Re: tkt8763-01: Final Questions

[Mark Benno <benno@tenet.edu>]

> 1.  What ONE GREAT THING would you DARE to dream if you knew, beyond any
> shadow of a doubt, you COULD NOT FAIL??????

I would eliminate, once and for all, cigarette smoking in the universe.

> 
> 2.  What is your definition of "success"?
>     How does your philosophy of success fit into the activities
> surrounding technology planning?

Success is more than goal setting, dreaming, charting, and evaluating.  
We, as humans, can only attempt to attain success.  Our vision of 
success pales in comparison to the plans that God has in place for us.  
³Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or 
imagine, according to his power that is at work within us...²  -- 
Ephesians 3:20 (NIV).  Thus, success comes when we *truly* turn to Him 
for everything.
> 
> 3.  "Commitment is the ability to carry out a resolution long after the
> feeling in which you made it has left you."
>     What commitment are *you* willing to make (if anything) regarding
> something you, and *only you*, can do for this world?  What, related to
> technology planning, can *you* give to the world?

I believe that there are very few things that any one person is the 
³only² person who can accomplish them.  In my case, I believe that I am 
the only father for my two sons, Carter and Grant.  Nobody else in this 
world can be their father.  As their father, I can guide them in their 
life to become the best that they can be for Christ, others, and 
themselves.

Regarding technology planning, I believe that I am an excellent trainer.  
I have developed several successful models and I am very good at drawing 
analogies to explain difficult concepts.  I can share my models and 
analogies with others so that more people might be exposed to and 
understand technology as a tool in their life and work.
 
> 4.  Give me a word that seems to mean the opposite of the following:
>        pessimism   ---> esteem or Jesus - ok, just one word is very limiting
>        negative
>        despair
>        disgruntled
>        uncooperative
>        reluctant
>        beleaguered
>        disparate
>        complacency
>        refusal
>        chagrined
> 
> 5.  What is the single most important concept or thing you believe about
> technology planning....that you would want to make sure I emphasized to
> classes that I teach later or that I tell schools and clients with whom I
> work?

Technology planning is not a document; it is a process.  It is not a 
guru; it is people.  It is not a mandate; it is fluid.  It is not a 
burden; it is freedom.  ³Knowing is not enough; we must apply.  Willing 
is not enough; we must do.² --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> 
What a great class.  This is definitely one that I will benefit from my 
new skills in technology planning and in life.  Thank you to my 
colleagues and to Dr. Anderson, a great facilitator.  :-)

Mark Benno
Hewitt, TX (One Saturday each May we have "Trash and Treasure Day."  It 
is essentially a garage sale at every house and nearly every business 
has specials.  People come from hundreds of miles. The streets are so 
crowded that you literally have to park and walk everywhere.)
mailto:benno@tenet.edu
******* TKT 8763 Seminar in Planning for Instructional Technology  *******
   To subscribe or unsubscribe, e-mail to "majordomo@msstate.edu"
   with the message "subscribe tkt8763-01" or "unsubscribe tkt8763-01".
       Subscribers may post messages to "tkt8763-01@msstate.edu".