The research stage of a project can be overwhelming. I will admit that this is the case for me as I am working on the written piece for my Master Portfolio. The really hard part is just telling myself to start the writing process.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed finding, reading and taking notes from the many chapters, articles, blogs etc that I have read about Project Based Learning and technology. As I work towards developing a solid rationale for using tech in PBL, I am also thinking about which technologies and tools that I wish to highlight via video tutorials. As I move along and develop the rationale and the 4 key points that I will be focusing on (see previous post) I was reminded of the need to organize, synthesize and catalogue my findings thus far. Just the process of organizing and grouping my findings has really helped to ease the "overwhelming" feeling and knot in my stomach about "getting going" with the writing process. I like to run (an ankle injury has recently slowed me down, however).
In the winter I run on a treadmill and watch movies on my laptop to pass the time. Last winter, I watched
Finding Forrester.
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The movie is about an author mentoring a teenager who is a gifted writer. One of my favourite quotes from the movie is "
No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!"
This quote is now reminding me to just get in there and write and to run with it!
