This is actually my random learning, not my kid’s. My colleagues and I, in our monthly “assessment geek out,” accidentally stumbled across this video today. I am still processing it all, but I am interested in how we embody and enact empathy, why, and under what conditions. I try to be an empathic person, to consider [...]
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Random Learning – The Empathic Civilization
Posted in Life, Random Learning, Reflection, tagged empathy, Life, RandomLearning, reflection on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Being Intentional About Being Intentional
Posted in Assessment, Experience, Kids, Learning, Life, Problem Solving, Teaching, Yoga, tagged Assessment, experience, kids, Learning, Life, problemsolving, Teaching, Yoga on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Intentionality. With thought. Deliberate. Designed. Purposeful. Intentionality is on my mind a lot because I think that assessment can be more interesting, engaging, and powerful (for learners and teachers) when it’s less about measurement and accountability and more about supporting authentic learning practices. In this vein, assessment can be an interesting catalyst for reminding us [...]
Hello New Day
Posted in Language, Life, Music, Toddlers, Wisdom, tagged Language, Learning, Life, Music, Toddlers on October 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Recently, the good folks over at University of Venus posted Deconstructing Proverbs. It’s a good read if, like me, you rely on proverbs to get your points across. I felt myself wanting to contribute to the list, so here are three (why stop at one?): You made your bed and now you have to sleep [...]
Ritual
Posted in Dog, Life, Toddlers, tagged dog, Life, Toddlers on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ritual. adjective \ˈri-chə-wəl, -chəl; ˈrich-wəl\ 1: of or relating to rites or a ritual : ceremonial <a ritual dance> 2: according to religious law <ritual purity> 3: done in accordance with social custom or normal protocol <ritual handshakes> <ritual background checks> Mac (the boy) and Oscar (the dog) have a simple but meaningful ritual. Every [...]
Back To Nature
Posted in Learning, Life, Nature, Toddlers, tagged Learning, Life, nature, Toddlers on May 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last month’s Spring Into Service events at Marylhurst have had me thinking a lot (more) about the health of our natural environment and how we connect to nature. Robert Michael Pyle’s reading, especially, got my wheels turning, and I decided that one concrete thing I needed to do was get my kid out into the [...]
I Am Not My To-Do List
Posted in Life, Work, tagged Life, Work on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
None of us are to be found in sets of tasks or lists of attributes: we can be known only in the unfolding of our unique stories within the context of everyday events. ~Vivian Gussin Paley
A Good Time Of The Year For This
Posted in Life, Reflection, tagged Life, reflection on December 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we forget why we are on that path in the first place. The result is that we only have a dim, or even inaccurate, view of what’s really important to us. ~Peter Senge May the end of the year bring you back [...]
Installment #15: What My Toddler Has Taught Me About Adult Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Experience, Learning, Life, Toddlers, tagged adultlearners, experience, Learning, Life, Toddlers, traffic on December 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Mac has a new game, and he plays it all the time. No, I mean All. The. Time! It’s called: Find A Parking Spot It’s also sometimes called: Stuck In Traffic Here is how you play this game. First, you have to find a parking spot for all the cars: Then, all the cars need [...]
Top 11 List Of Things I’d Like People To Learn
Posted in Dog, Learning, Life, tagged dog, Learning, Life on December 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It’s Week 11 here (the final week of Fall term) and I just completed reviewing 11 student essays (give or take a few), and it feels like the 11th hour, so I am in an “11″ kind of mood. This is good because I have 11 things for this Top 10 List Of Things I’d [...]
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