We all get swayed, distracted and pulled away from our reasons for doing what we do. Therefore little reminders to keep our thinking from getting woolly and our eyes on the big picture can be very useful.
My whole interest in notice boards comes from a friend and former colleague with whom I shared an office for two and half fun-filled years. Despite his many flaws I still miss him terribly. His digital version of his old noticeboard can be viewed here, his new one here, thanks mcgurgle.
Mcgurgle's board
Liked this, from the blog of Jabiz Raisdana
Seth Godin on compliance in education
#1 Robert Johnson from Facebook’s engineering team on responsibility and action
- facebook offices by pshab
#2 – Are they students or learners? David Warlick from his excellent 2 Cents worth blog.
- David Warlick – students or learners? (Reformatted from the original)
#3: Stephen Downes on Groups and Networks
- ‘Groups and Networks’ Stephen Downes (2007)
#4: Will Taylor. Consciously incompetent?
#5 Loris Malaguzzi on the psuedo-democracy of teachers
- Illusion by KayVee.INC
#6: George Siemens on Present time arrogance
- Spacehopper by Osbourne’s Life
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