Reflections

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"Never let a good crisis go to waste."

 

Network Connections & Intellectual Curiosity

 Follow your intellectual curiosity →→→ video

How to move forward into actualizing your potential and finding value in each step along the way.

 

Getting by with a little help from my friends...

 

Thinking about stepping up your work game?  You won't want to miss this video!  

Reading between the lines

Ad from today's WSJ


                                                                                     

Sometimes the ads in a newspaper prove more interesting and engaging than the actual news… This morning, I was struck by the overarching message in this ad. While the ad is for an open source software company, the message captures an essential quality of productive collaboration and PLNs. Intrigued by the ideas of connection and universal access, I felt compelled to investigate further and pursue more info on their website... https://www.redhat.com/en/about/company

While the tech jargon digitally danced right over my head, the descriptive language kept me captivated. For example, the company website uses language like: “enterprises work across platforms.”  How interesting.... I wonder, what constitutes an enterprise?  What distinguishes enterprises from projects or organizations? Ultimately, whatever is encapsulated inside their working definition of “enterprises” doesn’t really matter, it is the “work across platforms” portion of the statement that most intrigues me.  Working across platforms is not an isolated tech concept. In fact, it also represents the essential qualities of collaboration and PLNs. Another statement extracted from Red Hat’s homepage includes, “building flexible infrastructure solutions”. In expanding this statement beyond this company and the industry of technology, the concept gains power and purpose. I don’t know about you, but as I further develop my OLP and HRD competencies, I want to include the development of flexible infrastructure solutions, an ability to work across platforms, and maintain a focus of active participation in open source solutions.

Sometimes, reading between the lines reveals the messages that connect meaning, answer questions, and reinforce professional passions.

Showing your true colors

 

In just two short minutes, you just might find out what is takes to reveal your true colors.... Shine on!!

Direct Intention through Social Media

Direction of Intention Video

Have you set an intention of direction in your professional practice?  Do you know where you are going?  Are you are on the right path, traveling in the right direction? How will you determine and achieve your destination of success? 

Watch my short, informative video to learn the most valuable step you can take to help you reach your destination of success. 

 

Capturing notices and wonders through awareness

 At times, it's easy to miss the trees through the forest. Here's a fun way to test your awareness and get you thinking about what you are seeing and missing. Take these visuals with you and use them as awareness tools in your day. Notice what you are missing right before your eyes.  Have fun in your notices and wonders......   fun awareness video

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Focusing your lens

 

What’s your lens?  What do you want to focus and zoom in on?  What do you want to pull back from to examine from a broader perspective?  What angle are you striving to capture? What is your current point of view? How will it change if you shift your focus?

As I continue my quest to embed technology into my teaching and learning tool bag ( or should I say camera bag), I am struck by the realization that the World Wide Web really is a capacious world floating in a nebulous infinity of a cyber cosmos. So, with all that data and  possibility accessible with a few finger strokes and a click, it proves essential to find focus, determine the attributes of your subject that highlight the essence of what you are trying to capture, and maintain an objectivity that allows you to shift perspective.     

Ta Da!  Below is a screenshot that I captured to show you how to “screenshot”….  While, traveling the world in the web, you may come across a view that you would like to capture and keep in a photo format.  Well, here is just the tool to support you.  Additionally, as Dr. Robin presented in this week’s assignments, here is a screenshot capturing my current view of Feedly. Feedly provides an accessible, organized place for you to keep your most favorite blog subjects to follow. Using this tool, you will not have to venture out into the WWW to reconnect with your favorite blogs separately; instead, they are corralled together for you in one place for easy access and sustainable use.