Conduit and Bacon

BRING IT ON, DAY 2! #gafesummit

"Conduit" that is the word I hear today from Tracy Purdy. It was the word that stuck with me. It made me realize that I am the channel of information, adventure, passion, and knowledge to help others learn. To create Lead Learners within my classroom and instill that in my colleagues.  I learn that Google sheets can be better than BACON or just as good. As Dan said you have to "render the fat", cook the bacon at low heat for 13 minutes or so.  What does that mean to me? That not only is he skilled at making bacon, but that is the recipe to implementing technology in your classroom and to becoming a lead learner.  To understand technology, you need to do exactly that. Not all tools, extension, and apps will best fit your students' needs and should probably disintegrate while cooking (fat). IF it doesn't work for your kids then get rid of it. Maybe as you become a better Lead Learner, that tool will become part of your toolkit for the future. Everything that you ingrate needs cook time and you may burn it if you are not being mindful of the task at hand.  DEEP...I know but if it doesn't work don't give up try it a different way and add it to your "resume of failure" (stolen from James Sanders). WHY? because you never know when that tool and that student (YOU) may finally click. Finally, know that everything EVEN bacon takes time...so does become a Lead Learner and being a conduit! Smell that? I do too! 

Stolen from Molly