AP Grade 12 Ted Talks
As our year winds to a close, our Grade 12’s share their wisdom and experience with our AP kids and friends via a Ted Talks style 5-15 minute speech. The students’ truth and wisdom brought us all to...
View ArticleGratitude in Times of Doubt
This “Blogamonth” series is one I participated in a few years ago, and have been drawn to return to the PLN for coaching, inspiration, and light as I have seemed to enter a bit of a professional...
View ArticleDaisies Matter
When you don’t sleep because you mark, and mark, and mark their writing. And so much of it is beautiful and brilliant and you are grateful that you get to be the one chosen to do this hard work of...
View ArticleCultural Contexts
I’ve put many writing pieces into draft mode, but have been reluctant to share writing this past year. But my goal for this semester is to get back to posting every couple of weeks – creative writing...
View ArticleI think I can, I think I can … Can I?
Again – this is a discussion response in a Career Foundations Course I’m taking through the UofC. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) has self-efficacy at the heart of the model and I believe that...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Crossroads
Assignment: Reflecting on the cases from the text or your personal experiences, provide an example of where career and non-career issues intersect. Where would you draw a boundary between career and...
View ArticleIntro – Social Media Essentials Course
I’m working towards a certificate in Career and Academic Advising via the University of Calgary. This summer I’m taking three courses: Ethics, Social Media Essentials, and Intercultural Communication....
View ArticleSocial Media – Best Practices
This is my 2nd post for the UofC Continuing Ed course – BMC 312 Social Media Essentials. This assignment requires us to “identify 2 specific learnings you have had about social media content best...
View ArticleSocial Media – An Innovative Educator of Influence – George Couros
This is my 3rd post for the UofC Continuing Ed course – BMC 312 Social Media Essentials. This assignment requires us to “share an example of a company or brand that you think is using social media...
View ArticleFinding Our Voices as Writers by Emulating Great Writers
The art of emulation, otherwise known as imitation, is what we naturally do in order to learn how to do things that interest and inspire us. A baby will emulate the facial expressions in front of...
View ArticleBlogging Expectations
Originally posted on thehunni: Blogging Goals: Communication, Trust, Respect, Courtesy, Integrity, Scholarship, Self-Discipline The blogging experience is, as I’ve said time and time again, an...
View ArticleA Personal Career Journey
ADL 212 – Assessment – University of Calgary (Career and Academic Advising) Looking over my life journey, I am humbled by the wisdom and experience I have acquired through my early jobs as a teen, into...
View ArticleCareer Development Foundation: Advising Philosophy and Mission Statement
My Strengths: Clifton Strengths Assessment Top Themes and the power of these strengths as an Advisor Strategic My ability to analyze information and data of seemingly disparate pieces of information,...
View ArticleThe Art of Inclusion
I began my career in 1998 at Cameron Heights Collegiate in Kitchener. People balked when I told them that I was hired there: “That school is dangerous! That school is the ghetto!” Driving in for my...
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