Take Away Ideas from Dominant and Non-Dominant Hand - OurCoLab2024-03-29T15:03:44Zhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/forum/topics/take-away-ideas-from-dominant-and-non-dominant-hand?commentId=6510462%3AComment%3A796&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI <3 "be disruptive!! Sam…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-14:6510462:Comment:5912012-07-14T04:32:39.147Z01q9aei6bn3x1http://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_01q9aei6bn3x1
<p>I <3 "be disruptive!!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Samuel Reed said:</cite></p>
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<p><em><strong>Dominate Hand Thoughts</strong></em></p>
<p>Inquire (More) Into My Practice</p>
<p>Create Opportunities for…</p>
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<p>I <3 "be disruptive!!<br/> <br/> <cite>Samuel Reed said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://ourcolab.ning.com/forum/topics/take-away-ideas-from-dominant-and-non-dominant-hand?xg_source=msg_com_forum&id=6510462%3ATopic%3A791&page=1#6510462Comment793"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p><strong>Take A Ways from our 3rdSpace Colab Time Together</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Dominate Hand Thoughts</strong></em></p>
<p>Inquire (More) Into My Practice</p>
<p>Create Opportunities for More Discoveries</p>
<p>Collaboration is a give and take process</p>
<p>Re-shift from Covert Approaches to Boldly Telling Our Stories</p>
<p><em><strong>Non Dominant Thoughts</strong></em></p>
<p>Be Disruptive</p>
<p>Dont Be Afriad to Fail</p>
<p>POW! POW! POW!</p>
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</blockquote> This week helped me separate…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:6852012-07-13T21:18:31.428Z024sueo992tzxhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_024sueo992tzx
<p>This week helped me separate the process from the product. My goal was to find ways to energize the teacher consultants at my site and to prepare for the leadership transition that will happen this fall. My partner and I decided that we could use the occasion of our 20th anniversary to reach out to our tcs, explore their interests and concerns, identify how our site would move forward. We agreed on the occasion, which was easy because our real objective is TC activity, so the outcome on…</p>
<p>This week helped me separate the process from the product. My goal was to find ways to energize the teacher consultants at my site and to prepare for the leadership transition that will happen this fall. My partner and I decided that we could use the occasion of our 20th anniversary to reach out to our tcs, explore their interests and concerns, identify how our site would move forward. We agreed on the occasion, which was easy because our real objective is TC activity, so the outcome on October 5, or whenever we have the anniversary, is less important than an inclusive process that involves a substantial number of our TCs. Designing the celebration will be only the first of many application of responsive design to our site planning process.</p> This experience was indeed an…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:6822012-07-13T21:06:15.670Z12u38fwvu6prlhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_12u38fwvu6prl
<p>This experience was indeed an eye opener for me. I always thought I was a creative person, but never realized the connection between my dominant hand and my non-dominant hand. As I look through Bill's book I am excited about all the possibilities this new information will provide for me. I am looking forward into digging deep into it and applying it to all aspect of my life. I am willing and able to grow and expand my insights into who I really am.</p>
<p>This experience was indeed an eye opener for me. I always thought I was a creative person, but never realized the connection between my dominant hand and my non-dominant hand. As I look through Bill's book I am excited about all the possibilities this new information will provide for me. I am looking forward into digging deep into it and applying it to all aspect of my life. I am willing and able to grow and expand my insights into who I really am.</p> My dominant hand animal was a…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:8752012-07-13T21:00:18.535Z3u3twlbdtbeaphttp://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_3u3twlbdtbeap
<p>My dominant hand animal was a turtle, and the task I've set for myself when I return to Monterey is to remember the design process we experienced this week when i proceed with my project, in asking the persons I am providing a service for in stating their own needs, listening deeply, and building something together. This is very turtle-like, because it requires patience, stamina, and a tough shell to put my own needs aside in order to construct something of true value to the…</p>
<p>My dominant hand animal was a turtle, and the task I've set for myself when I return to Monterey is to remember the design process we experienced this week when i proceed with my project, in asking the persons I am providing a service for in stating their own needs, listening deeply, and building something together. This is very turtle-like, because it requires patience, stamina, and a tough shell to put my own needs aside in order to construct something of true value to the community.</p>
