Lesson 2

Open the Lesson 2 Assignment you saved in your course folder at the start of this lesson. Complete the assignment.

 

Save all your work in your course folder.

 

Going Beyond

 

You have likely heard of cloud computing and how it is likely to change the way you work with word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, and many other applications. A new style of forum, called the circle cloud forum, has also recently emerged. The roots of this way of working is found in circle talk, an important part of the First Nations’ culture.

 

In a First Nations’ circle talk, a talking stick is passed around. Only the person holding the talking stick can speak. A circle is a whole made up of equally valuable parts. Everyone is the same distance from the middle of the circle, so there is no sense of hierarchy. The point of reference changes as each person speaks. The circle helps make everyone a part of a community of equals striving for sharing and understanding.

 

You may wish to use an Internet search engine to learn more about this interesting feature of a circle as a metaphor for human connection.