Thing #2

Thing #2: Pointers From Life Long Learners

So, I suffered sat through the audio and slide presentation.

Obviously, everyone is a lifelong learner just by being virtue of being human. I'm not sure there needs to be such fanfare over definition or identification of the concept.

The habits, on the other hand, are good pieces of advice that should be stressed. Even though everyone acquires new skills throughout life, not everyone knows how to start explicitly and voluntarily learning a new and different subject.

1. Begin with the (specific) end in mind
2. Accept responsibility for your own learning
3. View problems as challenges
4. Have confidence in yourself
5. Create your own learning "toolbox" (know and become familiar with the supplies you need)
6. Use technology to your advantage
7. Teach and mentor others
7.5. Play!

One goal I would like to work on for this project is to learn how to put together an animoto slideshow.

I think the easiest habit for me among the 7.5 is accepting responsibility for my own learning. if there's one thing my liberal arts education has given me, it's the ability to plan out how to learn new material on my own.

The hardest habit would probably be viewing problems as challenges and persevering through them. I tend to get frustrated and stop progressing if things get difficult for me - this is a bad habit of mine resulting from sailing through most academic challenges in school.