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personal incongruence

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– As a child once someone suggested me to be a medical doctor, but I decided no to do it because doctors never stop actualizing. Then I decided, and I finish studying electronics (besides, biology didn’t like me as much, while physics and math were beyond more friendly with me)

– Later on, in my last written exam for my Bachelors, I though no more exams again. No studying, no reports, no homework, etc. Time pass, and I decided to do a Masters and later a PhD.

– At some point while working at the industry I said, no more stress!. Again, time pass, and I decided to be a researcher. Now I have to look for my own funding selling my ideas, but for that I have to read, write, learn, think, be logical as innovative, and….. in addition to all these, it is against a clock, meaning it has to be now!. Of course in combination of that kind of relax-flow for the production of concepts at the same time, oh my what a combination!!! 😉
(ok, I enjoy this a lot, my passion is into the research world. But it should be admitted it exits stress even if it is different kind as in the industry).

Then the other night, after have this small self-reflection, mmmm…. wouldn’t be better for my earth survival existence of enjoyment, to stop having these great decision ideas?!?!

idols or ideal

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As far as I can recall, I have never had a model which I have refered as: “that is my idol” or “when I get older I want to be as s/he”. On the other hand, I grew up with a bundle of ideals.

From this bunch, some ideals have flourished, others have perished, others have transformed, and new ones had emerged. But days as today I wonder, how does other human beings function into this area?, does it make sense to have ideals? if it is always needed either one or if it is not needed at all.

It might be a non transcendental question at all, or even a silly one. But, at moments this kind of burst questions appear in my system (which can give me a headache and/or lose me completely in the confusion space). Why individuals do, what they do in the way they do it? (that includes myself).

Even though, it exists TONS of different research around this topic, and a diversity of disciplines offer a little potential piece of this puzzle (psychology, anthropology, religion, culture, etc. etc. ) and by the way this is a HUGE puzzle. However, I only can say, so simple and so complicated at the same time

Eastern good wishes – reading and writing.

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The last time has been a bit chaotic for myself. However, on the last days I was lucky because calm knock at my door. Its visit had helped me to start to digest better (hope so) what it is happening around (research, classes, dreams, life, etc. ). Sometimes things just go so fast! or I need my time to digest things.

And from my priorities into my “to do” list are: read, read, read…. and learn to improved my writing skills (if existent) on academic English. Oh my! That will imply effort and discipline, but one step at the time (and some of my EdTech pals will agree with me, that I have to work a lot into this subject).

On the other hand, today while having a great walk next to the lake, I remembered a phrase from Sor Juana: ‘Si estudio, no es para saber mas, sino por ignorar menos’ (If I study, is not for knowing more, instead is for unknowing less) , then it turns to be more appealing and interesting this process as well, isn’t it?

To have your goal on clear, and keep the discipline in order to reach that goal are kind of the key issues into this recipe. Actually the real hard part is: to know what you want to do, once you know that part, the next challenge is: to know what is needed to do to reach that goal?. And finally to decided yourself to do it. But on respect to this topic, today I decided myself to go for it!

Oh my!

magazines

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This time I lose my common economical sense, or I am turning to be a complete fanatic. Yeap, what it happened is I had enter one of those places full of magazines, just that magazines. This one in specific was bigger than the bookstore in downtown Joensuu. And it is a pity I can’t download my pictures right now in order for me to show it (an image talks more than 100 words), but later I will do it. In any case, I got as a child in a toy store, specially in those sections in which I have a personal interest, as MAC stuff for example. In any case, on the games section, there were over 30 different types of magazines. Oh my!!! I think until now I got conscience of that fact.

On the other hand, I know I have been delaying my decision-request or an application of a wish list for new games for our group. In a way, something was stopping me to decided myself on this topic. Now I know why, and now I am really making this list based not only on theoretical fundaments of my internet search, and/or personal taste. Also from print press done by different ages groups, tastes, languages, etc. Then yes, the crazy thing I did, is ALL the magazines I bought. And I didn’t get all of them ‘cos I didn’t have the money, otherwise careful !!!, but you will see what I got. Crazy!!!! (but happy!)

