Discussion 3

Participate in a class discussion in which you begin by addressing many of the same issues
that you were exposed to in Module 3 but expand your thinking and discussion to the six
sources of influence. Consider the following issues/questions:

Consider the following issues/questions:

Discuss how the model is broken into the two domains of motivation and how it is further
subdivided into personal, social, and structural sources.

Speculate on how you can use the six sources on influence in your change initiative.

Consider how many sources of influenced needed to be addressed in order to get the kids to
make a change.

Discuss why it is so important to explore all six sources of influence if you
wish to be successful in your change effort.

Peer influence made the difference in the Washed Up video - consider how you can use peer
influence in your change efforts.

Please remember the list of questions are for your benefit and are intended to help you
focus your thinking. We are not asking nor expect you to answer each question in your
discussion--rather you should use these questions to help focus on how the insights gained
through this discussion will help you to add another component to your innovation plan.

This assignment will be assessed as part of your course participation grade.

I was amazed that the number went up so much with four sources.  I didn’t know this would
happen. It would be nice to see all 6 influence at work at one time.

For the video, I am amazed that 11 out of 12 did it. It is great that several sources helped
influence.  Everyone is different and everyone has different motivations.

This video reminded me of what we did recently in our classroom.  We start having our pre-k
students use sanitizer when they go to a new center and I have heard some of them remind
their friends.  We did talk about germs and how we don’t want to get sick.

It is interesting that I was doing this type of influencing and didn't even know it.  My assistant
and I just didn’t want to get sick and miss a day. Mostly because we get in “trouble” for missing
days.  It is frowned upon for us to take a day off and most of the time they want a doctor’s note
when we are out.

Buchler, C. (2012, December 17). Influencer. Retrieved February 4, 2019, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu7UBY5euBg&feature=youtu.be

Grenny, J., Patterson, K., Maxfield, D., McMillan, R., & Switzler, A. (2013). Influencer: The
new science of leading change. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

VitalSmarts. (2009, September 21). All Washed Up! Retrieved February 4, 2019, from
https://youtu.be/osUwukXSd0k

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Discussion 2

Participate in a class discussion in which you begin by addressing the following issues/questions:
How does common sense contribute to the three myths of behavior change?
Discuss the connections between the change recommendations made by Dr. Cross and Influencer's model of six sources of influence.
Discuss your desired results you wish to achieve in your change project/initiative.
Discuss how you will use the following 4 key strategies you will use in identifying the vital behaviors you
wish to change.
Notice the obvious
Look for crucial moments
Learn from positive deviants
Spot culture busters
Speculate on how you can use the six sources of influence in your change initiative

It was interesting to know that people don’t know what motivates them.  I thought I usually know what motivates me. I know that I am motivated to finish this program because I want to move on with my career and explore new opportunities.

The three myths are educational will change behavior, you need to change attitudes to change behavior, and people know what motivates them to take action.

I thought the smoking video was very interesting.  It made me think about my mom smoking when I was growing up.  She knew it was bad, but did it anyway because she wanted to smoke.  She was one of the smartest people I know, but in this case she didn’t use her “smartness” in this situation.  She did finally quit when she got sick later in life (wasn’t smoking related). Looking back I think she smoked because it was just something she did, it was part of who she was, and she liked it for some reason.

The 6 influences are personal motivation, personal ability, social motivation, social ability, structural motivation, structural ability.

It would be nice if other teachers on my campus would be willing to do their own ePortfolio.  When I made the video in the last class, I showed it to a few of them. They were interested in what I was doing, but not interested in doing it themselves.  Several of them said things like that is why I am not going back to school, I don’t have time for that kind of thing. It was interesting the were willing to listen to what I am doing, but not interested in trying it themselves.  The pressure at my school is unbelievable. I know teachers are stressed and overworked, but it seems like where I am, it is more than the usual.

I can’t find any teacher in the building willing to do their own ePortfolio.  Most of them said they don’t have enough to put in it, don’t have time to think about that with all the requirements like tutorials etc, and family commitments they have going on in their lives.  They really aren’t interested in doing it with their class either, because we aren’t supposed to do anything that wasn’t assigned/written in our regular curriculum.