Leading Innovation: The 3 Carriage Train

I found this a while ago, saving it as a draft so I could come back to it and give it the attention it deserved. I didn't watch it properly, but was inspired by the blurb that went with it.

I went through a period, during term three and early term four, where I was becoming disillusioned with my ability to drive eLearning being hindered and held back by my ideas and input being squashed.

This has changed my way of thinking in that it puts my context into perspective. I am often frustrated at my ideas, thoughts and input being thwarted or overlooked, often due to my lack of years and experience in the classroom. 

I've changed my outlook on this, mainly due to the perspective this clip has brought about in my own understanding and thought process. The wall that has often come up is probably not even about me... but about the fears and need for change within the other party.

I am eternally grateful to be working collaboratively alongside someone who, despite self describing themselves as being in the twilight of their teaching career, is open to making the shift. He constantly wants to learn, change and develop his own abilities. He's embracing the mind shift and stepping out of his comfort zone. He would place himself in the second carriage, but is definitely eager to be with those in the first. 

I thrive on learning from others in the first carriage. Manaiakalani Outreach and our Cluster eLeader Meetings keep the thirst for more ideas and knowledge burning. I'm lucky to have a peer, within the school, who is eager to drive change too... however is held back by the lack of availability of devices.