The paradigm presentations were by far my most favorite part of EDAD 9530: Paradigms and Practices of Schooling. My own paradigm project gave me the opportunity to put in words what I have been doing the past year in regards to technology staff development, and by listening to others' projects, I was able to further my understanding of what is happening in area school districts. We truly did have a class of experts and it was amazing to hear about all the wonderful paradigm shifts taking place.
The past six weeks have been exhausting, but as usual, I am able to look back and appreciate of all the wonderful relationships I've built and the knowledge I have gained. The Senge book has already given me many ideas in systems thinking and I am excited to share the information with my new team this fall. Although the staff development section in Senge's book was not my assigned section, I was able to read it an apply it to my paradigm project. I don't know if our new Director of Staff Development is familiar with Senge's work, but I will definitely be sharing it with her as well.
I will end with an "ah-ha" moment I had during Abby's presentation on Wednesday. She mentioned connectedness as one of her strengths and described how her brain was a giant molecule with all the atoms connected. Abby said that everything was clear in her mind how it all connected, but that she couldn't always put her thoughts into words. She might as well have been describing me when she said that! Connectedness is my #2 strength and I really do feel like everything I hear, read, and experience relates to something else in my life. My brain literally hurts from making so many connections. Now I just need to work on putting my thoughts into words so I can verbalize it to others. I think blogging is just the avenue for that!
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