Thursday, April 5, 2012
Week 2 Leadership: Publish or Present?
For me, the decision to publish or present is a tough choice. I've never done either before, so I don't really know what I'm getting myself into. I'm trying to think about what would work best with my project, and at this point, I'm leaning toward presenting.
My project was definitely less successful than I was hoping for, so I'd like to explore the changes I'd make if I were to do the project again. Last month, we spent a great deal of time on figuring out our "Perfect Phase 3", so I have a lot of thoughts about this already in place. It feels a little like cheating, but we don't have to reinvent the wheel, right? Taking ideas I've already thought about and developing them further seems like the smart way to go.
The biggest initial change I'd make to my project is to give it more time. A third phase in itself would help to solve that problem. Asking busy teachers to add something new to their routine (regularly posting to a discussion group) in 4-6 weeks and expecting results just didn't work. 4-6 weeks really is just not enough time. The teachers need more than that to gain ideas, try them out, and then reflect on how well they worked.
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It's your work, you are free to change it and re-imagine it in any way that you choose. So, thinking about how you might do a phase three is just a continuation of the learning. Real learning is really just failing forward.
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