TACTics Journal

A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners

May 18, 2000

 

This Week’s Issue:

Connections

  (1)  Small Steps Make a Path, Cal Halliburton

   (2)  Clouds in Creative Writing, Beverly Brown

   (3)     5th Annual TOCFE International Conference/First Annual TOCFE International Student’s Conference, Cheryl A. Edwards

Quote

   (4)     From Beverly Brown

Editors’ Notes

   (5)    Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

 

CONNECTIONS

(1) Small Steps Make a Path

From Cal Halliburton, Iowa, USA

 

It's time to bring you up to date on my small activities for advancing TOC.  I can't compete with the massive successes that you are seeing elsewhere.  Small steps make a path. 

1.          The course description below currently is offered through the Heartland Area Education Agency in Iowa.  I currently have a dozen enrolled and hope for more by the middle of June.  The class runs June 18-19 and there is an option to run a second one if this one fills at 21.  You can put it on the web site if you like. 

2.         I'm meeting with a representative of the Iowa Association of School Boards on Wednesday in the hope of including TOC in their November conference.  I'll let you know how it goes.

3.         I do plan to attend the conference in Troy so sign me up! 

4.         I'm making application to make the conference available for teacher pay through our local staff development program and I'm advertising it to all teachers locally.

5.         I'm sending the flier to what remains of the New Iowa Schools Development Corporation— there is a small network of contacts.

 

The class I'm offering is the first two days of TACT with the cloud and negative branch.  I call it:

 

"Stop and Think!”

Have you ever wondered why your students don't stop and think before acting?  They may not know how.  This is your opportunity to learn how to think in a way that is finding outstanding success wherever it is used.  Then you can teach your students.  Have you ever wondered why people don't consider the consequences of their actions and ideas?  They may not know how.  This is your opportunity to learn how to teach them in a way that is finding success even with the most incorrigible youth and gang members.  Have you ever wondered how you could challenge the thinking of people in a way that builds your relationship?  This is your opportunity to learn how to do it.  Preschool leaders, classroom teachers, counselors, engineers and corporate executives around the world have been learning and using these thinking tools.  The Evaporating Cloud is a tool, which allows the user to examine and resolve conflicts, problems, or decisions.  The Negative Branch assists people in overcoming their reluctance to examine the consequences of their actions and ideas.

 

Look forward to seeing you in Troy.

 

(2)        Clouds in Creative Writing

From Beverly Brown, Ohio, USA

 

My creative writing classes are in the process of writing children's books.  To begin the process, I had them analyze children's books from the library by using a cloud.  This way they could easily see the conflicts.  Then the students had to write a cloud for their own children's book.  I have found that students focused much quicker on their own book ideas and have stayed on task better because they have a logical outline to follow.

 

Now we are preparing a PowerPoint presentation of the students' children's books for an elementary school in our area.  I am thinking about having the students share their clouds with the "little ones" as well as the book.  Or maybe let the "little ones" write the cloud?  I'll let you know what happens!

 

(3)  5th Annual TOCFE International Conference/First Annual

TOCFE International Student’s Conference

Cheryl A. Edwards

 

The best way to predict the future is to create it through TOC."

TOC for Education, Inc. presents the 5th Annual TOCFE International Conference and the First Annual TOCFE International Student’s Conference!

 

Date:                                June 25-28, 2001

 

Location:                                Detroit, Michigan USA

 

Hotel:                                Northfield Hilton

                        5500 Crooks Road

                        Troy, Michigan 48098

                        248. 879. 2100

The Northfield Hilton is adjacent to Interstate 75 at Crooks Road, Exit 72

 

Reservations:                                1. 800. HILTONS

                        Ask for TOC for Education’s special room rates.

                Single or Double Occupancy

Per night $139.00 U.S. + Tax (6% Michigan Sales Tax and 7% Occupancy Tax).  This rate includes breakfast for two.

 

Transportation:                                Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW)

 

QUOTE

(4)        From Beverly Brown

 

This quote crossed my desk today.  I immediately thought of TOC!

"The realities of learning are changing— it's not if, but when; not where, but how; not inputs, but results." —Anonymous

 

EDITORS’ NOTES

(5) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

 

Cal and Beverly, thanks for sharing!  It has been a pleasure hearing from you and we will see you soon in Detroit! 

 

The following is the only feedback that was received last week concerning the opening of “attached files” being sent with our weekly TACTics newsletter:

Hi Kay,

Couldn't open pdf file even though I have Acrobat 4.  If you can send a WORD doc file, that can be opened easily.

Thanks.

Umesh

Well, Umesh, we were really hoping to send TACTics as file that Mac and PC users would be able to read, which is a pdf file.  If you have Adobe Acrobat, you should be able to open it. 

 

Please feel free to share with us.  Send by mail to Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island Rd., Cedarville, MI 49719, USA.  Or, send hyperlink to <redwards@sault.com> or <bucknek@earthlink.net.

 

 

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