Week 4: Publishing & Leadership Project

My CBR project is somewhat unique, because the department I work is related to educational technology, but mainly deals in customer service. Therefore it was a bit of challenge to find a Journal that would be a good fit for publication. My top two choices for publication are Educational Technology Magazine, and Converge Magazine, because while they both focus on technology in education they're broad enough that my article would be of interest to them for publication. Also for both of them I was able to find the information needed to submit my article, which is super helpful.

P&L Thinking Out Loud Blog #1
P&L Thinking Out Loud Blog #2 



Maya's Publishing Leadership Project

Week 4: Publishing & Leadership Project

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Week 4: P&L Think Out Loud #2

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I have spent most of this week working on the final draft of  Publishing & Leadership Project article, and I have to say that I have had a lot of trouble writing it. Part of it is that while I enjoy writing as an avocation, I do not have a lot of experience writing articles. I keep looking at the Student Example, and trying to get my article to fit the same mold and just end up frustrated.

That is until Mr. Bustillos' email last Wednesday in response to Melany's question, his answer helped tremendously. I realized that I was making things more complicated then they needed to be, and all I needed to do was keep it simple. So I scrapped  pretty much everything I had written and started rewriting. Now, I have what I consider to be a pretty strong draft. I still think it needs a little work, but is any writer ever truely satisfied?

Week 4: P&L Think Out Loud #2 or KISS

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I have spent most of this week working on the final draft of  Publishing & Leadership Project article, and I have to say that I have had a lot of trouble writing it. Part of it is that while I enjoy writing as an avocation, I do not have a lot of experience writing articles. I keep looking at the Student Example, and trying to get my article to fit the same mold and just end up frustrated.

That is until Mr. Bustillos' email last Wednesday in response to Melany's question, his answer helped tremendously. I realized that I was making things more complicated then they needed to be, and all I needed to do was keep it simple. So I scrapped  pretty much everything I had written and started rewriting. Now, I have what I consider to be a pretty strong draft. I still think it needs a little work, but is any writer ever truely satisfied?

Week 4: Comment #II

After reading the requirements for the Project/Leadership publishing assignments, I thought it would be best that I working on publishing an article for several reasons. One being that I had surgery and the time constraints left me just made it more appropriate for me to present. I have been looking into several journals in which to submit and did not realize just how simple it is to have my work published.  As I continue researching, I am narrowing my search down to computing and learning journals for educators.

 

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I also decided to publish my project as an article. While it seems easier to put a presentation together, in the end an article doesn't require as much work, and it doesn't require any sort of travel. Good luck with your project.

Week 4: Reading the Art of Possibility

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For this week's reading assignment we read the last four chapters of The Art of Possibility. As we have read the book in class I have tried to apply the practices (at least the ones I think are useful) to my own life.  It is extremely hard, to open yourself in the way that the Zander's suggest, but the thing to remember is that change is never easy.

One of of my best friends has a son who is two, and the thing that he has the biggest problem with is change. No matter if it is going out, or coming back home. There are always tears, at least for a little while. This resistance to change is never leaves us. Even I at the age of 32 have problems with change. That is because it is endemic of the human condition.

This week the chapter I most resonated with was Chapter 10. As I have discussed previously in this blog, I am a big fan of meta-cognition, and the practice of being the board seems to be another mediation on that. I am also believe that it is important to look at  the way your actions have helped to create the current situation, and then if you want the situation to change than you must change your actions. This is also a hard practice to follow if only because it is hard to view your actions objectively.

Week 4: Reading The Art Possibility

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For this week's reading assignment we read the last four chapters of The Art of Possibility. As we have read the book in class I have tried to apply the practices (at least the ones I think are useful) to my own life.  It is extremely hard, to open yourself in the way that the Zander's suggest, but the thing to remember is that change is never easy.

One of of my best friends has a son who is two, and the thing that he has the biggest problem with is change. No matter if it is going out, or coming back home. There are always tears, at least for a little while. This resistance to change is never leaves us. Even I at the age of 32 have problems with change. That is because it is endemic of the human condition.

This week the chapter I most resonated with was Chapter 10. As I have discussed previously in this blog, I am a big fan of meta-cognition, and the practice of being the board seems to be another mediation on that. I am also believe that it is important to look at  the way your actions have helped to create the current situation, and then if you want the situation to change than you must change your actions. This is also a hard practice to follow if only because it is hard to view your actions objectively.