<p>My non-dominant hand animal was a cheetah, and that is what I need for this discovery I'm taking away this week, that I should stand by my convictions, not being afraid of failure, and travel at light speed to my goals.</p> My dominant hand animal= turt…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:6792012-07-13T20:59:24.205Z1ghxvh75guyz2http://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1ghxvh75guyz2
<p>My dominant hand animal= turtle</p>
<p>My non-dominant hand animal= pelican</p>
<p>My dominant hand take away= to consider co-expertise from multiple perspectives and think about what that can look like and mean in my work ahead. Courage.</p>
<p>My non-dominant hand take away= Always consider unplanned directions and journeys a success.</p>
<p>My dominant responses are literally and metaphorically close to the ground and down in the weeds if you will... while my non-dominant hand responses…</p>
<p>My dominant hand animal= turtle</p>
<p>My non-dominant hand animal= pelican</p>
<p>My dominant hand take away= to consider co-expertise from multiple perspectives and think about what that can look like and mean in my work ahead. Courage.</p>
<p>My non-dominant hand take away= Always consider unplanned directions and journeys a success.</p>
<p>My dominant responses are literally and metaphorically close to the ground and down in the weeds if you will... while my non-dominant hand responses point to a telescoping back out and a much wider perspective.</p>
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<p></p> While movement (handwriting)…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:5882012-07-13T20:50:11.827Z1546uvwklkjwwhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_1546uvwklkjww
<p>While movement (handwriting) and brain hemisphere dominance (left brain vs right brain) are not new concepts to me, somehow thinking about them here in this space after this week, I see all kinds of possibilities for my own world - personal and professional. The entire week has been about reminding myself that it is "the experience" that is key to constructing knowledge. My personal focus is inthe classroom is in creating independent thinkers...meta-knowledge is key.</p>
<p>While movement (handwriting) and brain hemisphere dominance (left brain vs right brain) are not new concepts to me, somehow thinking about them here in this space after this week, I see all kinds of possibilities for my own world - personal and professional. The entire week has been about reminding myself that it is "the experience" that is key to constructing knowledge. My personal focus is inthe classroom is in creating independent thinkers...meta-knowledge is key.</p> Dominant:
Quiet leadership s…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:7962012-07-13T20:50:01.893ZNicole Schonhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/profile/NicoleSchon
<p>Dominant: </p>
<p>Quiet leadership seeks to understand and also provides room to let others reach their own conclusions. Leadership can simply be showing up so that others may decide to show up too– simply starting– giving yourself permission to start your wild ideas– can be leadership.</p>
<p>As a leader and TC from my site, I need to take more initiative in creating opportunities for others to participate in this work. I need to take time to listen to the needs of others and seek to…</p>
<p>Dominant: </p>
<p>Quiet leadership seeks to understand and also provides room to let others reach their own conclusions. Leadership can simply be showing up so that others may decide to show up too– simply starting– giving yourself permission to start your wild ideas– can be leadership.</p>
<p>As a leader and TC from my site, I need to take more initiative in creating opportunities for others to participate in this work. I need to take time to listen to the needs of others and seek to understand <span style="text-decoration: underline;">before</span> formulating plans;</p>
<p>I need to take time to engage in deep thinking and processing.</p>
<p>I wonder about the implications of taking some of these approaches and applying them to my personal life.</p>
<p>Non-dominant: </p>
<p>I can take back a sense of fun, play, and experimentation. I can bring this to my life not just in an academic sense, but also in my personal life. </p>
<p>We could think about the possibility of an "advanced" 3RD space, where we had a week solely dedicated to focusing on and prototyping solutions for site problems.</p>
<p>Or we could create an online space where we could engage in each element of the three e's together. Taking this a step further, we could dedicate an hour each week for a year to engage in this work... what wild and amazing solutions would occur "if" we did this?</p> The work Bill has done on dom…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:6762012-07-13T20:49:52.149Z2h34ahwngetdfhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_2h34ahwngetdf
<p>The work Bill has done on dominant and receptive hands was probably more familiar to me than to most in this group, since I've been aware of the issue of handedness all my life as a left-hander, and I also had the experience right after graduating from college of learning to do calligraphy with my receptive hand, since my calligraphy instructor suggested I was better off learning to do calligraphy right-handed--after all the alphabet was designed to be written right-handed. I…</p>
