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The Glorious Failure

1/30/2016

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We have all experienced it.  The moment of truth. Everything that you have prepared for, trained for, sacrificed for has come.  
 No time left on the clock.
The final shot is in your hands.
You take the shot, throw the pass, take a swing and everything ends.
Your goal was not accomplished.  The dreams are "shattered".
You Failed.

Or maybe you've just begun
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     Author and playwright Samuel Beckett wrote, "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."  This quote should be the mantra of all mankind in every sort of act that can bring a positive change into our world.  Think about a lesson plan, an assessment, a project that you felt would have been the PERFECT fit and how when you presented it to your students it floundered.  There was no life support that could bring that one back.  It was gone, extinct and forgotten in the records room of the warehouse where "lost lesson plans go".
"Try Again. Fail again. Fail better"
As teachers, at least sometime in our career we have made reference to how many experiments it took Edison to figure out the lightbulb, how many shots Michael Jordan missed, or how Einstein failed math.  The point is we can't give up.  We become this Glorious Failure.  This optimistic being of exploration focused on continually trying to better their situation. 

So that is what I am going to write about.  I want to share the failures and successes in my experience as a teacher, online instructor and instructional technology coach.  It's going to be a wild ride, only the Lord above knows what's coming, so let's hang on as tight as we can, knowing we are going to have a crash along the way!
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    Taylor currently serves as a Coordinator of Innovative Learning for a mid-sized school district in Texas.  He is a speaker, writer, and coach for all who are in conflict with the status quo. 

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