Comments on: What do you want to change today? http://techticker.net/2009/05/12/what-do-you-want-to-change-today/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2009/05/12/what-do-you-want-to-change-today/comment-page-1/#comment-4789 Mike Bogle Tue, 12 May 2009 23:23:10 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1958#comment-4789 I think resistance to change will always exist in one form or another. That said, it doesn't mean change won't happen, just that it may be a slow process before it does. I'm glad to hear you've found some like-minded colleagues you can meet and discuss with. There's a lot to be said about the capacity of a network to provide peer support. From experience they can help carry us through the periods of doubt when we feel like we're not making any progress at all. This was proven to me just recently in fact. <a href="http://techticker.net/2009/04/29/the-blob-and-the-underground-railroad/" rel="nofollow">I wrote a doom and gloom post</a> about how terrible everything was and how nothing was ever going to improve. Then in a very short time I received two comments that really helped pull me from the mire. There's always hope, I think. The main thing we can do is keep advocating and modeling the changes we want to see, and support each other during the process :) Cheers, Mike I think resistance to change will always exist in one form or another. That said, it doesn’t mean change won’t happen, just that it may be a slow process before it does.

I’m glad to hear you’ve found some like-minded colleagues you can meet and discuss with. There’s a lot to be said about the capacity of a network to provide peer support. From experience they can help carry us through the periods of doubt when we feel like we’re not making any progress at all.

This was proven to me just recently in fact. I wrote a doom and gloom post about how terrible everything was and how nothing was ever going to improve. Then in a very short time I received two comments that really helped pull me from the mire.

There’s always hope, I think. The main thing we can do is keep advocating and modeling the changes we want to see, and support each other during the process :)

Cheers,

Mike

]]> By: sinikka http://techticker.net/2009/05/12/what-do-you-want-to-change-today/comment-page-1/#comment-4780 sinikka Tue, 12 May 2009 08:19:00 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1958#comment-4780 Hi Mike Thank you for this post! It came at exactly the right time, as for the past few weeks I have felt a growing hopelessness about the persistent resistance to change at my school here in Finland. After reading your post, I realized that I should feel thankful for having found two like-minded colleagues, with whom we have already taken some action. I am determined now not the let the rest of them crush our little active tribe! I look forward to setting aside a peaceful moment at home tonight to watch the video properly :) Hi Mike
Thank you for this post! It came at exactly the right time, as for the past few weeks I have felt a growing hopelessness about the persistent resistance to change at my school here in Finland. After reading your post, I realized that I should feel thankful for having found two like-minded colleagues, with whom we have already taken some action. I am determined now not the let the rest of them crush our little active tribe!
I look forward to setting aside a peaceful moment at home tonight to watch the video properly :)

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