GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — More than 6,000 gallons of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast in a cleanup effort that is now going 24 hours a day, officials said, but that’s some of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline.
Source: Environmentalists seize on latest Santa Barbara oil spill – US News
It could be weeks before the beach near Santa Barbara is cleaned up, and even years before the damage to the wildlife is realized, scientists say.
Source: California Oil Spill: Biologists Eyeing Extent of Damage to Waters, Wildlife – NBC News
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I recently co-presented a session for the Educause Learning Institute’s workshop series, How to Humanize Your Online Course. In our presentation, VoiceThread for Universal Design: Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners, we discussed ways that faculty can use VoiceThread for facilitating Universal Design, provided recommended guidelines for using VoiceThread, and some strengths and disadvantages of the tool.
During the presentation, we asked participants to share one word that represents the role they might play when facilitating a VoiceThread. Here’s their responses in Wordle format:
When you think about facilitating a VoiceThread (or any online discussion, for that matter), what role do you think you’ll play and why?
I recently co-presented a session for the Educause Learning Institute’s workshop series, How to Humanize Your Online Course. In our presentation (provided below), VoiceThread for Universal Design: Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners, we discussed ways that faculty can use VoiceThread for facilitating Universal Design, provided recommended guidelines for using VoiceThread, and some strengths and disadvantages of the tool.
During the presentation, we asked participants to share one word that represents the role they might play when facilitating a VoiceThread. Here’s their responses in Wordle format:
When you think about facilitating a VoiceThread (or any online discussion, for that matter), what role do you think you’ll play and why?
It is said that both leadership and education both take confidence. They both take the belief in yourself that you can excel at whatever task is in front of you. But how does someone get that confidence? How do you get those beliefs?
I am of the opinion that self confidence is gained by trying. Everyone tries new things and sometimes when something is unfamiliar you do fail. But when someone puts in the effort to do the best that they can, and keeps trying in spite of any failures-that is when confidence starts to grow. This also does not happen all at once. Confidence takes time. Confidence takes practice. Confidence even takes failure.
I am not the best at everything I do. Sometimes I worry when I am in a leadership position. This year has shown me that many times I even worry unnecessarily that what I am doing is the wrong action to take. I try so hard to not make any errors that I end up making more. My leadership position has been a learning experience in not being afraid of failure. Of not being afraid to make mistakes. We all make mistakes and I think that it is time that we realize that our leaders do too. Being self confident is a process. I am on my way in that process as are many of my friends and peers. As a part the graduating I know that the real world may take just as much confidence to succeed, in it if not more.
I believe that I am at the point in my journey that I know and believe, (because sometimes those are two different things) that I will keep trying in the face of obstacles. Each success that I achieve will give me more confidence in my skills and the path that I am taking. So my advice for anyone who is looking to build confidence for either their education or because they want to become a peer leader is try. Try and keep trying. Take every experience that you can and learn from it. Do not hold back from trying something new because you are afraid to fail. Practice your skills in spite of failure and when you look up you may see that you know that you can do a task. You know it and believe it because you have already got the skills that are the foundation for it.
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