" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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Week one Wimba's session was full of information on the expectations for the Media Asset Creation, (MAC) class taught by Professor Joe. I appreciate the up-front and straight forward way in which the information was shared. I work very well in an atmosphere where I know what is expected of me. I hate surprises! Although the session was pretty long, I believe that the time was needed to convey the information to us in the beginning of the class rather than last minute.<br />
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There are so many finishing touches to be put on our Action Research website this month. I appreciate the look at the class as a whole so I know what to expect. We are so close to being done with our master's. We can't lose focus now! Luckily, most of the items that were explained I have done. Hopefully they are done correctly. One of the things that concerns me about the data for my AR project is that all of the actual information has to be kept confidential. So the data that was collected is from surveys that the special education teacher or specialist completed for me. From the surveys I am able to ascertain that the specialist and/or the student felt that making the social story digital was helpful in learning the skill or behavior./Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-74927306675419263402011-04-01T21:34:00.000-07:002011-04-02T13:10:57.663-07:00Week 1 - Blog #3 - Response to Melissa Lodhi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_TglXYMkEsSWfze-eEXsBkyyLEV_AksihP8cPulP1bkLt9WzB7SgkHdUyBDQojxYUH5zTqXuFHH9NAmv8l7FK5k0oCGN_Rs_7viLjIbHl62QiaPxWLO5swuIa2sap9RIwpSPcMZXFl0/s1600/picture+of+notice+on+fence.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_TglXYMkEsSWfze-eEXsBkyyLEV_AksihP8cPulP1bkLt9WzB7SgkHdUyBDQojxYUH5zTqXuFHH9NAmv8l7FK5k0oCGN_Rs_7viLjIbHl62QiaPxWLO5swuIa2sap9RIwpSPcMZXFl0/s200/picture+of+notice+on+fence.png" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><i><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Reading: Copyright Infringement by Melissa Lodhi</span></i></b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">I find the issues surrounding copyright law fascinating. I am particularly interested because much of my career revolves around</span></i><i></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> these laws. As a professional choreographer, my own intellectual property is protected but I run into massive risks when using music to accompany my work. Trying to publish or share my work is impossible without original music, which is unaffordable in most cases. The video “Good Copy, Bad Copy” was eye-opening. I am extremely baffled by how so many artists are able to produce work that is technically infringing on copyright. It sounds like all remixes and remakes of songs are stealing intellectual property. Copyright law is a jumble of pitfalls and loopholes. In order to pay artists for their work, all 3000 songs on my iPod have been purchased on hardcopy or through iTunes, but I have on many occasions used the work of artists as accompaniment for my work which is technically a no-no. </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Melissa, I appreciate your candid and personal view on copyright. There are many people who share your situation. Where their art is reliant on someone else's creation. Unless you are a famous choreographer, it is impossible to pay the required fees for original music. Yet, without your interpretation through dance how many young people wouldn't learn? I find the copyright laws very perplexing. I agree artist need and should be protected. Yet, how could you help not being influenced and inspired by the art to create something else? Does the new art, even in another medium, then become the property of the first artist? Perplexing is a great word to describe copyright law!</span></span></span></div></span></i>/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-64434395284593114622011-04-01T21:27:00.000-07:002011-04-02T13:08:18.212-07:00Week 1 - Blog #2 - Response to Kathy Valunas<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Kathy's Blog:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9a2FXpB_eI3-pStxfZIYUOjF0UrZx-1Q15rEwZpVp97YvS0iR64dQtM7eI3as1XKd20VKv0XT8KTohi8lgBfEkYh6GxLayxO_Gxi9zgmDYdgeBj7PfrtZpzAtgHSvpYx7JfpN8J0oRo/s1600/time+picture.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9a2FXpB_eI3-pStxfZIYUOjF0UrZx-1Q15rEwZpVp97YvS0iR64dQtM7eI3as1XKd20VKv0XT8KTohi8lgBfEkYh6GxLayxO_Gxi9zgmDYdgeBj7PfrtZpzAtgHSvpYx7JfpN8J0oRo/s1600/time+picture.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Rules... rules... rules... how to make sure you don't break copyright laws can be very perplexing! By Kathy Valunas</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">As I listened to the 10 myths video and the copyright basics that Joe Bustillos provided, the issue about how long a copyright lasts (lifetime+70 years for an author and 100 years for a company) triggered more questions that needed further investigation. I started thinking about all of the various pieces of fine art as well as illuminated manuscripts, and music that might fall outside of this guideline. For example, what about music written before 1900 such as: Bach to Brahms (ca. 1700-1900) or the use of a Requiem or chamber music for background music in a video for education? Or how about the masterpieces created by Donatello (1386-1466), Michelangelo (1475-1564), and da Vinci (1452-1519) all who died before 1900? Then there are the logo designs and the very beginnings of branding from the 1700 and 1800s such as family genealogy coats of arms or the coca-color script used for the logo/branding by John Pemberton in 1886 (Bellis); would these still fall into the category of copyright if one wanted to use those works to create something new for another purpose. Would we still have to gain permission from family members because the original copyright holder was no longer living, to use these items? And what about literature and a variety of authors such as TS Eliot, Virginia Woolf’s essays, or Shakespeare (circa 1558-1939)? </span></span><u><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">My Reply:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Kathy, I agree! The more I learn about copyright issues, the more questions I seem to have. You made a great point about the art that was made before copyright law came into existence. Is that protected by copyright law automatically? Does Michelangelo's family receive requests to use his art? Do they receive royalty checks in the mail? