The “Who Moved My Cheese?” Powerpoint had some really good points. People, (and the mice in this case), fear change and are sometimes too bullheaded to accept change. Like I teach my science classes, populations either adjust to change, adapt to it, or they die off. I keep relating it to the new PLC movement. Older teachers said it was just another thing that would pass. Well, I think this model of teams of teachers working together for common assessments and common practices is here to stay. It really is a new philosophy where we learn from the teacher who has the best practices.
In my own PLC group, I started a group wiki which is being used successfully by the 6th grade staff. I am going to take the clicker class next week because I hope to learn more about that system. I just started a wiki for my classroom and the students really love working with that system. I guess my point is that I will forge forward rather than just sitting there complaining where the cheese went. It is too easy to get caught up in old ways of doing things and we as technology leaders need to push forward. The others will just have to follow when they see the results of the change. I think that each of our fellow graduate students are willing to go out and seek the cheese, otherwise, we would not have entered this graduate program.
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I like cheese! Costco has the best habanero cheese that I have ever tasted. It is exciting to see the sixth grade teachers utilizing a Wiki. You truly are demonstrating leadership skills and sometimes one needs to take the "lead" in creating change. I am certain that your colleagues are appreciative. I find that people are more receptive to change when someone else takes the lead. It seems to me that you may be that person in your PLC.
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