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06 Oct 08

A Long Time Ago………

What I am going to share here will probably be the most personal thing I have ever shared on my blog. Only 3 other people know of this and some who are skeptics will dismiss me right away. But — I promise if you stick with me to the very end, it will make sense AND it will be woven into Tech.

A long time ago, a pastor I trusted was into meditation and he was leading several people through them. Being the skeptic (yes, even though my faith is strong, I still have doubts at times) I decided to give it a try. What I am sharing next was what I saw.

I was sitting on a fountain and there was a gentle man sitting next to me and we began to talk about what I was afraid of. He asked me if I was ready to conquer some of my fears and I said “Yes”. He advised me to look up — and there floating above me were planks with words on them….words with the fears that I indeed was dealing with. And the closest one said “Dogs”. I was able to easily reach up and grab it. As I gave the gentle man the plank, I said “But I am not really afraid of dogs” and his response was “sometimes you have to go for the easy before you can go for the hard.”

He then asked me if I wanted to fly and I said yes and suddenly we were flying through the sky…….yet, I continually looked toward the fountain, toward the ground, toward the certain. He finally asked if I wanted to return and we returned to the fountain. He laid his head in his hands and began to cry. When I asked him why, his response was “Jennifer, I want you to fly, yet you always wish to return to where it is safe.”

What I am sharing with you is true — and I still deal with my fears and my wanting to be safe - but today — I want to take those 2 stories and weave them, if I may, into what our teachers are dealing with in regards to being open to tech.

In the last few weeks, I have had several conversations with tech coordinators, integratrators, evangelists, ambassadors — whatever you want to call them, about the reluctance we still see with teachers and the ways they are struggl

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