This is a presentation I did as part of a TeachMeet@PLANE on the 25th of July, 2012. I talk about why I find it essential in having a Personal Learning Network (PLN) for the work that I do. Make sure you look at the presenters notes, in order to make some sense of it all.
We usually look at the groups of people as a group of individuals, but doing that way we miss very important information. Very important properties or functions of an organization depend on the shape of their relationships. Group creativity, the performance of their collaboration, the way an idea can be diffused or the resilience of the organization.
Knowing how these relationships influence on all that properties can help you a lot on your agile transformation.
We usually look at the groups of people as a group of individuals, but doing that way we miss very important information. Very important properties or functions of an organization depend on the shape of their relationships. Group creativity, the performance of their collaboration, the way an idea can be diffused or the resilience of the organization.
Knowing how these relationships influence on all that properties can help you a lot on your agile transformation.
The essential building blocks of culture.
This was based on a talk developed by myself and Dave Duarte.
I expect this to evolve but thought this is a share worthy version 1.0
How do you make a choice when possible solutions vary? How do you behave in an extraordinary situation? How do you structure complex activities?
All these situations incorporate environment and context exploration along with feasibility assessment. They call it sensemaking.
This webinar is dedicated to Cynefin sensemaking framework and it’s real life usage examples in different aspects of Agile activities.
During the webinar we will cover:
* Cynefin sensemaking framework (domains, expected behaviors)
* Using Cynefin framework for splitting User Stories
* Using Cynefin framework on retrospectives
* Using Cynefin framework for collaboration with company environment
The world as we know it is growing more complex. As we automate away those things that can be easily repeated, we leave ourselves with ever more challenging work. The way we've worked in the past won't necessarily work for today's problems¦ or will it? Join Diane and Doc as they explore dimensions of complexity in software development and look at how teams and leaders might adjust their behaviors (and the software they create) based on the complexity of the problem at hand.
This hands-on, interactive workshop will provide a practical introduction to Cynefin (a sense-making framework for complexity) and show how it applies to the work we do every day as creators of software. You'll map your own work to Cynefin and learn about applicable management styles and optimal team interactions for each of the Cynefin contexts.
These slides were the basis of the Leornian Spotlight presentation held online on the 20th of September, 2012. The recording of the presentation is here http://connect.plane.edu.au/p1f1kqrf4fu/
The essential building blocks of culture.
This was based on a talk developed by myself and Dave Duarte.
I expect this to evolve but thought this is a share worthy version 1.0
How do you make a choice when possible solutions vary? How do you behave in an extraordinary situation? How do you structure complex activities?
All these situations incorporate environment and context exploration along with feasibility assessment. They call it sensemaking.
This webinar is dedicated to Cynefin sensemaking framework and it’s real life usage examples in different aspects of Agile activities.
During the webinar we will cover:
* Cynefin sensemaking framework (domains, expected behaviors)
* Using Cynefin framework for splitting User Stories
* Using Cynefin framework on retrospectives
* Using Cynefin framework for collaboration with company environment
The world as we know it is growing more complex. As we automate away those things that can be easily repeated, we leave ourselves with ever more challenging work. The way we've worked in the past won't necessarily work for today's problems¦ or will it? Join Diane and Doc as they explore dimensions of complexity in software development and look at how teams and leaders might adjust their behaviors (and the software they create) based on the complexity of the problem at hand.
This hands-on, interactive workshop will provide a practical introduction to Cynefin (a sense-making framework for complexity) and show how it applies to the work we do every day as creators of software. You'll map your own work to Cynefin and learn about applicable management styles and optimal team interactions for each of the Cynefin contexts.
These slides were the basis of the Leornian Spotlight presentation held online on the 20th of September, 2012. The recording of the presentation is here http://connect.plane.edu.au/p1f1kqrf4fu/
This is a whistlestop tour of the GBL Game journey in PLANE.
The black boxes are YouTube videos that are not available. Links for each are below:
James Gee - http://goo.gl/6LRpW
Jane McGonical - http://goo.gl/c3fUe
Minecraft - http://goo.gl/y7dqh
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
For more information, visit-www.vavaclasses.com
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
2. Bacon
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Patent and the Pantry: http://flickr.com/photos/26412869@N03/4283958678/
3. Kevin Bacon
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4. Six degrees of
Kevin Bacon
(tech version)
http://goo.gl/OMSiO
To play the original version
http://oracleofbacon.org/
5. Degrees of Separation is underpinned
by some intriguing premises
The Small World phenomenon - human society is a small
world type network characterized by short path lengths
Six degrees of separation: Artistic visualization. By Laurens van Lieshout (User:LaurensvanLieshout) (Own work) [GFDL
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
*PLN’s do that – make the world smaller*
6. Why Kevin,
specifically?
It is suggested that Bacon connects to many actors because he acts in many different kinds
of roles and ensemble films
Hmmm ….
7. My Degrees of Separation
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8. My Degrees of Separation - old school
Where?
When?
What?
Cost?
Time?
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9. My Degrees of Separation.. now
What?
When?
Where?
Cost?
Time?
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10. My connection to Kevin?