<p>The work Bill has done on dominant and receptive hands was probably more familiar to me than to most in this group, since I've been aware of the issue of handedness all my life as a left-hander, and I also had the experience right after graduating from college of learning to do calligraphy with my receptive hand, since my calligraphy instructor suggested I was better off learning to do calligraphy right-handed--after all the alphabet was designed to be written right-handed. I also consciously cultivated my ambidexterity in other ways, using "switch sides" as a technique to allow myself to do more of the physical work I had to learn to do when I moved to the commune. I was not used to shoveling and planting and weeding, having never really done manual labor before, so I practiced doing all these tasks with my receptive hand whenever I would tire of the repetitiveness of the work. </p>
<p>The exercise about the animal representative was the most revealing for me. I had no idea that I harbored any connection to the panther, but the conversation we had just had about being a fierce and honest advocate for revolutionary change in the educational system had perhaps called up for me the image of this sleek and dangerous predator. The money did not surprise me--that's my Chinese astrological sign--but I had never really accepted that identification, and this exercise placed that identification in a warmer and friendlier context.</p> Just want to write what I'd l…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:9812012-07-13T20:49:45.395ZChristina Cantrillhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/profile/ChristinaCantrill
Just want to write what I'd like to say in a bit too. Thank you to the Piasa Bluffs Writing Project, the Saint Louis Art Museum and CoLab for opening the doors here this week. What a wonderful opportunity for the network as a whole and I would encourage everyone to share this work and your experiences with your communities, on and off line.<br />
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I am thrilled by the focus on student collaborations and sharing of student work that emerged during the final crowdsource/pitching process and I think the…
Just want to write what I'd like to say in a bit too. Thank you to the Piasa Bluffs Writing Project, the Saint Louis Art Museum and CoLab for opening the doors here this week. What a wonderful opportunity for the network as a whole and I would encourage everyone to share this work and your experiences with your communities, on and off line.<br />
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I am thrilled by the focus on student collaborations and sharing of student work that emerged during the final crowdsource/pitching process and I think the power of this work is that it both connects to what we do well as a network and reminds us that it's all about prototyping too. What a refreshing and envigorating thing to remember and meditate.<br />
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A few take always. I love that article by Garcias and think we need to really work together to rethink the boundaries of formal and informal education. I also think we need to embrace our own shifting boundaries as educators, learners, teacher, creators. The focus on the build is so critical. How can we continue to support it? ... For ourselves, our students and our colleagues is a main question that I am walking away with.<br />
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Thank you too to all of you who took time out from your lives to meet here in St Louis. To work hard and think outside all sorts of boxes. This is how we build the future and I couldn't think of better folks to build the future with.<br />
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Christina The steps of responsive desig…tag:ourcolab.ning.com,2012-07-13:6510462:Comment:5852012-07-13T20:49:42.110Z17geoaqj8k7hjhttp://ourcolab.ning.com/xn/detail/u_17geoaqj8k7hj
The steps of responsive design are applicable to our lives in so many ways. I can rattle off a half dozen design challenges for my classroom but I was surprised this week when I realized that I had used these strategies in my preparation for a kitchen redesign. In exploring, I polled my children for their input, developing empathy along the way as we immediately realized our expectations and needs for a new kitchen were extremely diverse. In my writing discovery today, my non-dominant hand…
The steps of responsive design are applicable to our lives in so many ways. I can rattle off a half dozen design challenges for my classroom but I was surprised this week when I realized that I had used these strategies in my preparation for a kitchen redesign. In exploring, I polled my children for their input, developing empathy along the way as we immediately realized our expectations and needs for a new kitchen were extremely diverse. In my writing discovery today, my non-dominant hand pulled the house redesign challenge to the forefront again so I guess I am going to have to revisit the process.<br />
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I can see that the most important take aways for me then are the strategies of responsive design to solve a challenge. I am also very partial to the new "but" zone and I look forward to employing that with gusto in my design challenge areas.