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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Something Everyone Should Do


The Learning Circuits Blog Question for December already is getting some really great posts. Finally, after two months of writing questions that elicited at least a few responses of "that's the wrong question" - I think Dave Lee and I came up with a pretty good set of questions. Sure, maybe they are still wrong, but
The exercise itself is literally something everyone should do.

It's a bit like a fall planning cycle, but for yourself. Read a couple of the posts so far. For example, take a look at Karl Kapp's post. One comment to help entice you from his post:
I think the field is a drift. We aren’t sure what our foundational models are, we don’t know if they are effective, we have few publicized alternatives and we have new technology thrown at us at break-neck speed. We need to figure something out.

And then carve out 30-60 minutes to think through the questions:
What will you remember most about 2006?
What are the biggest challenges for you/us as we head into 2007?
What are your predictions for 2007?
It's definitely worth it as a personal exercise.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tony
I agree the process is valuable and recommend it to everyone to explore. I have already generated 4 pages and counting -- on the forecast question, and another half page each for personal highlights and challenges. There's more to come as I consider the challenges for our professions posed by the forecast I'm accumulating. The next hurdle will be for me to converge on a concise posting or two from this abundance of possibilities.

Tony Karrer said...

I look forward to seeing what you write. I had somewhat the same issue - trying to narrow down to what was important. Of course, that's an important part of the exercise.