Book Chapter
So, today I finally got around to finishing the book chapter I have been working on for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology book on how technology has impacted teaching and learning.
To tell the truth, I’m pretty disappointed in myself. I put this off for too long and the writing is weak. Not fun. I seemed to be running into dead ends. It ended up being a submission to potentially be the prelude or introduction to the book…we’ll see.
If I’m real ambitious tomorrow I think I will make an attempt to complete another chapter and submit that. This one would be on the other idea that I submitted to these folks; the social nature of online learning. Essentially a review, and update, of my dissertation topic.
Church
Church was good today…good music from the youth group musicians. The service got out early and the men stayed behind. The discussion focused on two areas…there is a service group of men that is available to do odd jobs and help out people in the church and in the community. This is very similar to the ideas that I had about Christworx years ago.
As soon as I get over my need to take charge of this thing, I’ll likely join it! 🙂
The other area of focus was the initiative to have us men review Proverbs with our kids (and spouse). One Proverb per week. Select a line in it and reflect on it with each other. I want to do this but it will need to be digital in some way so I can rope in both Hannah and Mara (possibly Joey and Kurt, but I’m not sure.)
Grading
Had a very good grading day today! Made a list and I’m checking them off. That feels good and I am getting re-energized.
Mara’s Van
Mara and Adam have been here for several days and it is so cool to see the transformation of her van into her “camper”. They make a good team. It has also been nice to be a little part of the idea generation/problem solving team…and to do a bit of work on it!
Just doing the little bit of work on the van makes me think, with patience, I could probably do the work to fix up my Man Room. Considering the cost, it is probably going to be the only way.
We’ll see.
All in all a very good day.
Mark K.