EC- Emotional Capital and solutions based outcomes and Making sense of change
One of my favourite NZ authors, Sheryl Jordan in her fascinating novel The Sign of the Lion, has Elmo say:' Confusion my dear is the greatest tool of the enemy'. That's true! Confusion erodes confidence. Its exhausting! Embracing digital tools, digital teaching techniques and digital teaching strategies as part of a Blended Learning pedagogy is an area that i refer to as emotional capital ( EC). For a few years now a strange "fog" has sought to prod and poke and rob my confidence as a practitioner. "I refuse to be tired all the time" i say to myself. Now i say to myself- "i refuse to loose my confidence: i know who i am, i am skilled and capable. I am a perpetual learner and educator. " Two things have happened: 1. At a recent and rather invigorating IT Expo i realized that experience has been a brutal teacher, but experience is also rewarding. I have trialed ed-tech systems and just when i felt mostly competent