Conversations

Two things:

1. Our next group skype chat is November 1^st 2015

London clocks go back on Sunday 25^th October so be aware of that if you are outside UK and yours don’t change !!

We will have:

AM chat at 10am (time in London)

PM chat at 5pm (time in London)

Please comment below to indicate which one you will join.

(Make sure I have your skype address before the chat starts!!)

2. I have been having conversations with people about AoLs

Please read and comment on some of their posts on this:

http://lisanorris76.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/getting-started.html#comment-form

http://dancetara.blogspot.com/2015/10/aols-1st-conversation-with-adesola.html

Also see Alanna’s blog

After making your AoL list. Making a little summary for each AoL is helpful before you dive into one.

Example of a small summary

Notes to self:

AoL Supporting creative processes – Mentoring

Significant experiences and/or experiences that embodied the learning for me:

• When I mentored Sally Burne in 2001 (drawing and writing experience)
• When I was part of the MDX mentoring programme in 2012 (talking as a mode of reflection)
• Etc

Elements, for me its something about

• Communication
• Listening
• Being quiet
• Being accessible
• Being outside my own comfort zone
• Etc…

Theory and texts that might link to:

• Martin (2003) book on communication and other communication theory (will look at his bibliography)
• Theory on Threshold Knowledge
• Scully (1998) book on feedback and other theory on feedback (will look at her bibliography)
• Theory on listening as a practice
• Susan Cain (2013) “Quiet: The power of Introverts in the a World that can’t stop talking”
• Points from the handbook on learning (Kolb) in terms of how I 'realized' my own learning in this but also in terms for how I facilitate learning as Mentor (what I think about facilitating not teaching as a mentor etc..)
• Etc...

What do you think, find, feel….

Please comment

Adesola