FOR THE ILLINOIS PDA TEAM: PROJECT-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN WORKSHOP, JANUARY 2008

My Learning Log: In keeping with Jim's "follow-through" examples of homework HE does following a training he facilitates, here is a blog set up just for YOU, the PDA team! I am hoping that we use it to keep in touch, to share best practices, and to support each other in our teaching, training, presenting, and learning. Please add your own words of wisdom to it, as well as questions, suggestions, and anything else you want us to read.

I learned SO much from you all! A few gems I'm taking with me:

From Patti and Joyce, I learned to polish my own 4 Cs, and to include examples that are explicit to my audiences.

From Jay, I learned to separate the concepts from the processes when using the 4 Cs. From Jim, follow-up (of course!).

From Rudy, I now have a small but mighty list of things I do that are beneficial to know I do (figure that one out!).

From Jeff, to "keep the peace" and "look for the bliss" even in the "ordinary" world (you didn't know our lunch conversation would get translated like that, did you Jeff?).

From Jennifer, follow-up again (is there a theme here?).

From Duke, "take that Alaskan cruise" before it's too late!

From Dave, we need more than one exposure to something before we get brave (!) enough to apply it!

From Cheri, a quirky outlook on life and learning can indeed, be a very good thing.

And from you ALL I learned to laugh while learning, and to trust the process to turn out exactly as it needs to be. So, from connections, to community, to communion - with you, your energy, and your spirit, as a wonderful team of educators and human beings.

Thank you all! Your guide-on-the-side, Sharon