Sorry I missed class.... Sad Face:(

I heard that there was some pretty rad stuff going on in class last week and if it is half as crazy as your wimba then it would have had me sitting on the edge of my seat.
I was very impressed with all of the wimba lessons that have been saved. As I was looking over them I realized how much time, effort and emotion all of you put into this class. I am really proud that I get the chance to work with all of you week after week and am going to be sad when the summer comes and I have to spend several weeks without the women in my life.
Although I am really looking forward to the culmination of the class I think it really helped to bond us together and reassured me that we are all in this together.
Thank you...

In an Epic Battle with Synectics

I feel like all that I have been doing over the past 2 weeks is trying to think of something to submit for my Synectics discussion quiz. I thought about presenting a "kick flip" but I cannot find the creativity to spark an appropriate visual representation to make this action more firmilliar for the learner. I can demonstrate it via video, but I think that defetes the point?
When I left class two Tuesdays ago I was frothing, bubbling with idea but I found myslef mentally exausted. When I reapproached the topic feeling revitalized but all of my ideals has lost thier valitity. Is there a balance to be found or is it too late?
I leave asking... when is the tide going to change?

It is all about the Motivation

Sometimes you feel like a consumer, like all you do is take and take some more... Then, something springs you into action, it could be a girl, or a teacher, or maybe realizing that you have no clean dishes to eat off of.
In doing my research for teaching "Adult Learning" to you I found that motivation brings life to learning. You only learn when you are motivated to learn. The days have passed when teacher directed/centered/lectures classes actually help us to learn, expand our knowledge, and motivate us to be interested in content. Now, as adults we have learned not to wait for stones to be turned ovre for us, but to turn them over for oursleves. We have learned ourselves well enough to understand what it takes to learn and understand something. For some it takes reading the words from a book, others watching someone do it, and still other they need to hear it for themselves.
Get ready for an interesting lesson... and bring your game faces, we are going trolling for chicks... or in your cases... for some dudes!

The project

As the end of our course nears I am finding myself looking back and thinking.... "that wasn't so bad," but as I look ahead at the mountain that I still have to climb I a begin to shake in my boots. Lately life has taken a turn down a road that I am not firmillar with, a road that I would rather not travel down. It has been a lonely overwhelming road that has found me lost and confused. It has occupied most of my life, time, energy, and emotion.
I feel as though my work is suffering due to my inability to rise above all the issues that consume me.
This is why blogging can be a double edged sord, a blessing and a curse. It is great to have a sounding board but there is no need for anyone to let the whole world in on all of the trials and tripulations that comsume my life. This is why there should be a criteria for bloggers and blogging.