A Dance of Co-Creation
Posted by texasleads on May 18, 2006
So, what does a productive community look like? Texas Leads! is about envisioning a productive and reflective K-16 community of ed-tech advocates. Here are a few of the characteristics, although more can certainly be added:
- Guest bloggers sharing the latest in their areas of expertise. Would you like to volunteer? Let me know!
- Using the TexasLeads! wiki to archive all sorts of information and keep it current. This could include responses to questions that run the gamut from technology administration to technology leadership.
- Facilitate responses to the range of questions on the continuum (more discussed below)
- Identify the principles that we can act from that will change us as individuals and
- Engage in the conversation that will change the spaces we inhabit.
Texas Leads!, a virtual community of Texas educators where they can find succor and help, something to make this journey a little less difficult. It is a move beyond technology administration to technology leadership, of asking questions that move us on the continuum from “How can we implement more effective content filters? How can I manage online testing in schools?” to “How can I transcend the fear of disruptive technologies? What principles can we act from that will change us as individuals? What conversations can we have with each other about the changes in ourselves that will change our schools?”
I woke up this morning, jumped out bed–and yesterday too–thinking about how much more we could be if only we could recognize the creative power in ourselves and share that in conversation. It is a dynamic, breathless excitement that makes me hurry down the halls, that fills with a thrill I haven’t felt in a long-time.
While I may be having a vision, I know that I cannot do this alone. One quote comes to mind and it reads like this:
“Feelings of personal achievement are often mixed with a sense of awe and humility…experiencing the transformation of energy, becoming aware that the universe actually needs us and that we need the universe, we join in a dance of co-creation.” (Robert Quinn, Changing the World).
Though I’m a terrible dancer, I invite you to join in a dance of co-creation. We may step on each other’s feet, but oh, what fun we’ll have!
