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Gifts for one’s future self…

Aaron

I really love the idea explored in this photography exhibit, “Back to the Future,”curated by Irina Werning.   Lee- Anne Ragan, who I’ve just had the extreme (sublime even) pleasure of doing four days of training in social media and teaching adults with over the past couple of weeks, introduced her blog readers to this siteand asked, “what would your former self have to say about your current self?  What would the young girl above have to say to the woman she grew into?   What would your ten year old self say to your current self?  What words of advice would … Continue reading Gifts for one’s future self…

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The Medicine Buddha and Community Living

Aaron

It’s interesting when the schedule of what’s going on brings two events together and there’s a serendipitous connection of ideas that happens only because one doesn’t want to miss something that someone that one doesn’t know has scheduled for a certain day, without any sense of one’s own life.   Last week I went to a Michael Kendrick lecture about the ideas of “Quality” and “Innovation” in our field of supporting people with disabilities to be part of their communities: what are we really talking about when we bandy these terms around?  That evening there was a lecture on “Modern Buddhism” … Continue reading The Medicine Buddha and Community Living

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“if something’s missing, create it” CCK11 discoverable artifacts

Aaron

getting caught up on the elluminate recording – what an amazing technology – the chat concurrent with the lecture and the whiteboard. “join the discussion” is the theme – pick a path, find some peers and join the discussion.   i liked very much the video i watched yesterday where George talked about networks being a model, but learning happening through connections…   oh he’s just talking about it again, in terms of the difference between constructionism and connectivism.  but to have a discussion, there needs to be some relational connection – someone to communicate with… i’ve been working for … Continue reading “if something’s missing, create it” CCK11 discoverable artifacts