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">The question that I want to focus on is how are we to use copyright? Can we use pictures or logos that we see on the web, if it's for educational purposes? I would rather be safe than sorry. There are great websites which offer pictures to use for educational purposes.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>/Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-74338704320419452592011-03-30T22:27:00.000-07:002011-04-01T21:58:02.821-07:00Week 1 - Copyright, Copyright, What art thou copyright?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-3VIBQ4vPLqt9F_o9WiBdy_GXG3Ezn1_QjFEXX7TcedCroXoq1OG3UI10BnqNFAQeTWAaYSU_B7WHshkIYbgKYnt9tN8DrU3fbtGRzczI7rFQL1hevfq1syRfrR5DuoRAj07kPKYjqQ/s1600/book+with+info+flying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-3VIBQ4vPLqt9F_o9WiBdy_GXG3Ezn1_QjFEXX7TcedCroXoq1OG3UI10BnqNFAQeTWAaYSU_B7WHshkIYbgKYnt9tN8DrU3fbtGRzczI7rFQL1hevfq1syRfrR5DuoRAj07kPKYjqQ/s320/book+with+info+flying.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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When I think of copyright issues, I think of the I-tunes vs. Napster issue. However, it all boils down to whether or not you can completely own intellectual content. I like the professor who wrote books in the video Good Copy, Bad Copy that stated he knew that students would be processing information and therefore using some of what his content was. That copyright was there to protect another author from publishing the same book. Why then are the other arts so different?<br />
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The intention of copyright is to protect the artist from someone stealing their art. Some would argue that copyright actually inhibits creativity because an artist is not allowed to alter something else he/she sees in their environment and more importantly can not be influenced from a fellow artist to be inspired by it. This idea is called sampling and a couple of recent genres of music are based on it. It seems to me that sampling and the concept of fair use are directly opposite from one another. Fair Use states that you may use a small part or idea from a piece, but not enough to take away from the whole; the article said 5%. Yet sampling says that you may not take any part or small section from a song, even if it is then distorted, without breaking copyright law.<br />
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So why is copyright law different for text compared with video and audio? Could it be because very few are making money from the information that is synthesized and used from the text book? Yet, the video and audio that may be altered, slightly used to influence a different piece of audio or video can make a lot of money. I believe that it all boils down to money. I believe that there is a need for copyright law. That artist need to have a way to protect their product from being taken from them. But isn't there goal of sharing their art to have it influence others? So again, as in so many issues that polarize our nation, America needs to find a balance between these two extreme camps on copyright./Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3506748912516600526.post-27755434685518566932011-03-27T20:39:00.000-07:002011-04-02T14:17:56.476-07:00Welcome!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q_333_ZljCkfaJj_Fk_R-IVEJuMIGqtgry8nzegUqLD3b2R_JRmMngO6gHEUw1Aov3jTkgXgHT7Yg8-5-ZxC8gcTbbrx4EVoEsTaU1skK9K5DScKAhPLUa13nqX4x-ela0Ey_4HtXi8/s1600/DSCF0147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q_333_ZljCkfaJj_Fk_R-IVEJuMIGqtgry8nzegUqLD3b2R_JRmMngO6gHEUw1Aov3jTkgXgHT7Yg8-5-ZxC8gcTbbrx4EVoEsTaU1skK9K5DScKAhPLUa13nqX4x-ela0Ey_4HtXi8/s320/DSCF0147.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
This is the first of many blogs about my technological journey. I am now in the eleventh month of a twelve month master's program. I have already learned more than I could have dreamed. Yet, I know that there will be a few surprises for me in the weeks to come. Although I am not teaching this year, I have been busy substitute teaching almost every day. Most of my fifteen years of teaching experience has been with the little ones' in kindergarten and first grade. I love teaching the little ones! However, four years ago my family moved back to the pistachio farm to help my parents who were ill. At the end of last year, I was laid off after three years in the district. California is in a big financial mess. So after fifteen years in the classroom, I have embarked on a year of substitute teaching and pursuing my masters in technology.<br />
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In this year, I have discovered many things. One of the most surprising to me has been that I love teaching high school students. I have had two long term positions at the high school and in fact am at the high school most of the time. I have been blessed with being able to spend time with a family that I love dearly. Almost two months ago, we lost my father to another heart attack. He went quickly without pain in the pistachio fields that he loved. Life on the ranch has changed dramatically, but I am blessed to have had the extra time with him. I know that he is smiling down on me as I finish this program. He was so proud when I would show him the video's that I worked on for this program. So it is with a heavy and happy heart that I dedicate this blog to my father, Larry Gage./Klisha/http://www.blogger.com/profile/09736261620155391667noreply@blogger.com1