Module 5

Almost all of us have childhood dreams: for example, being an astronaut, or making movies or video games for a living. Sadly, most people don't achieve theirs, and I think that's a shame. I had several specific childhood dreams, and I've actually achieved most of them. More importantly, I have found ways, in particular the creation (with Don Marinelli), of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center (etc.cmu.edu), of helping many young people actually *achieve* their childhood dreams. This talk will discuss how I achieved my childhood dreams (being in zero gravity, designing theme park rides for Disney, and a few others), and will contain realistic advice on how *you* can live your life so that you can make your childhood dreams come true, too.

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Click below for the text of his last lecture.

There are many excellent books and articles on the latest brain research. I am by no means an expert. But I do love to read books on brain research, especially related to how it affects education and learning.

The thing you will find out if you start searching is there is a lot going on in this field. Way too much to keep up on for most of us.

Recommended books:

• Teaching With the Brain In Mind, Eric Jensen (anything by Jensen is excellent)
• How the Brain Learns, David Sousa
• The Owner's Manual For the Brain, Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D

Check out the following resources on Emotional Intelligence:

1. Marilyn Rogers PowerPoint and Presentation Notes [Power Point]
[Presentation Notes]

2. Brain Insights Lecturette
[Lecturette]

Mae Kim engages WROE participants in a balancing act using peacock feathers.

Other resources Mae referenced or used are:

Systems thinking is a framework that is based on the belief that the component parts of a system will act differently when the systems relationships are removed and it is viewed in isolation. The only way to fully understand why a problem or element occurs and persists is to understand the part in relation to the whole.
[Read more about Systems Thinking in Brief...]

[OD Map...]

An interpersonal communications model (The Johari Window) and, before we get started, a few critical questions -

How easy is it to go from 0 to Judgment without all the information? It could happen, take a look at the following Ameriquest video clips to see how.

[In the Hospital Video]
[On the Plane Video]
[In the Kitchen Video]
[Walking the Dog Video]

“Water is telling us to take a much deeper look at ourselves.”

[video 1 What The Bleap Do We Know]

[video 2 Part 14 Message from Water 2]

Are you too connected? Does your cell phone, Blackberry, voicemail, IPOD, and more keep you so in touch that you are losing touch with yourself?

Is it difficult to distinguish the weekend from the weekdays?

Does your 8-hour day regularly morph into 12- or 16-?

If you answered Yes to any of these, your mind needs a vacation. Vacation!?!? You don’t need to request leave, book a flight, or reserve a room. Just sit squarely in your seat, take a deep breath, close your eyes and vacate…

Check out these resources, from Denise, for quick ideas on how to refresh your mind and sharpen your focus.

Five Good Minutes at Work. Jeffrey Brantley, MD & Wendy Millstine, NC
100 mindful practices to help you relieve stress and bring your best to work.

Meditation in a New York Minute. Mark Thornton
For the super busy, instant techniques for getting super calm.

Watch this space for Yoga resources...additions will be made periodically.

[Watch Video]Basic Relaxation

[Watch Video]Yoga 4 Losing Weight

[Watch Video]YouTube Yoga Videos

Action Learning (AL) Pioneered by Professor Reg Revans is a process of inquiry, beginning with the experience of not knowing 'what to do next', and finding that answers are not available through current expertise. When expertise fails to provide an answer, collaborative inquiry with fellow learners who are undergoing the same questioning experience is always available.
[ AL Coaching Guide">]

[Exploring AL for Group Development (Power Point">]

The use of storytelling to uncover and share core values can be powerful. Here is the summary (handout) of the process used at module 5. Following the Core values paper there are links leading to some additional background information.
[ Core Value Storytelling Module 5 Material]
[ Storytelling Organizations]
[ Storytelling Organizations Transforming Century Management]

The video below is worth watching….the results of a long-term commitment to core values…the Center for Community Change is an organization that has served as a beacon for the poor and disenfranchised in this nation. NEA has been and can be the same beacon for our core values.
[Watch Video] [Center for Community Change (Web Site)]

Here is the handout for writing your vision and the reflections on possible impediments to articulating your personal vision. [Creating Your Vision]

Here is the information on obtaining Visual Explorer which was used to help people expand their thinking/imagining as they created a personal vision. [Visual Explorer Source Site]

To order the Deep Dive DVD use the "Deep Dive" link below.

The product_code is - =N990713%2001&category_code=HOME

The Order number is NIGHTLINE: Deep Dive: 7/13/99 $29.95 (Item #N990713M)

Deep Dive

Here is the ordering information for the basketball video which is on Surprising Studies of Visual Awareness, Vol 1 (2003). This shows the limits of our perception when we are deeply focused on a task and unaware of other data in the environment. It can be ordered from Viscog Productions, Inc. for $195. plus shipping and handling.

Viscog Productions, Inc.

ABC aired "The Deep Dive" February 1999. The subject of the program was a design firm named IDEO. Dave Kelly, Director and Peter Skillman, Project Director take the audience through a typical design process of the IDEO firm. The following link will take you to their web site. IDEO

"Appreciative inquiry is built upon recognition of the profound power of questions
in shaping our worlds; a power invoked by the phrase, “questions are fateful.” In
alignment with this realization, appreciative inquiry grows out of a deep-rooted
commitment to using the forging power of questions to transform individuals,
organizations, and the world."
[Read more about "With Our Questions..."]

The path chosen is the answer to a "fateful" question.
[Choice Map]

Here is an additional link from Marilee Adams, a prime author of the paper ("With Our Questions..."). It leads to some additional resources from her Inquiry Institute.
[Marilee Adams Site]

**Additional Resources (Appreciative Inquiry)

Anderson, Harlene, Cooperrider, David, Gergen, Kenneth J., Gergen, Mary M.; McNamee, Sheila; Whitney, Diana.[The Appreciative Organization] Toas Institute Publications, 2001

Cooperrider, David L., Whitney, Diana, Stavros, Jacqueline M.,[Appreciative Inquiry Handbook]. Lakeshore Publishers, div., 2003

Stavros, Jacqueline M; Torres, Cheri B.[Dynamic Relationships]. Taos Institute Publications, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 2006

Whitney, Diana; Trosten-Bloom, Amanda; Cherney, Jay; Fry, Ron.[Appreciative Team Building]. iUniverse, Inc, New York, 2004

Whitney, Diana; Cooperrider, David; Trosten-Bloom, Amanda; Kaplin, Brian S.[Encyclopedia of Positive Questions, Vol. 1]. Lakeshore Communications, Euclid, OH, 2002