Tuesday, January 22, 2008

CDW-G Training Day (My life in Pittsburgh)


Well, it is 8:43, and I am now blogging. I have created my blog, and I know that it will not interest the populace or make it to the "annals--it might make the anals--of blogging chronicles." It is mine, and my first attempt at such. I will be using this blog to relay my own thoughts about this training and CFF as a whole. It will also be an attempt to reach some of the naysayers of the world who refuse to adapt to the surroundings and try something new.
The success of CFF will depend upon a huge collaboration of all to integrate the concepts within the educational process. Yes, there will be failures, but I have had my failures within the traditional classroom. I had to modify my lesson to produce results. The same is true here. We ask out students to open their minds; we must do the same. We chide students when they refuse to try after a failure; we must do the same. In other words, we must practice what we preach. It is tough coming down from the pulpit (I know because I sometimes get stuck behind the lectern), but isn't it worth the try if we as professionals can take the smoldering embers and create an encompassing fire. As said in Macbeth, "But if we fail, we fail, but screw your courage to the sticking place" and see what we can achieve.

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