Week 4: FREE POST - Publishing/Leadership Project Park 2 of 2 - Where and Why

I touched on this in my previous post, but I will talk more about it here again. I think the idea of a presentation is great. I think of all the TED videos I watch and think, wow, I wish I could do that. That being said I found myself drawn to the paper for two reasons:

1. It allowed me to show the world my lit review that I feel I worked very hard on.

2. I am continuing the challenge as a part of my position at work now and I wanted a solid paper to submit to my University's Technology Roundtable group for funding to further expand the online policies and procedures manual and mentoring program.

I will definitely be focusing on publications that emphasize the application of technology and not so much the theoretical background of it. While I think that the theory behind it is important, my interests lie primarily in making things happen through active change.

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Week 4: Publishing/Leadership Project - Part 1 of 2: Thinking Aloud

Unfortunately being so busy at work and volunteering has caused me to write this post rather late. I must say that the thought of doing a presentation enticed me at first glance. In reviewing the requirements, it seemed much simpler to me. After reviewing the requirements, I went back and read through my capstone project site pages and blog posts and I realized that a presentation would not do my project full justice. I thought about the amount of time I spent on my literature review and I wanted it displayed in its fully glory and I wanted the chance to write out exactly how well the challenge went.

Being a visual person however, I'd love to see my data up there on the screen. I'd love to do a combination of a paper and presentation or maybe just a paper and presentation (minus those speaker notes). My only concern with doing a paper is that it is not as visually engaging, but I hope my words capture my excitement and the overall success of the challenge.
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Week 3 - Response to Tania Shavor

Tania,
I loved your post. The Four Agreements is one of my favorite books and I keep it on my nightstand to look back on every once and again. The way you conduct yourself at work shows a lot about you as a person. I'm sure your supervisor greatly appreciates that you are aware of her situation and show support for her in your own way. You are indeed putting "leading from any chair" into practice. I respect your courage in goal setting and it seems that you have very strong convictions and are sure to do great things in the future.

Week 3 - Response to Mike Skocko

Mike,
I too pulled the same exact inspirational passage for my blog post from the reading. I think what you have accomplished in the Mac Lab is and will continue to be great. I know you have a lot invested in your students and the resources you create for them. I appreciate your candidness about the posts this month as I too wish I could be focusing more on the mentoring taking place where I work. I think it is a matter of them (FS) trying to find an outlet for us to discuss the reading. I think I much rather have preferred a discussion post in which we all went back and forth on one page relaying our thoughts. There's always room for improvement right. I hope all goes well for you at Adobe's HQ. Good luck!!!