Image via http://goo.gl/WdJCr
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Via My Space
Introducing me…My name is Brendan Jones, aka jonesytheteacher. I'm Head Teacher PDHPE at Erina High School on the NSW Central Coast. At the moment I'm on a temporary appointment with PLANE doing of cool stuff. I’m pretty much everywhere online as “jonesytheteacher”. I adopted the identity “jonesytheteacher” for two main reasons:1. My name's Jonesy2. I'm a teacher I've also adopted it as my signature across all of my web presences, a tip I picked up from Ben Jones (not my brother). For me it means one personality online. I'm jonesytheteacher on Twitter, Yammer, my blog and I think I'm consistently me across all of them. To me a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is essential for the work I do. The story I'm about tell is how being online makes PLNs easy to build, grow and benefit from. My inspiration for this story was bacon...
Now if you use Twitter and you follow me, I did tweet this afternoon that my talk would be mouth-watering. I'll bet some of your mouths out there are watering right now! But I don't mean that Bacon...
I mean this Bacon. Maybe this picture is making some mouths water - I don't know.
For those of you that don't know or remember, there was a meme a while back called the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. On the slide I've pasted the URL for the image you can see and one for the Oracle of Bacon, where you can test the theory.This meme was all based on the premise that for any actor in Hollywood, there would be no more than 6 degrees of separation (or links) to Kevin Bacon. The image on this slide is the tech version - check it out when you get a chance - the flow of connections is quite elegant This got me to thinking - the degrees of separation between me and other educators (as part of a network or PLN) could be seen the same way. We have a need to be connected, because that's a big part of ongoing learning. And there are a lot of ways that being online benefits the establishment and maintenance of a PLN. So I see the Bacon Theory as a great example for teachers to emulate. And it’s based on research, believe it or not!
As the slide says - degrees of separation is underpinned by some premises that I found intriguing. The Degrees of Separation idea http://goo.gl/0TbD . And The Small World Phenomenon. We've all experienced this "do you know so and so?" "Oh - its small world" Coincidently,I've discovered that an online PLN makes my world smaller too - connecting with people, sharing ideas and working together on projects - across town, across the State, country or the world.
But why was it called "The 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon"? Was it because he had a prolific career? Maybe. But in an article I read about this, it was more the type of things he did that made the phenomenon come into being. A lot of his movies were ensemble's. This meant he came into contact with plenty of actors, and so the networks he built became tighter and the paths between connection shorter. I think there's a message in that for us as educators building our own connections and ultimately PLNs - the more experiences with more people (a variety of people and influences, to be exact) so it follows our connections will be much richer. I've found too that you find the same people popping up a lot of the time in different places - and that's good. It's like having a mate waiting for you in a new country when you go on holidays. They can show you around, introduce you to a few people and then things happen from there.
So here's how I see the Bacon Effect working for a person wanting to connect online with other similar folk. Keep in mind that what you're seeing is just one node in that big "Small world Phenomenon" network image from before. A smaller version is in the top LH corner of the slide
Here's an old school example of how I used The Bacon Theory to connect. I would come from my school with my own set of connections (bottom LH corner). I applied for a PL session (conference, workshop etc) that I knew would lead to me meeting new people and their extended network. (top RH corner)I had to justify and apply getting to the event based on the conditions in the yellow boxesMy application went to someone (or perhaps a team) for approval where it could get stuck in a feedback loop, or get lost on a desk, or get sent back, or hit the what I call “The Wall of Refusal”If my application is successful, I get to the event. Between me and my final goal is a filtering process (finding people, connecting, making small talk and conversation, "what do you do", "Wow - that sounds cool", exchange email addresses and promise to keep in touch)The connection is ultimately made, but the multiple degrees of separation can provide a lot of disconnect points
Compare that to how I do things now. Don't get me wrong - the event/ conference process is still available and valuable (and the physical meeting up process is great), but it’s not the only way anymore. I can be in touch 24/7 with anyone I've connected with, and many of the connections are only 1 or 2 degrees of separation – of my making.For example – Say I want to start a project on something. Usually I’ll need to learn about the topic, find others that might help, form a team and work together.So online I go. My existing online PLN might not be able to help directly (actually, it's pretty rare that they can't), but I'll bet they know someone who can. Some tweets later, or one post in Yammer or a quick look at some Delicious stacks and I have a contact or 20 to pursue. I make my contacts, we jump on Google docs, brainstorm together and our project is under way. When we finish, we blog about it and our work is added to the collective knowledge within and outside our project team. Not hypothetical - I do this right now.And the process works so that I benefit from my PLNs connections, and they from mine.And the yellow boxes from the "old way" are now largely mine to consider before I commit to starting the project.
All good stories have to have a connection to your own life to mean something, I reckon.For example, some good jokes actually start as real life annecotes that strike a funny chord with most people.So believe it not, I am connected to Kevin BaconThe top LH image is of Shane Emmett. Shane is brother to Belinda Emmett, who was married to Rove MacManus before she tragically died from cancer.Shane taught at Erina. Now, thank God for MySpace, because the lower RH image is of an ex student from Erina commenting on Shane's My Space page. (Who said My Space was useless?)And I worked with Shane at Erina. So all that is left to do is consult The Oracle of the Bacon.
Wohoo! I have a Bacon number of 4.And you now have a Bacon number of 5! Well inside the magical 6!