Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
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Photo by chbradshaw
When I was a kid I would walk 6 miles to school in snow that was up to
here (points to his shoulders).
I remember as a young girl my Grandfather telling me stories like this. And,
when he would say this to me I would be thinking, "Thank G-d I wasn’t born
in the "old days"…. I would have had to walk to school for miles
and miles in snow up passed my head!!"
But, you know what? I think we were all born "in the old days".
I believe we all rolled our eyes at our Grandparent’s stories and we were all
pleased that we weren’t born in the "old days" and that our lives
were easier than our elders…. and, yet in time we all will become elders.
It was just yesterday I was talking with my 11 year old about writing a report.
My son was explaining to me what is involved in the 6th grade when you have
to do research for writing a report. And, I heard myself say,
"When I was in the Junior High (yes, it’s true…. they didn’t call
it Middle School back then) and I was learning how to research and write reports
we didn’t have the internet to do our research. We had to do our research
in a Library. We used a Card Catalog to determine where to find information
regarding what we were doing a report on. The Card Catalog told us what Encyclopedia,
Book, Magazine, Newspaper or Microfiche to find it in. Research took much
longer than the report itself. All my research was written out on index cards,
which was then hand written out on paper, spell checked with a dictionary
and typed out with a typewriter. The typewritten report was then double checked
and all typographical errors cleaned up with white-out and manually fixed."
My son just rolled his eyes at me. It was just at that moment it occurred to
me that I am one of them!! I am a Story Teller from
the "Olden Days".
Just like everything else from then to now…. Education has changed. The World
Wide Web changed education in the 90’s. And, Web 2.0 and Social Media has
Changed Education with the new Millennium. We now have what I’d like to call
Education 2.0.
How Web 2.0 has changed Education
Education
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Education 2.0
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- Homework - The teacher wrote homework assignments
on the board. The student would copy the homework assignments into her
daily journal to remember when she got home.
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- Homework 2.0- The teacher still writes homework assignments
on the board.
- Student uses his Cell phone to text the homework assignment to
himself to remind him later.
- Student pulls up his homework assignments on the school website
when he gets home.
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- Parents - Parents check homework. Because it has
been a long time since the parent has learned these materials herself
she reads the chapter in the textbook or goes over the child’s subject
notes.
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- Studying -
- Students used their notes, text books and Study guides to study
for an upcoming test.
- Rewrite notes to help absorb the information.
- Fellow Students pass their notebooks around with classmates to
make sure they all have the correct notes.
- Study Groups.
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- Studying 2.0 - Teachers still provide Study Guides
and textbooks to study. However, students don’t have to share notes
taken in class on notebook paper.
- Student rewrites notes to help absorb the information. But, rewrites
their notes online using a social platform, so that classmates can
share the notes…see mynoteIT
- Students chat via Instant Message to study.
- Study via school chat rooms
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- Reports -
- Go to the Library to do research.
- Card Catalog to find out where they can locate the facts and information.
- Encyclopedias, Books, Magazines, Newspapers and Microfiche.
- Make notes on Index Cards.
- Hand write report and spell check using a Dictionary.
- Type report using a Typewriter or Word Processor (90’s).
- Putting together a report from research to end takes a very long
time…. students would know a month or more in advance.
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- Report 2.0 -
- Students can do their research at home.
- Students have access to a world of information at the fingertips
via the Web.
- Podcasts, Wikis, Blogs, Vlogs, Picture and Video Sharing.
- Students have tons of software to choose from to put together
their reports…. all software has spell check to easily check the
student’s spelling without the need for a dictionary.
- Putting together a report from research to end takes a fraction
of the time as it once did.
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- Oral Reports / Public Speaking -
- Research would be the same as above (look at Reports)
- Visuals that you would want to use for your oral report would
probably be hand made using poster board, markers, glue, and anything
else a student would need to make a point using visual stimulation.
Visuals would be time using imagination and materials.
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- Oral Reports 2.0 / Public Speaking 2.0 -
- Research would be the same as above (look at Report 2.0).
- Students could get their visuals using social Media and Web 2.0
as well.
- Flickr
- Google Image Search
- Students can enter exactly what kind of visual they are trying
to put together into search to find how to make it. For example,
if you are doing an oral report on the Solar System you might enter
"how
to make the solar system" into search. Here you will find
plenty of choices of projects on how to build a solar system perfect
to use as a visual for your oral report.
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- Tutoring - If the Student’s parents felt that she
was falling behind on her studies a parent would call the teacher or
Guidance Counselor so they could locate a Tutor to help study with the
Student at School or at home.
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- Tutoring 2.0 - Tutoring no longer has to be done
at school at all. It can completely be done at home in several manners.
Tutoring 2.0 can be done via:
- Instant Message with the Tutor
- School Website during a tutoring chat one on one with tutor or
tutor with an entire Study Group.
- Online with one of the many online
tutoring groups.
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- Cheating - Unfortunately, cheating was there then
and remains in education now.
