Dear Paula,
Scientists say
juggling e-mail,
phone calls and
other incoming
information can
change how people
think and behave.
They say
our ability to focus
is being undermined
by bursts of information.
Emerson says,
Is not indeed every
man a student, and
do not all things exist
for the student's
behoof?
And, finally, is not
the true scholar the
only true master?
But the old oracle
said, "All things have
two handles: beware
of the wrong one."
When I saw the NY Times link (amazing: you,
far away in conference, linking us all up with
your hand-held device, makes Dick Tracy’s
2-way radio look like horses & buggies, like
Royal Typewriters and wite-out, like CB radio
and convoys, 8 track tape deck and neckerknobs )
had five pages attached I printed it out for more
leisurely (literally scholarly) reading.
I’ll milk it for days, I’m sure: trying to educe some
colleague, any colleague, to put IT in play with me
I'm saying all the things
that I know you'll like,
Makin' good conversation
I gotta handle you
just right,
You know what I mean
Let's get amateur,amateur,
Let me hear your body talk,
Your body talk, let me hear
your body talk.
PLAY IT: my “handle” for all things great & small,
information overload and under, philosophy of
learning & teaching, graphs and pie charts,
measurement, assessment, & evaluation,
oil spills, pelican clean-up, stock
markets, scandals, divorce
and dead celebrity
Information bursts.
VOICE (how it’s FRAMED) is the difference that
makes a difference. Ludic (in play, in game): the one
handle. Illudic (illusion: not in play) the other.
“Scientists say…” “They say…”
On the one handle..
On the other handle:
it’s not what or how much I know
these daze that counts, but whether
I can get it in play.
Not unilateral. Ping with no pong
does not a game emerge. Takes
2 or more to put it in play.
I pray for disillusionmental studies and leadership
programs, especially in these turbulent and troubled
times. of uncertainty, overload, stress and time
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