Making the Rounds of the PLN!

Be seeing you by Olivander
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It never hurts to be reminded of the basics of learning, just as was pointed out by members of my Professional Learning Network. 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer is a humorous homily for this simple idea about deliberate practice written by Brian Clark.

Spring into Training

Sunset at T-Ball by Stuck in Customs
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Tim Walker, historian, writer and teacher shares ways to improve your work capabilities through specific "deliberate practice". His use of the Professional Baseball Spring Training analogy is effective and fun to read. This would be a good article for teachers to use with students. It's a good place to start when thinking of professional development or streamlining work to make it more fun.

clipped from www.hooversbiz.com Those baseball players, young and old, go through practice regimes of increasing intensity over the weeks, preparing themselves to play full-bore by Opening Day. The best of them hone their games, winter and summer, through deliberate practice. in the business world could emulate ballplayers in their systematic pursuit of improvement. Here’s what I’ve come up with: Break your WORK down into components.