- Write answers to Quiz / Test questions on hands, jeans or soles
of shoes.
- Get a copy of the Quiz / Test.
- Pass homework around to others to see.
- Get Cliff notes of a book (instead of reading the book) to study
for a test or to do a Report.
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- Cheating 2.0 - Cheating remains, but it goes to a
whole new level of cheating.
- Text Message answers to friends
- Pre-written reports and essays found online.
- Using music players to record information
- uploading information to memory sticks.
- Emailing homework assignments to fellow classmates.
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*I do not agree with cheating. It is listed here because whether we like it
or not…. some student’s cheat. I’m simply showing how cheating has changed with
the addition of Web 2.0.
My child rolls his eyes at me as I use to roll my eyes at my parents and grandparents.
I’m sure my children will experience the same thing with their children as well.
Technology has changed so much in the 30 some years I have been around…..
how much do you think it will change in the next 30?
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Photo by Osvaldo_Zoom
Since Valentine’s
Day is coming to an end I wanted to write about Love.
But, not
my Love for Social
Media
and Web
2.0. But, instead my Love
for other things in this crazy World. So, take a moment and read about things
that I love and within these words you will get a better look at what my life
is like minus the computer.
I am in Love with:
- My Children
- Reading a Romance Novel
- Beautiful Clothes
- Reading Gossip Magazines
- Yellow Flowers
- Baby’s Toes
- Having Someone Wash my Hair for Me
- Making a Difference in Somebody’s Life
- The Feeling of Accomplishing a Dreaded Task
- Memories of my Childhood
- The Beauty of Nature
- Playing Tennis with my Children
- Being able to Give Birth
- How I feel when I Dance
- Giggling with my Sister
- The Taste of Milk Chocolate
- Hearing my Children Laugh
- Watching a Non-Thinking Stupid Movie and LAUGHING!!
- Making People Smile
- Kissing Somebody New
- Watching my Children Make a Difference in the World.
- Being able to Make my Parent’s
Proud
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Photo by *sean
The People Pleaser 2.0
We have all come across a People Pleaser at one point or another. People Pleasers
love making people happy. They seem to become happier themselves by making others
happy. They are super nice…. almost too nice, some might say.
If you have ever have been a People Pleaser yourself your life isn’t as happy
as it might appear to others. You appear happy on the outside, but on the inside
you are extremely unhappy. In order to not feel the pain you are feeling inside
you go above and beyond making others happy and ignoring the pain you are having
inside. The People Pleaser is usually over worked and under appreciated. The
People Pleaser will rarely speak up if they are feeling unappreciated. As a
matter of fact, they will continue helping others and saying "yes"
to things they shouldn’t just to make others happy. What you might not be aware
of is that the People Pleaser is probably very bitter
on the inside. They want to say "No" (and they should say "No"),
but they want so badly to be accepted and liked that they rarely, if ever, say
"No". Usually to the detriment of her/himself.
Being a People Pleaser in the real World is extremely difficult. But, what
do you think it is like to be a People Pleaser in the virtual World… where
online community is so prevalent? For the rest of this post I’m going to call
the People Pleasers on the internet People Pleasers 2.0.
The Pattern
below is associated with the People Pleaser, by Jay Earley, PhD
- I try to be who someone wants me to be.
- I am afraid to rock the boat.
- It is hard for me to know what I want.
- I avoid speaking my mind.
- I find it easier to go along with what someone wants or with their opinion.
- I fantasize about a strong person taking over my life and making it work.
- It is hard for me to express my feelings when they are different from someone
I’m close to.
- It is difficult for me to say No.
- I avoid getting angry.
- It is hard for me to take initiative.
- I try to be nice rather than expressing how I really feel.
- I want everyone to get along.
What happens when these people are involved with Social Media? What
is it like for the People Pleaser 2.0?
Anyone who has spent anytime reading this blog knows that I am extremely involved
in Social Media. But, what you might not know about me already is that 10+ years
ago I had some major People Pleaser issues. I did all I could to make everyone
around me happy only to find that I was extremely unhappy and unfulfilled. Over
the years, and much therapy later… I have greatly improved. But, I do have
to admit that with the addition of Social Media activities in my daily life
that at some points over the past few months I have felt those past issues and insecurities
creep back a bit. I can sense when these feelings kick in and for the most part can
overcome the feelings associated with the people pleaser. But, If I am feeling
this way I wonder if there are others feeling this way as well. Others who might
not realize that there are tactics to overcome these feelings.
Below, I have put together what I believe are the symptoms of being a People
Pleaser 2.0. These are not medical symptoms, but these are what I believe, through
my own experience, what being a People Pleaser in Web 2.0 would be like.
People Pleaser 2.0 Symptoms:
- Voting up on all requests from Friends, but you never ask for the favor
to be returned.
- Going through Friend’s submits on Social News Voting sites and voting all
up without even reading the posts first.
