tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post8361968040876805529..comments2024-02-22T04:00:47.480-05:00Comments on EdTech Workshop: Dealing with DisappointmentAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10630103304646424890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post-39703531482453954772008-07-18T06:56:00.000-04:002008-07-18T06:56:00.000-04:00Brrrr! Andrea, Kia ora!No it certainly isn't summe...Brrrr! Andrea, Kia ora!<BR/><BR/>No it certainly isn't summer. It is definitely mid-winter. The shortest day has passed however, but it continues to get colder for a while. Spring starts 1st September.<BR/><BR/>I think of summer poems in the winter. I like summer!<BR/><BR/>Ka kiteBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post-42922384168188246162008-07-15T08:59:00.000-04:002008-07-15T08:59:00.000-04:00@TJ-You are so right. I have to remember that all ...@TJ-You are so right. I have to remember that all of life is a classroom if you know what I mean. I love being part of a community of practice and amazing educators. I am so happy to have you in my PLN as well. And Ken from Middle Earth, too, although I haven't seen him on twitter (who knows, maybe a wise move on his part). <BR/><BR/>@Ken - thanks for another poetic comment. But hey, it isn't summer in Middle Earth, is it?Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630103304646424890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post-43648858409335805792008-07-14T08:54:00.000-04:002008-07-14T08:54:00.000-04:00Kia ora Andrea!42 is Douglas Adams' answer to life...Kia ora Andrea!<BR/><BR/>42 is Douglas Adams' <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything" REL="nofollow">answer</A> to life, the universe and everthing!<BR/><BR/>At 61 I can honestly say I've had my fair share of studying disappointment. It is (almost) unpredictable as not every let-down is a disappointment. But have you noticed that disappointments rarely come with one let-down. For me it usually takes three let-downs. The third is a disappointment.<BR/><BR/>So if I have two let-downs I can almost be certain that if I have another close to those it will be a disappointment.<BR/><BR/>I think you have got what it takes Andrea. It takes a lot to come out and talk about disappointment when it happens, and you have good reasons to be.<BR/><BR/>But, hey, summer is here!<BR/><BR/>The hazy balmy days have come in fast,<BR/>A garden-loose late-blooming tulip yawns,<BR/>Limp petals soft from drooping roses cast,<BR/>And daisies flourish on the feathered lawns;<BR/><BR/>A cicada wakes from the nymphal sleep<BR/>Then sheds the fragile nut-brown pupal shell,<BR/>And so begins its steady skyward creep<BR/>To chant the long percussive choric spell;<BR/><BR/>The karo's darkened pods crack and expose<BR/>The cloying seed in clusters set to fall,<BR/>A blackbird swoops down keen to interpose<BR/>And sing his warbling chronicle to all;<BR/><BR/>With these the days I long for have begun,<BR/>The warm and lazy summer days of sun.<BR/><BR/>Ka kite<BR/>from Middle-earthBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post-6341808079243660242008-07-14T00:56:00.000-04:002008-07-14T00:56:00.000-04:00Andrea, You are brave to bring these thoughts out ...Andrea, <BR/><BR/>You are brave to bring these thoughts out in the open. It seems from reading peoples' thoughts about the number of followers, blog readership, or the amount of Karma; that many educators are nearly as fragile as the students in our classes. <BR/><BR/>My favorite part of your post was this line: "But if we really care and really invest ourselves in community building, it can go a long way toward creating a space for learning." WOW, two things I take away from that... First, is that you must be an amazing educator! Your students are very lucky to have someone who cares so much about their feelings. Second, that you have hit on the very cure for the behaviors that we are troubled by! We invest ourselves in the community and the people that nourish and support us!<BR/><BR/>WE (the inclusive group that supports each other) will create a community of practice. A community that supports thoughts/ideals and encourages growth. After all, isn't that what real educators do?<BR/><BR/>I am glad that we have become acquainted through Twitter. You are just the kind of person I am glad to have in my Personal Learning Network!TJ Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844822890304294358noreply@blogger.com