new blog

Chris Chalmers asked for special dispensation to put his blog up late. I have just added his blog to the sidebar and he is now powering away, with 5 blog posts.

Case study tutorial help

With a flow of outside speakers, you as students have less chance to interact with me over upcoming assignments, in particular the case study. I will be in the Seminar room Thursday June 1, after class (10-11am) if any students have questions re the case study.

Working towards weeks 4-10

Ok, I have loaded up everyone's blog focus for the next 6 weeks of the course. The abbreviations are
S = Servant
G = Gardener
B = Builder
R = Resource manager
C = Cross carrier
P = Parent

So if you want to see what, say "builders" are learning about leadership, click on people with a "B" beside their name.

And a reminder that the "early church" text we are drawing from is 1 Corinthians 3 and 4; to ask what these 6 images mean for our leadership?
- servant; 3:5; servants who waited on you
- gardener; 3:6-9; you are God’s garden
- builder; 3:9-17; I laid a foundation on which others
- resource manager; 3:18-4:7; Christ’s oikonomos [estate manager]
- cross carrier; 4:8-13; we are fools for Christ
- parent; 4:14-21; "fathers" to help you grow

A notice

Just a reminder to the class that the 3 posts you need to do in relation to weeks 1-3 do not include your first post introducing yourself. That was just to get you used to posting.

Lecturers quote of the week

"Leaders need an ear more than a tongue."

How to set up your own blog?

Thanks to all those who turned up at the 'How to set up your own blog' workshop. I look forward to receiving an email from all the class over the next week; with the URL for your blog.

In case you missed the workshop, here is a copy of the handout we worked through; How to set up your own blog

Welcome and introduction

Welcome to this blog. It is a home page for the Christchurch BCNZ course on pastoral leadership, taught by Dr Steve Taylor. On the left hand side I will be adding the blogs of all the students in this course. Part of the assessment of this course is based on students recording their readings on-line. For other students, their assessment includes the comments and interaction they make on each other blogs.

Using on-line blogs is designed to enhance the student learning experience, by allowing them to interact with each other outside the classroom. It means that critical student reading is no longer a conversation between lecturer and student, but becomes a class conversation. Using blogs has the further benefit of introducing students to new technologies and enhancing their communication options, an essential leadership skill.