- Before naturally voting something up looking to see who else voted it up
first. Not having enough faith in your own opinions to vote anything up before
noticing if others agree too.
- These people never want to rock the boat in the social communities. So,
they tend to keep all of their opinions to themselves until they begin to
hear other opinions. They tend to side with other people’s opinions.
- People Pleasers tend to be frightened every time they publish a post. They
are afraid of other people’s thoughts on their posts because a People Pleaser
bases their feelings on how others feel.
- Comments on their blog is enough to make or break them. They feel elated
and happy when their posts receive good comments, but these people are coming
undone on the inside with each of the negative comments.
Learning how to say "No" to others and trusting your own opinions
enough to state them is so important to being happy. I am learning that myself.
Social Media is wonderful!! I love it, but I also know that with dealing with
people brings the pressures of making some happy and disappointing
others. It’s impossible to make everyone happy and if you are worried
about making everyone happy, who is making you happy?
More on overcoming being a People Pleaser and feeling confident enough
to say, "No".
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser
How
to Stop Being a People Pleaser - wikiHow gives you steps and tips on how
to stop being a people pleaser.
The
People Pleaser Pattern - Jay Earley, PhD highlights the People Pleaser Pattern,
sometimes known as compliance.
"People Pleasers"
Pay a High Price - Vijai P. Sharma, Ph.D writes why people pleasers pay
a high price.
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Reasons To Stop Being A People Pleaser - Journal-a-Day gives the readers
3 reasons that you being a People Pleaser must end!!
Being
Nice Can Be Hazardous to Your Health - Can being a People Pleaser actually
be making you sick? Yes, it can.
How
To Stand Up For Yourself - Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen shows you How to Practice
Being Assertive.
How
to Know the Right Thing to Do - srichinmoybio.co.uk shows you how to do
the right thing for you (not for others).
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Ways to Develop Independent Thought - Tom O’Leary at PickTheBrain
writes a post on how to think independently.
How to Say No
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Essential Strategies to Saying “No” - Leo Babauta offers a few
practical strategies For those who have trouble saying “no".
The
Gentle Art of Saying No - Here are the Top 10 tips LifeHack.org writes about
for learning the Gentle Art of Saying No.
How
to Say No and Stay Friends - Marco Adragna shows you how you can say no
to a friend without losing the friendship.
4
Quick, Easy Ways to Say No to People Who Take You for Granted - Jake Sim
offers these 4 great ways to stand up for yourself and say No.
How
to say NO and have people respect you for it - Say No and get the genuine
and lasting result you need to put in authentic effort and respect.
The Art
of No - Powazek explains the art of saying,
"No" for a Graphic Designer’s perspective.
4
Tips for Saying No: Take Control of Your Time - Here are some tips that
can help to bring some clarity and lighten up your mental ‘load’
when you want to say no. ThinkSimpleNow.com
How to
say "no" without feeling badly - Dawna Sinclair shares with us
how she got over feeling badly when she had to say "No".
Stop
being a People Pleaser - passou pela mente offers some steps on how to stop
being a people pleaser.
7
steps to start saying ‘No’ - The Birmingham News offers a very precise 7
step process to saying "No".
How to
Say No Respectfully - wikiHow gives you steps and tips to saying "No"
respectfully.
Say No But Say It
With Finesse - Can you say no to your boss, neighbor, child, friend or coworker?
If not you are not alone. Vannie Ryanes shows you how to say, "No"
with style.
Saying No at Work
The
time I learned to say “No” at work - ChiefHappinessOfficer shows
you that if you can’t say "No" at work then your "Yes" is
meaningless.
How
to say no to extra work without feeling guilty - Mitch McCrimmon posts some
practical tips for saying no on the job.
Getting
to No - Hannah Clark writes this excellent post on learning to say no you
need to start by identifying why you always say yes.
How
to say ‘no’ to overtime - MothersWhoWork writes this terrific
post directed towards mothers. She points out ways to say "No" to
overtime.
When
to Say No to Work - Geoff Williams shows you how to turn down projects.
Say
no to free work! - CreativeBits explains that even if someone is a friend….
say "No" for working for free.
Saying NO to Good
Opportunities! - Kimberly Stevens writes how you need to learn to say "no"
to good opportunities, so you could say "yes" to the great ones.
Saying No in Business - Clients / Customers
Freelance
Writers: How to Say No to Clients - The People’s Media Company shows you
how to now allow yourself to become overwhelmed by clients or projects.
Increasing
Your Marketing Agency’s Revenues by Saying "No" to Clients
- Andy Beal shows you why saying “no” to a client is often good
for business.
How
to Say "No" to a Customer or Client - Kori Rodley Irons offers
some little tidbits on saying "No to customers or clients.
When
Is It OK To Say No to a Customer? - Silvana Buljan offers suggestions as
to how to know when it is OK to say No to a customer.
How
to Say No to Clients You Want to Keep - Finding creative ways to saying
"No" to a client means that you can say "No" and keep the
client as well.
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