Comments on: Textbooks, Technology, and Funding Revisited http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/12/08/textbooks-technology-and-funding-revisited/ my ideas, thoughts, experiences, and lessons learned in education Thu, 06 May 2010 14:43:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: woscholar http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/12/08/textbooks-technology-and-funding-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-202 woscholar Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:58:14 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/12/08/textbooks-technology-and-funding-revisited/#comment-202 I could not have said it better myself. Utilize the world you have around you for the best possible outcome. At least Seth blamed no one but himself. He was so immersed in what he was ignoring that he forgot he was a part of it. It is a lesson leaders should take into consideration. To be organization specific (sort of), special interest groups should have leaders who regularly report to the main organization and bring feedback and requests for assistance back to the group. To be a brain trust, you have to trust all of the brains. I could not have said it better myself. Utilize the world you have around you for the best possible outcome. At least Seth blamed no one but himself. He was so immersed in what he was ignoring that he forgot he was a part of it. It is a lesson leaders should take into consideration.

To be organization specific (sort of), special interest groups should have leaders who regularly report to the main organization and bring feedback and requests for assistance back to the group. To be a brain trust, you have to trust all of the brains.

]]> By: Miguel Guhlin http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/12/08/textbooks-technology-and-funding-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Miguel Guhlin Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:02:16 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/12/08/textbooks-technology-and-funding-revisited/#comment-201 Thanks for sharing Seth's point...I have looked back to my youth and can't believe some of the things I ignored that would have been great to know/have now. However, I refuse to indulge in regret keeping in mind, "I did the best I could under the circumstances." Am I being too easy on myself? 8-> I don't believe our professional organizations, though, have the same out. Why? While one person is fallible, flawed and limited, an organization--especially government or non-profit volunteer--can call upon a legion of individuals who can critique and create to improve the status quo. Failure to seize that workforce is a failure of leadership. Miguel Thanks for sharing Seth’s point…I have looked back to my youth and can’t believe some of the things I ignored that would have been great to know/have now. However, I refuse to indulge in regret keeping in mind, “I did the best I could under the circumstances.”

Am I being too easy on myself?

8->

I don’t believe our professional organizations, though, have the same out. Why? While one person is fallible, flawed and limited, an organization–especially government or non-profit volunteer–can call upon a legion of individuals who can critique and create to improve the status quo. Failure to seize that workforce is a failure of leadership.

Miguel

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