Changed Name, Changed Focus

After writing my post yesterday entitled "Hear one, do one, teach one", I decided to change the name of my blog to that title.  In the post, I was talking about hearing an example of something like a podcast, trying one, and then teaching it to someone else.  But then I thought about how the "Hear one, do one, teach one" idea is much more aligned with what I write about than "Portfolio" -- which sounds more like a historical record of what I have done instead of how I'm using this blog -- as an active part of what I'm thinking, learning, and sharing.

I also thought about the "one" in this phrase.  I was originally thinking of it as a the object of what is being learned, tried, and passed along (a technology, technique, process, etc..), but at a higher level, "one" can also be people around us.  We hear each other, work with each other, and teach each other. 

I had a similar idea at the Learning Design Summer Camp as part of Cole's discussion of new forms of professional development.  A blog can be a record of your own development, but it can also be a way of helping along the development of the people around you.  Hopefully, we're all working on challenging projects.  Challenges lead to learning.  But what we learn is trapped within our own heads unless we get it out there in some way.  We all have so much to teach and so much to learn.

By the way, if you are not working on a job that challenges you and keeps you learning, it may be time to look for another job.