November 20, 2008
We have first beautiful winter day in my town in Finland today as you can see:
It is fine to work at home and look at that view while thinking. I have an ugly room in my institute, new but ugly.
Today I have the opportunity to study and I will stay at home. It was Sia who had links to inspiring learning spaces and so I became conscious about the importance of beauty. If you compare this winter photo with my september 20th autumn photo – you can see how wonderful it is to live in Finland.
The nature has seasons and it can change, how about educational systems? Our topic this week .. change in human mind or only a system, often only on papers? How an I stay optimistic? Let’s study…
November 20th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Hi Heli!
Your post got me thiking, I usually thing on terms of attraction, I mean, will my participants feel attracted to de site?
Now I see that I should also consider beauty, thanks for sharing.
Best Regards from Mexico.
Maru
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November 23rd, 2008 at 2:45 am
Thanks for comment, Maru!
You never have snow in Mexico I suppose..? never been to Mexico
Heli
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November 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 am
[...] Heli’s post is a great call to join each other and share our beautiful learning spaces and our learning experiences as Andreas did. It is a reminder too what a global experience CCK08 has been. Steve points out that “In fact, it is such a small world, that I now have a real problem trying to keep up with all the friends I have made all over the world. The problem is time!” Lisa observes that “I think after this class is over, the blogs I’ll come back to, the people I want to know better, may not be the ones whose work stretches my intellect or changes my approach to work, although those were the connections I initially hoped to make.” (Her subsequent post about maps prompted me to think about my woeful contribution to this part of the course. I have been a verbaliser rather than a visualiser! Ariel and Grant posted their maps too.) Polsterf noted “the path forward appears in the connected conversations – that you make a difference by what you do, the example you set and by your own contributions within a connected community – no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. Your persistent participation in the dialogue will make a difference.” [...]