Our First Tuesday Skype chats went really well this month.
In our AM meeting we talked about blogging and web 2.0 in general.
We talked about how web 2.0 is prevalent across our lives. It is out there but
we don’t usually think so much about how our interactions with the web builds a
sense of who we are. We thought about ‘what do I look like through web 2.0’.
Who am I professionally through the eyes of people who know me through the web.
Then we thought about how this reflection back of ourselves can help us further
reflect on who we want to be: what we value, what we want to develop,
where we want to go in our practice. Module One is all about this self-reflection
to better understand Self (YOU), which gives you a grounding for the next two
modules where you are asked to journey down where you want to go with your
practice through your inquiry project.
Kayleigh www.kayleighbapp.blogspot.com is going to post further on ‘what do I look
like in Web 2.0’ how does that apply to my idea of my professional self.
We talked about how useful it is to talk to people about
your ideas. When you explain your thoughts and ideas to someone else it often
helps you clarify for yourself what you mean. This linked to the blogging
because your blog post are a great way to feedback and get feedback from
others.
We also talked about the notion of questions particularly in
terms of Module Two (but of course the process of learning across the course in
itself is made of questions). We talked about how we need to check-in with
ourselves about the questions we ask. Are they questions we already know about –
in which case they are really more a affirming you are ‘right’ about something.
Or are you genuinely interested in finding out more? If you want to know more
about something you will not be looking for a ‘finished’ answer to your
questions you will be interested in knowing more about the question itself. It
is these kind of questions that lead to more informed questions that are most
useful in this course. So if you are in
Module Two and you have a general area you are interested in, at this point,
that is enough. Doing the course this term – looking at the questions from the perspective
of ethics, literature etc… will help you know more about your question and help
you come to a place where you have a question that you authentically want to
know more about. Not a question where you can already predict what you will
find or where you are trying to prove something you already know.
Catherine www.catherinehayward.blogspot.ae
is going to post on ‘asking a question
we don’t know about!!’
Paula http://paulanottingham.blogspot.com
is going to post about listening and the
importance of allowing moment of quiet or thinking time.
Don’t be afraid of those moments when you are in process.
Don’t expect yourself to ‘know’ all the time but trust yourself to move through
the unknown to the known. This will happen just because you are thinking,
communicating, caring and doing. That is more than enough. The community of
learners of BAPP is the current energy that helps you flow through the learning
journey. Try to see the whole course, whole module in the small bit-size chunks
you do each week.
What do you think?
Adesola
Really like this post! Especially the importance of asking genuine questions and allowing ourselves to be surprised by the findings rather than solely having our own opinions confirmed!
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