{"id":354,"date":"2015-07-10T11:51:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T11:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jodilis.wordpress.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2015-07-10T11:51:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T11:51:29","slug":"is-it-what-i-do-or-is-it-my-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodilis.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/10\/is-it-what-i-do-or-is-it-my-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it what I do or is it my job?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"learn<\/a>My first job in learning technology was as a computer teacher in an international school teaching 7th graders in West Africa. I entered the field of technology through education.\u00a0 My expertise is in how technology and learning work together.<\/p>\n

That is what I do.<\/p>\n

But is it my job?<\/p>\n

Our team recently did a \u201cmotivational analysis quiz<\/a>\u201d to look at what motivates each of us.\u00a0 It is based on McClelland’s Needs Theory<\/a>. The theory says that it is the need for achievement, power, and\/or affiliation which motivates you. I didn\u2019t need to take the quiz to know that it is affiliation which motivates me.\u00a0 Do people understand? Do they get it? Do they own it? Can they do it? That is what I strive for in my work.<\/p>\n

I think of myself as an educator, rather than a tech person.\u00a0 If you knew the models of phones and laptops that I have and how I use tech, you would agree.<\/p>\n

My job is officially in the ICT4D unit. I do technology. The choice of technology is the easy part. The implementation is the hard part. It is the learning field that I happen to know how to use it as a tool.<\/p>\n

I have experience in learning in and of itself. I can create workshops. I can facilitate workshops. I can develop curriculum, lesson plans and digital materials. I know about open educational resources and am familiar with learning systems. I can teach and help people learn.<\/p>\n

My job is to assist with how to use technology for learning.\u00a0 Does it also include the learning part such as developing curriculum and modules and facilitating workshops?\u00a0 Should it?\u00a0 I entered the field of education by teaching with and about technology.\u00a0 Technology AND learning is \u2018what I do.\u2019 It is an integral part of me.<\/p>\n

But is it my job? Parts of it might be.\u00a0 Parts will not.\u00a0 It is evolving. It is new territory. Anything new feels awkward.\u00a0 It is smoothing out. As I get more and more involved in projects, it will become clearer what I do can also be my job; however, whatever I do as my job does not change for me what I do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first job in learning technology was as a computer teacher in an international school teaching 7th graders in West Africa. I entered the field of technology through education.\u00a0 My expertise is in how technology and learning work together. That is what I do. But is it my job? Our team recently did a \u201cmotivational …<\/p>\n

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