Proposal: A Learning in Oklahoma team blog

[Wesley Fryer]

I have an idea and proposal to put forward to our COV learning community: What do you think of the idea of having a "Learning in Oklahoma" team blog, similar to the "Learning in Maine" blog? The idea is that different educators in different parts of Oklahoma could contribute periodically to this blog, and it would become a feed river / funnel of content for different ideas relating to digital learning in our state.

Unlike posts to a forum in a site like our learning community, which was created with Ning, a blog is readily "subscribable" for people using feed readers like Google Reader. I would love to encourage more Oklahoma teachers, administrators, librarians, and others involved in education to share their ideas and voices via blogging, but it can be rather intimidating to think about setting up and maintaining your own blog. Contributing to a team blog is something different people can "dabble" in with a relatively low amount of required investment time. Cost is free.

I went ahead and created a "Learning in Oklahoma" blog over on Blogger and put up an initial post. I'm interested to know what you think. Is this something we should pursue and do? The contributors to "Learning in Oklahoma" wouldn't have to be limited to just COV participants, but I'm thinking we'd limit contributors to just Oklahoma educators and others involved with Oklahoma education.

I'm aware that blogger is blocked in many school districts, but since it's free and readily available it seems like a good choice to use as a team blog. Blogger also supports various levels of access for users, so we can review posts if desired before they go "live" on the site, or directly empower members to post immediately when desired.

What do you think?

[Bob-RJ Burkhart]

This next step for guiding 21st Century Lifelong Learners resonates with TRUST-based mission, vision and values that inspired Minnesota Futurists "Institute for Future Thought Leadership" (i4FTL). Our near peer mentoring crew formed a loosely-coupled Leadership Learning Collaboratory (LLC) to empower ALL-WinWin "Facilitated Thinking Environments" for sustainable well being!

We began adapting Dr. Robert O. Briggs Group Systems protocols for group decision support systems. These emerged at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-34) as Thinklets!

thinkLets / KELP Empowerment
International Conference on System Sciences ( HICSS-34)-Volume 4, ...
http://virtual-team-tactics.futurethought.info/
Return to Anticipatory thinking (futures) . ...
futurethought.pbworks.com/KELP%20Empowerment

[Bob-RJ Burkhart]

During mid-2005, I launched the "Pathfinder Passports" Blog to experiment with "Blended Visual Learning" paradigms we introduced during our 2002 MnSCU-iTeach Conference.

Crafting NCLI (No Child Left Inside) ARTifacts for adaptive outdoor recreation "Eco-Challenges"
Empower consequential learning for "Know Your Wilderness Inquiry Zones" (WIZ)

Our "Trails-n-Tails" (TnT) theme:
[A] Reflects actionable distilled insights (WIZdom) for "EarthSea-Keeping" group activities
[B] Builds on FutureThought Leadership experiences with blended "Visual Learning" hyperportals
[C] Creates sharable community stewardship stories about "geoWIZard" MentorshipART ... Rev: 25-Jan-2009

Dennis Nun, president of Heartland International, Inc., called Results On Target "The best communication book I ever read." Everything we do involves some kind of communication, so you are more likely to get the results you want when you know basic communication processes.

This book translates highly effective Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) skills and techniques into everyday English. It's easy to get results. It's better to get results you want. Results On Target gives you practical steps to improve your results and avoid many common traps.

Bruce Dillman uses two mnemonics to explain his process: TARGET and RESULTS.

First, there is TARGET. It is focused on establishing your goals. T -- Think of a result you want A -- Aim for a positive result R -- Refine the details G -- Get into it E -- Expand your team T -- Turn to key clues

Then: R -- Recognize and avoid traps E -- Establish resourceful attitudes S -- Support the process with mutual trust U -- Use your clues L -- Loosen up - take another approach T -- Take yes for an answer S -- Step this way

[Bob-RJ Burkhart]

During mid-2005, I crafted a Pathfinder Passports Blogspot to experiment with "Blended Visual Learning" paradigms our VIPanel mini-tutorial previewed during the 2002 MnSCU-iTeach Conference ...

Crafting NCLI (No Child Left Inside) ARTifacts for adaptive outdoor recreation "Eco-Challenges"
Empower consequential learning for "Know Your Wilderness Inquiry Zones" (WIZ)

Our "Trails-n-Tails" (TnT) theme:
[A] Reflects actionable distilled insights (WIZdom) for "EarthSea-Keeping" group activities
[B] Builds on FutureThought Leadership experiences with blended "Visual Learning" hyperportals
[C] Creates sharable community stewardship stories about "geoWIZard" MentorshipART ... Rev: 25-Jan-2009

I met NLPsyOps author Bruce Dillman who was a "near peer" of NASA Apollo Astonaut Ron Evans during 2006:

Dennis Nun, president of Heartland International, Inc., called Results On Target "The best communication book I ever read." Everything we do involves some kind of communication, so you are more likely to get the results you want when you know basic communication processes.

This book translates highly effective Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) skills and techniques into everyday English. It's easy to get results. It's better to get results you want. Results On Target gives you practical steps to improve your results and avoid many common traps.

Bruce Dillman uses two mnemonics to explain his (MindShifting) process: TARGET and RESULTS.

First, there is TARGET. It is focused on establishing your goals. T -- Think of a result you want A -- Aim for a positive result R -- Refine the details G -- Get into it E -- Expand your team T -- Turn to key clues

Then: R -- Recognize and avoid traps E -- Establish resourceful attitudes S -- Support the process with mutual trust U -- Use your clues L -- Loosen up - take another approach T -- Take yes for an answer S -- Step this way

[Bob-RJ Burkhart]

Imported from ESSDACK ArtSnacks (Blended Visual Learning) Gallery:

MentorshipART: Art Harkins (Ottawa, KS) was among three "future thought leaders" forming this "group decision support systems" posse under the influence of Harlan Cleveland' DIKW (Data-> Information-> Knowledge-> Wisdom) transformation model.

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We challenge each other’s imagination to develop scenarios of what might happen in the future, what probably will happen, and what we want to make happen – thereby proactively creating the future.

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