March 25, 2008 at 11:08 pm
· Filed under one of the 23 things ·Tagged 23 things, libraries, life long learning, richford, vermont
- OK – theoretically I plan to do most of this project from the comfort of my own home – this class could be subtitled “Earn certification credits in your pajamas”. However if, like me, you have dial-up at home it becomes more difficult and time consuming. I can’t tell you how long it would take to watch that video on dial up because I gave up and spent Easter afternoon watching it at the(closed) library. Doing blog work seems to be quicker there as well.
- I read in someone else’s blog that librarians (libraries) and life-long learning go hand in hand and the video was “preaching to the choir”. I agree, but find it was really helpful to have the habits articulated – it helps us all to begin at the same place (if not at the same time) – and agree/disagree or add to – it is the seed for all our learning trees.
- Missing habit – and what I’d say is the hardest thing for me – patience. Sometimes if I am learning something and it doesn’t “click” with me I can get impatient and decide that it is just not worth taking the time to learn. Sometime that’s a good thing because I may have to find another way to solve the problem, and sometimes it eliminates unneeded complications from my life – but it is also why, in spite of my proclaimed interest, I have not yet learned about building websites or blogs or some of the other things I hope this project will spur me to.
- Another missing habit? Decision making. I can get often stymied by the need to make a decision – I put it off because I want to think about it or spend more time to do more research on the option – usually I say “later when I have more time” and rarely do I have more time later. Other times I make default decisions – by thinking about something so long it becomes moot, the deadline passes or a new problem supersedes it. I have to remind myself often that a bad decision is usually better than no decision – a decision moves you down the road – and if it wasn’t the right decision, it at least is instructive in its own way!
- Rethinking the missing habits – As I write this down I am realizing that both patience and decision making fall under the habit of “being responsible for your own learning”
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