2008: Working Together for Sustainability - On Campus and Beyond Conference & Expo -- November 9-11th -- Raleigh, NC Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Media Sponsors Friend of AASHE Ashley McGraw Architects Chevron Energy Solutions Clark Patterson Lee DesignGroup The Louis Berger Group "Big Ideas" and Faculty Learning Communities: A Strategy for Integrating Sustainability across the Curriculum Jean MacGregor, The Evergreen State CollegeJune Johnson Bube, Seattle UniversityKate Reavey, Peninsula CollegeDaniel Sherman, University of Puget SoundFormat: Workshop If sustainability perspectives and practices are to become part of college graduates' thinking, they must start appearing "across the curriculum" in ways that are meaningful for students. The Curriculum for the Bioregion project director and several faculty leaders will engage participants in this "big ideas" curriculum design strategy to demonstrate a model workshop that can be adapted for use on any campus. Lisa Barlow, University of Colorado at BoulderFormat: Field ReportDownload Slides (PDF)
Family Communications— Being Present for Children Edgar Cayce A.R.E. Blog The ways may be set before thee—the choices must be taken of thine own consciousness. Be aware of what ye would that the Lord would do with thee, what Thou would do with the opportunities, the privileges He hath bestowed upon thee as one of His children. Edgar Cayce Reading 1470-2 There is an old saying that often elegantly describes how many families communicate. It goes something like this: I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. Confused? What you frequently find is that people are not emotionally present. Parents get so concerned about their jobs, the family dynamics, keeping up with the neighbors, and managing the politics of life that they miss the little clues that their spouse or kids are giving them that would have tipped them off to a potential problem. A busy mom is getting her four-year old ready for pre-school. Here are her options: *I am the mom in option three. TINA D.
Dawna MacLean Consulting » Favourite Links Today’s post was inspired by The 8 Stupidest Management Fads of All Time and The 5 Dumbest Management Concepts of All Time by Geoffrey James. I would respectfully disagree with some on his lists but I did enjoy his provocative perspectives. Geoffrey’s articles got me thinking about the most dim-witted leadership strategies that continue to linger in today’s business community. The good news is that there is growing momentum in our appreciation for transparency and we are finally starting to embrace the power of mass collaboration. Let’s agree to abolish these 5 useless and more often dooming leadership strategies. #1 Command and Control Command and control leaders might as well put a blindfold on along with some earplugs. #2 Bottom Line Be All End All Leaders that put the bottom line above all else will eventually find themselves at the bottom without the line. #3 Tradition and Prescription #4 The Black Hole #5 The Lone Ranger
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ShinShiva Resort | Kovalam | Trivandrum | Kerala Strategies to enhance student self-assessment Reflection activities Teachers often use proformae to encourage students to reflect on their learning experience. While these are convenient and provide a record of student thinking, they can become an activity devoid of any real thinking. Oral reflection, whether as a whole class or group within the class, might sometimes be more useful. Alternatively, teachers could devote some time to questioning students about what they have recorded on their proformae and asking them for explanations. View Sample reflective questions and prompts (doc,30kb) for younger students and Designing reflective prompts (doc,33kb) for older students. Student-led and three-way conferences Student-led conferences in which students present their learning to their teacher and parents are an opportunity for students to formally reflect on the learning that has taken place over a period of time. The student, with teacher guidance, is the one who selects the work. Use of rubrics Use of graphic organisers Specific Relevant
OPENSPACESSACREDPLACES.ORG Saúde Perfeita Chapter 3 Scaffolding & Cooperative Learning Chapter 3 Scaffolding & Cooperative Learning Both major teaching techniques topics, scaffolding and cooperative learning, have been shown to be effective for developing students' higher level thinking strategies and abilities to work independently. Some cooperative learning techniques were presented in earlier in this text. Reciprocal teaching for reading comprehension was discussed in chapter 2 while the 6PQ method of discovery learning, pair problem solving and I DREAM of A are discussed in chapters 3, 4 and 10. Scaffolding Teachers can aid intellectual development in students by providing them with information and temporary support which can be gradually decreased as the students' competence increases. At the beginning, the teacher (expert) completely guides the student's activity, modeling how to perform the task. Next, the student attempts to do the task with the teacher providing supportive cuing, assistance, and additional modeling, as needed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cooperative Learning 1.
The Neat Company - NeatReceipts & NeatDesk Scanners | NeatWorks Scanner Software ricacoaches | Just another WordPress.com site Emotional intelligence: Key to our success I had the recent opportunity to lead a conversation about emotional intelligence, (or emotional quotient — EQ), during a webcast for ATD, the global Association for Talent Development. ATD is a premiere organization that offers extensive training and learning opportunities to its membership of approximately 40,000 executives, managers and associates, and their companies. The webcast generated great interest with a high number of members participating. Following the webcast, ATD staff and I personally received a great deal of appreciative feedback — people agreed that EQ is essential in the workplace and that EQ is absolutely key to developing high-quality, productive relationships. There is definitely a thirst for more knowledge about EQ, including how may we get our boss and senior management to recognize that such a focus would improve management and leadership effectiveness. This led me to write this article, and I very much hope that I do this well. I hope you find this helpful.
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