Tuesday Essay #3: Say Ka lā hiki ola to make it yours

We have a Managing with Aloha Coaching first today! Adding voice to our value of the month study with a web-based software program called VoiceThread.

Think of this as a twofer: Two lessons for your one click to visit with me today!

I have long thought about doing some kind of podcast to offer our current studies of Managing with Aloha on audio. At minimum, I wanted to share the pronunciation of the Hawaiian values and words I present to you. What I love about VoiceThread is the added dimension of visuals, especially since photography is a new hobby of mine.

But there’s much more to it than that; VoiceThread offers the capacity to have you join me with comments shared in your voices too, versus me producing a one-sided broadcast. I think the blend of our voices will be much more interesting, and it will also give you a much better feeling for how our Ho‘ohana Community is evolving.

The second part of the twofer, is that VoiceThread is yet another way to continue Brex, the short acronymn I have been using for our 2008 ‘Ike loa initiative, Brave Experiments in Digital Learning (Full Brex Index.) —‘Ike loa is the Hawaiian value of learning.

So I truly hope you will be brave, and join me.

Think of this as a pilot for us: If it works well I shall continue to offer at least one voice option per month in our new Tuesday publishing schedule here.

The first screen of the VoiceThread duplicates the written part of this posting up to here, (done so you can read and preview it first if you prefer). So when you begin to play it, you can skip to the second screen if you wish to.

If this is the first time you have seen or heard of VoiceThread, click on the links in this written article. I am sending you directly to VoiceThread for the tutorials versus writing too much here, for this IS about digital learning too, and an encouragement for you to get more practice with learning from the web-based source instead of relying on my edited version of the process.

It’s free, and you will find it is very easy to register and get started. For now, the best thing to do is to start with a preview: Just click that play button and listen through it once first; easy as playing a video clip. You can click the images to move them as it plays, without stopping the voice portion.

With Screen 2 I jump right into Ka lā hiki ola, our value for the month of June. What I ask you to do this week is this:

• Number 1. Learn to use VoiceThread as your primary lesson, with a deeper understanding of Ka lā hiki ola as your secondary lesson.

• Number 2. Leave at least one comment for me, and as many as you like! Let’s try this:

• On the VoiceThread itself, comment for us about Ka lā hiki ola, and as my post title hints at, say Ka lā hiki ola at least once to pronounce it, and make the value yours through the embrace of your voice.

• In the written comments of this posting, tell me what you think about VoiceThread as a tool for us in our Tuesday coaching here on MWAC. Tell me a little about your own learning process with it. Share your thoughts if you think VoiceThread has possibilities for you as a tool used elsewhere: We can all learn from you!

Now, to the VoiceThread, and to begin our week 3 with Ka lā hiki ola.

If you are reading this via a RSS feed reader or your email alert, you will probably have to click directly into MWAC to see and listen to the VoiceThread: Here is the link.

I share an invitation for your comments on each screen. Here is a review if you’d like to go back to a specific one: The minutes noted are just for my portion of each section.

Screen 1: Introduction - 3 minutes

Screen 2: 2 minutes
(Correlates to our Ka lā hiki ola Day One Essay: Ka lā hiki ola and the New Us.)

Here is your first invitation to join me within this thread: Let’s focus on the English translation first. What does “the dawning of a new day” mean, or imply to you?

Screen 3: 3 minutes
(Correlates to our Ka lā hiki ola 1st Tuesday Essay: Ka lā hiki ola and Ho‘ohiki.)

Invitation number two: When you think of Ka lā hiki ola as YOUR can-do possibility, what is something you know you can do, and will always be able to draw on as one of your strengths? If that is too personal for you, share an example about the place you work at, and the vision or mission there; what do you deeply believe is possible to be achieved there, and is connected to the work you are employed for?

Screen 4: 5 minutes includes wrap-up
(Correlates to our Ka lā hiki ola 2nd Tuesday Essay: Ka lā hiki ola and Kēia Manawa.)

Mahalo. Thank you for joining me today. Do feel free to leave any last thoughts for us on the VoiceThread.

Aloha from me, until next time, or as you have often seen me write it, a hui hou.
~ Rosa

Comments

[Joanna Young]

Rosa, this is a red letter day indeed! I am so excited to hear and join this voice thread and I cannot wait to see and hear more.

As you know I discovered voice thread through Amy in February of this year and have greatly enjoyed experimenting with it since then.

My only slight hesitation is how we get round the accessibility issues for those who are hearing impaired - something I have become more aware of since meeting and connecting up with some deaf bloggers. Your notes for your own input help of course, and maybe there just isn't a way around capturing the conversational comments... if I hear or think of anything I'll let you know.

I'll pop back later to see if there are any more wonderful threads on the conversation.

Joanna

[Rosa Say]

I thought about the hearing impaired early in my planning for this as well Joanna, and that was one of my reasons for constructing this the way I did, i.e. for the third or fourth Tuesday of the month, where it could fortify the weeks which have come before versus presenting too much that is new. As a trainer and coach I also liked that approach for the “Know Can Do” retention I’ve spoken of here previously which is connected to spaced repetition.

That wasn’t a fix for the issue you present, but the challenge did reveal other opportunities, and thus this third week slot is already seeming to decide itself for me, for that would leave time to incorporate some highlights in another posting or wrap-up before the month is over.

Joanna, I have not upped for an upgraded VT account yet either, just using the freebie allotment for this experiment. I may be bugging you for a Skype later to fill me in on the highlights of the differences you have enjoyed!

[Phil Gerbyshak]

If my microphone were working, I'd be able to leave my voice comment. I'll go get a new one soon, but for now, text will have to do.

Ka la hiki ola: What a refreshing way to start into the power of our voices with voicethread.

So what does it mean to me...The dawning of a new day means it's a new beginning, a fresh start, and a new way to think about the way I live, dream, and interact with my world. I love the freesh and the newness of this idea, and of collaborating with our ho'ohana community...and best of all, it's only the beginning!

[Rosa Say]

Mahalo Phil. I love your spirit~ always a way to jump in and participate! That too can be Ka lā hiki ola for some in a big way, and you are always one to demonstrate it so well for us :)

[Karen Wallace]

Rosa,
I listened to all of this voicethread and enjoyed your beautiful photos earlier today, and right when Joanna's last comment was (I'm guessing) about half-way through, my computer froze. I'm afraid it needs to go in for a service, so I am not risking the audio again (it's always sound that freezes it).

I loved hearing you say the beautiful words, Rosa, they certainly reach my heart strongly and embed themselves better in my head and my heart when I hear them spoken. Ka la hiki ola is such a strong message - one I try to live by, every single day. Every day is full of possibility. Every day is our chance to live our best life. Every day is a day to love and be loved. The dawning of a new day is the opportunity for joy.

Hmm.. sorry, got a little carried away there...

Bravo and congratulations on your first (of many, I am sure) voicethread!

[Joanna Young]

Karen, as I was skimming your comment I thought you had written that *you* froze as I was speaking, and I was rapidly back tracking with horror wondering what I might have said! I was relieved to hear it was the computer not you - though I'm not sure I want to be credited with breaking it!

Seriously though it's wonderful to hear and share the thoughts of this wonderful community on what a new day means to you, to us.

Learning to write with all of you has been a new day for me indeed.

Joanna