Category: philosophy
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Understanding stress
I’m about a fourth of the way through David Allen’s outstanding book “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.” I mentioned this book to a friend yesterday with the comment, “This book is going to change my life by helping me really get more organized and efficient with my use of time,” and I…
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Good thoughts from Carl Honore
I’ve almost finished reading Carl Honore’s book “In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed,” and I discovered his 20 minute TED talk video today recorded in July 2005, and posted online in February 2007. These are a few of my notes from that presentation. We are marinated the culture of speed today, our…
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They laughed when I told them how I beat stress!
This are my notes from Dr. Lynell Burmark’s presentation at TCEA 2007 on 2/9/2007. Lynell’s website: www.educatebetter.org All of us know that just because you fail one test you are not a failure, right?! Hopefully we’ll have some laughs and some serious moments today – also we will talk about some tools we can use…
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Flow, curiosity, and engaging education
I am continuing to read “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and am seeing lots of connections for educators and learners. At the outset of chapter 4, Csikszentmihalyi summarizes the “common characteristics of optimal experience” or flow: …a sense that one’s skills are adequate to cope with the challenges at hand, in…
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Courage defined
Many people mistakenly seem to equate the terms “courage” and “bravery” with an absence of fear. This is not the case. I remember free-fall parachuting five times to earn my jump wings in the Air Force, and there definitely WAS a fair amount of fear involved in those experiences! People who are brave are not…
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Blog fasting and vacations defined
Many, many thanks to Dean Shareski for generously guest-blogging the past week and a half as I traveled with my family to a family reunion at Hunters Peak Ranch, Wyoming, and spent four wonderful days in Yellowstone National Park! Dean mentioned in a post that he had not heard of guest blogging till I introduced…
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Podcast62: Cultures of Control and Creativity in Schools
This podcast is the first in a series focusing on Guidelines for Educational Revolutionaries. In this podcast I explore the natural tension which often exists between those in charge of K-12 educational technology (IT departments who tend to favor control over creativity) and those advocating for innovation and change. I explore ideas about what might…
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Lynn Brewer on Enron and Ethics
Lynn Brewer is the author of “Confessions Of An Enron Executive: A Whistleblower’s Story” and shared these comments at the Texas Tech University Ethics Day on April 6, 2006. Lynn generously gave permission for her presentation to be recorded and shared as a podcast, available on the Texas Tech University College of Education podcast channel.…
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Don Cash on Business Ethics
Don Cash is Chairman Emeritus of Questar Corporation, and shared the following remarks at the TTU Ethics Day on 6 April 2006. He become CEO at age 39, served in that capacity for 20+ years. Regards himself as a “professional board member” now. He currently serves on 5 boards. They have retired here in Lubbock,…
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Value of Slowing Down
NPR’s “This I Believe” podcast is one of my favorites. The shows are always short, and almost always quite poignant. This week, Phil Power’s essay (shared in his own voice) titled “The Practice of Slowing Down” is outstanding. This resonates with me. I like the following two quotations particularly: In times of crisis, pace comes…