This week's COETAIL13 - Course One emphasis was on connected learning. ISTE Educator Learner Standard links:
Connections to some major education concepts, themes and topics:
10,000 hours vs. 20 hours? Not sure I align 100% with what Josh Kaufman posits in his TED Talk; it's a little too generalist and oversimplified. If you haven't watched it, Josh elucidates that one can get "good enough" at anything in 20 focused hours, rather than Ericsson's well-cited 10,000-hour theory. To be fair to Josh (and Ericsson), he does clarify that the 10,000 hours was always defined as an "expert" level theory and the "expert" part is often left out (suffering from a case of telephone game as it's passed on). With Kaufman's 20 hour oversimplification, I'd be more sold if he used the term "basic foundations", rather than "good enough" on anything with 20 solid hours. When I think about three of my passions (tennis, climbing and photography), which I still approach with "Shoshin" and have spent well over 20 dedicated hours, "good enough" would not be even close to a label/level of comfort I would be satisfied with. All three are lifelong and enduring. They continually challenge me, empower me to persevere and have enough varying degrees of challenge. Jocko Willink and Joe Rogan term this as "embracing the suck". Essentially, all three continually ask me to step out of my comfort zone. Therefore, Kaufman would've sold me more by specifically narrowing his theory to something like, "20 hours is an appropriate amount of 'good enough' time for smaller (or bite-sized) learning projects/passions." COETAIL's Call to action This week, we were asked to be put on the hook, setting a goal to "geek out" and get "good enough" with. So, here's my action plan... Goal: Continue to gain perspective and skill in photography My actionable next steps:
Due date: April 1st, 2021 Now to test if my goals are SMART enough... Specific ✅ Measurable ✅ Achievable ✅ Realistic ✅ Time-sensitive ✅ What impact, connections, and or empathy piece could this have for my learners?
What about you?
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