This week my Innovation and Change Coursera Course asked me to ask the customer what they need. For me as a school counsellor, my students are my “customers” and it’s important for me to keep in touch with what they need.…
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A Glimps into Living With Schizophrenia
This week my Innovation and Change Coursera Course asked me to ask the customer what they need. For me as a school counsellor, my students are my “customers” and it’s important for me to keep in touch with what they need.…
Assessing Complex Systems and Sonnet 73
As my own views about education continue to emerge, I understand them best within the context of the conversation about complexity—complexity as a large, transdisciplinary conversation that has been emerging for centuries, but that was made unavoidable by the emergence of relativity and quantum physics at the beginning of the 20th century.…
Reach Out- Social Media Helping to Relieve Tension in Times of Pressure
Yesterday I woke up to a surreal situation. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, my hometown, the place where I have lived since birth, was declared to be in a state of emergency due to flooding. I heard it on the news and then went straight to my twitter account to gain all the latest up to date information.…
Behavior is Language
Virtual Book Club
I was out to dinner this evening with a friend when she asked how often I wrote in my blog. She knows how often I talk about blog posts I have ‘half written’ and I think she expected me to say more often.…
On Social Intelligence (SI) and Emotional Intelligence(EQ) Curriculum in Schools
“People don’t leave companies- They leave bad bosses”- D. Goleman
My ah ha moment during our staff meeting today when we were discussing the pros and cons of promoting Google hangouts was: “If I force a child to come to me they will never come, if I flex and meet them where they are at they can be drawn”.…
Evernote and Portfolio Assessments
I’ve been busy – very busy. Developing curriculum for my district and helping to develop a new revitalized Academy program for the arts and honors academics at my school. Whilst on the journey I have returned to Evernote as my to-do list.…