This week's readings were vastly different and didn't seem to flow together like the beginning of Part 3, but nonetheless, had some valuable information to ponder. In Marker's article, he addresses the neuroscience of intellect vs. wisdom, but I think, and seeing what some of my classmates wrote, that his point might have been a bit lost as people seemed to glean that he was talking about companies being too focused on profit. When I read the article, however, I felt like Marker was trying to make a point that we, as a society, are overwhelmingly set on immediate or instant gratification, the immediate positive impacts of someone's intellect, and not focusing enough on delaying gratification, or imparting wisdom in decision-making processes for the greater good.
Watters' article on Women in Educational Technology deeply resonated with me because I have had my own similar experiences of online harassment, harassment in the workplace, and being challenged in my role simply because I am a woman. The company I work for is really great, but we don't have a single woman in executive leadership, not one. I have had some of my ideas brushed off and then brought to the table by a male counterpart and recognized. It's incredibly frustrating and demeaning. And when you have a louder voice so you can be heard, you're "too loud", or "too aggressive", or "you rub people the wrong way". While I do see more girls at a younger age encouraged to participate in STEM education, we collectively have to do better. When we know better, we do better.
I used Google Sites this week to develop something that my company would use as an internal communication tool, an intranet to access resources, called The Hub. This would be for our two sites in MI that are separate business units of the organization. Employees can access HR documents, and read announcements.
Check out The Hub!
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