Later on, while waiting for a train and reading a book, I got a new question. Aren’t educational magazines for teachers or for people which are interested in teaching-learning situations?! . Let me explain, as in books store, this magazines are organized by topics, you can find magazines of all kinds: TV, entertainment, sex, photography, sports, family, wedding, cloths, cartoons, parents, home, gardens, cars, programming, music, religion, health, knowledge, gossips, politic, business, etc. But there is nothing on the topic of teachers or education as a topic itself.

It might be that those topics are implicit, or merge into the other diversity of topics. As how to teach your kid to go potty training. But if I am someone with interest in education in general and read a magazine only on education, there is not a specific section of it. Then I though it would be such an exclusive activity that you can’t find it in a common daily life magazine that “common” people can read at any time? I know there exist journals, conferences, of each field but you also can buy daily life magazines to have an idea of what is going on in a diversity of fields from another perspective which is the opinion of people who are not involved in research itself, but they are informing in another way.. But I haven’t top myself with one of this type into this general teaching-learning, or does someone has seen one!?

week 10

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This week was quite nice and productive, but I finish as a dead body.

I don’t even remember all what it happen, but it will be good to try to remember the mile stones, to relate this to what I have to do next.

Monday the Festival of the lecture of EdTech, which I found it really interesting. I was in the LEGO ROBOT

Tuesday, finish the paper work for a Mexican grant which has to be in Mexico on the 15th of March. Well in fact since days before I was fighting with that, as you have no idea. It should be used a software that run only on windows and need disk 3 1/4 to be saved…. well using a mac, and being in computer science in Finland implies that diskettes of 3 1/4 are part of collections in museum. When in other countries still are in use. Some things to think about when we talk of globalization and contextualized. Yes, it was a battle, in several issues to fulfill the requirements of this grant, but finally it was managed. Now, I hope the post manage to be there on time.

Then I was in Helsinki for the IGDA meeting. This time the topic was education and game design. Helsinki University gave a talked, and also aRTO which I discovered there. On the other hand, I had a change to talk with two entrepreneurs into the mobil game industry one finnish and other swedish. Interesting for sure. The person for Sweden has contacts with Malmö University, from where I had read papers on “moral games ” , which is similar of what I persuading to do. Interesting fact.

It was the first evening I am there, but it was good. I finish quite late that evening, but worth it. Now I am really looking forward for next month, besides to have the second part of the workshop (games and story telling) the “idea” of my PhD game, which starts to born will be commented with some of these hard core gamers, and I am looking forward for their inputs. But I need to work on this and finish first with some concepts of my research questions, ASAP!

With all these, well, I support what Matti mentioned once (04.02.06) in his blog:
“1. Good things do not usually come to those who wait. Act.
2. Grades do not matter, connections do. Socialize.
3. Diligence doesn´t pay, opportunism does. Push in. ”

In any case, I would add that we have to integrate, in other words, learn to act but also learn to wait. Socialized, but be able to think by yourself too, push in but with worth things otherwise you only burn yourself. I don´t know any precise rule, but I know it is a combination of all of it. Be sensitive to use what it has to be use in the correct moment. Now it is my time to think and digest all what has been done, and prepare for the next round.

Then from Wednesday to “Friday” Christian was in Finland. We met in Helsinki, we came later to Joensuu. It was just great, not only because we are colleges with similar interests, and we are friends, also in the sense that we worked a lot (no much sleep). We are preparing several things for further work between Mexico and Finland, with the focus of win-win perspectives, respecting the context of each place and the needs of each place, but helping each other. One really important thing of his trip was that both parties (he and EdTech) got to know each other. Well, all are really worth persons and we are going forward, the sky is the limit as someone mention once. This is just the first step, there are tons of things to do.

Another important event of the week was that on Friday I got surprise to see Andrés again 🙂 that is so nice 🙂 Bienvenido!!!!

And mainly that was it, in between I had lectures, homework and daily life things to do, you know those issues. But yesterday after get something to eat for the weekend, I just crash in bed, I was a body, even though I didnt sleep as a real baby. No good!. Anyway, now it is time to use my encephalic mass, but I am not sure where to start to dig in.