{"id":470,"date":"2011-05-01T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mightylittlelibrarian.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2015-09-09T06:48:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:48:19","slug":"realization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mightylittlelibrarian.com\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"Realization"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I want my district to use Google Apps for Education.<\/li>\n<li>I want to make a Facebook page for my school and my library.<\/li>\n<li>I want better websites for the school\/library\/district.<\/li>\n<li>I want the filters to stop choking us to death.<\/li>\n<li>I want more teachers to come to me for collaborative projects.<\/li>\n<li>I want to be able to share what my students create online.<\/li>\n<li>I want my students to share their learning experiences with the world.<\/li>\n<li>I want my district to really understand the importance of having our students create positive digital footprints NOW.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Basically, I want everyone to think like I do. Or at least listen to me and understand. But I really just want them to think like me, because OBVIOUSLY I&#8217;m right.<\/p>\n<p>This has been my basic thought process up until this past week. I spend a lot of time thinking about how I want to change the world (or my school and district) and how I can get what I want. Unrealistic, I know. I sometimes have inflated ideas of myself and what I&#8217;m capable of. I chalk that up to my upbringing, which I&#8217;m extremely thankful for. I have the best parents ever &#8212; they gave me the best opportunities and extremely high self-esteem. Anyone who spends a lot of time around me knows I&#8217;m pretty spoiled. I don&#8217;t think I was overly spoiled as a child, but as an adult I&#8217;m used to things working out in my favor. I think this is why I have the expectation that I can force things into working out the way I want them to. Over the last few days, I&#8217;ve come to the realization that I need to change this way of thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Realization &#8211; the state of understanding or becoming aware of something <em>(as defined by Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Learner&#8217;s Dictionary)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m not saying that I&#8217;m about to stop plotting and pushing for change. That just isn&#8217;t going to happen. Instead, I need to focus the bulk of my thoughts and planning on ways that I can help my teachers and students. I need to focus a lot less on what I don&#8217;t have but desperately want. Instead, my focus needs to be on working with what I have to support my students and teachers the best way possible.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I will help my students and teachers find success with the tools we have available.<\/li>\n<li>I will show my students and teachers ways they can use these tools to create and share.<\/li>\n<li>I will find ways to incorporate digital citizenship and making a positive digital footprint into as many activities as possible.<\/li>\n<li>I will share our accomplishments and successes with the administration to show what we can do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Obviously, I can&#8217;t just forget about my &#8220;wants.&#8221; What I hope to do instead is to focus on what I can do &#8212; what I WILL do &#8212; and use that to support what we could do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want my district to use Google Apps for Education. I want to make a Facebook page for my school and my library. I want better websites for the school\/library\/district. I want the filters to stop choking us to death. I want more teachers to come to me for collaborative projects. 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