“Action expresses priorities.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Yes. And no. I firmly believe in something I like to call “productive procrastination.” Productive procrastination is about priorities. It’s also about mindfully multi-tasking. And it can be done. Productive procrastination is when I clean the shower while writing an article in my head, instead of actually writing the [...]
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Productive Procrastination
Posted in Time Management, Work, Writing, tagged procrastination, studying, time on April 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Installment #7: What My Toddler Has Taught Me About Adult Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, Life, Sleep, Stress Relief, Time Management, Toddlers, Work, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, Learning, Life, studying, Toddlers on February 19, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Sometimes we just need help. Adult learners balance precariously on very thin beams. Our attentions are divided among our professional obligations, our kids, our parents, our bills, our pets, our partners, our lawns that need mowing and our laundry that needs washing. And oh, did I mention that essay to write, that study group to [...]
Installment #6: What My Toddler Has Taught Me About Adult Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Learning, PLA, Toddlers, Writing, tagged adultlearners, education, Learning, PLA, studying, Toddlers on February 9, 2010 | 8 Comments »
After a brief hiatus from PrattleNog, I am back to share the most recent lesson that my toddler Mac has taught me about adult learning: We often need to select the right tools to help us learn. Mac has discovered the importance of a box full of learning tools — the tape measure helps him [...]
What Can You Do Differently?
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Time Management, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, integration, studying, time on July 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
When adults come to or come back to college, I think many advisors and friends ask them this question: So what will you give up? I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this because I am working with a group of students this term who have been asked this very question and are trying [...]
Eat The Chocolate
Posted in Stress Relief, tagged education, Life, Lucy, studying on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s that time of the year — there are 3 weeks left before the end of the term and the official end of this school year, commencement is right around the corner (yay!), folks are feeling frenzied trying to get their assignments in and figuring out their next steps, and a sense of summer has [...]
Highlighting: What Really Matters
Posted in Higher Education, Learning, tagged highereducation, Learning, reading, studying on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t like to use highlighters when I read and study because I usually find the bright ink on a page distracting. When I use them, and then when I go back to review my notes, I will often only look at what I highlighted, as if the words that I didn’t highlight weren’t worth [...]
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Here you will find ramblings about teaching, learning, and assessment in higher education; some new ideas; some questions to ponder; some ponders to question; some food for thought; and maybe even a dash of humor (depending on the day). And sometimes I write about my kid and/or my dog.PrattleSquawks
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