7 1/2 Habits for Lifelong Learning

Now for the hardest habit: accept responsibility for my own learning. Yes, it's the same one. The hard part about it is sticking to the path and following all the way through. For instance, I wanted to podcast, and so I learned about podcasting, figured out how to podcast using a PC, and created a couple of episodes. I have taught podcasting workshops and help others get started. But how many episodes have I actually published to the web? Less than 5 in over a year... Finding time to learn new skills is not the problem. I MAKE time for that. But once I've figured it out, the new skill goes into this long queue of things I do in my spare time. I do realize that I only have a limited amount of spare time, but I don't prioritize that time like I should. I look back after a month's time to see that I haven't spent time on some things I really intended to. I have downloaded the learning contract and realize that the chart with the tasks and target dates might help me.

7 1/2 Habits for Lifelong Learning

Great presentation! It clearly lays out how to approach learning successfully. Probably the easiest one on the list for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning. I have been self-directed from an early age, and when I am curious about something, I search out ways to learn on my own. I like to buy books and teach myself new things like quilting, scrapping/card making, and web design. I taught myself how to use Dreamweaver five years ago from a shareware tutorial called "Getting Interactive with Dreamweaver." After I completed the tutorial, I created my website Texas Schoolmarm for my classroom. Of course, it didn't look like what I have up there now. I have continued to improve my skills and added to my site as a result of online technology classes through ESC Region 11, as well as time spent reading the Help documentation ;-)

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I have created this blog as part of the Library2Play 23 Things professional development. I already have a Edublog and a WordPress blog installed on my website server, but I decided to play along and try out Blogger for this experience. Even though I love having the control that my own Word Press blogs gives me, I am always looking for tools that teachers can easily use in their teaching.
Creating an avatar was a new experience for me, though. I've never valued them and so never took the time to figure them out. (An avatar is what is keeping me in the limbo land of Orientation Island in Second Life, by the way.)