Archive for December, 2007
Four or Five Stages of Learning: a case study of learning Bogglific on Facebook.
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This is the story of a friend of mine, “Jane”, discovering Bogglific and getting better at it.
Bogglific and How It Is Played
What’s Bogglific? It is an on line version of Boggle on the social networking site Facebook. It is a 4X4 or 5X5 grid in which random letters of the alphabet are displayed. [...]Selfishness for Christmas
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At this time of year there is much talking about giving.
This can get awfully neurotic. It’s like an ever-present, and awfully annoying, nanny saying: “Good boys and girls think only of others?” I don’t want to set up a competing nanny saying: “Good boys and girls think only of themselves”.
I want [...]A Worthwhile Christmas Present for Australians
People & Planet: Social Justice & Environment Diary 2008
http://www.peopleandplanet.org.au
This is a diary with 55 pictures put out by 35 environment and social justice organisation.
Worth a thought if you are looking for a last minute Christmas present.Bookmark It
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Mentoring: Three question to help the relationsip.
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This post was provoked, once again,by a comment by DrSteve (whose blog The Top Two Inches I recommend) on my previous post about Heroes and Models.
Mentors are very valuable. The best way to learn a complex behaviour is from a mentor (imagine trying to learn to drive from a lecture!). If we [...]Models, Yes; Hero(in)es, Maybe
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Heroes are part of us growing up. Whether from books, movies or real life we’ve probably all had heroes. Heroes are the people we want to be. At the best our heroes help us set our direction, let us know more about who we are and help us take action. At worst we [...]Human Rights
A group of ‘elders’ inclusing people like Desmond Tutu have initiated a campaign to get people to personally sign the Declaration of Human Rights (until now it is countries who have signed up).
You can find out about it and sign up on the Every Human Has Rights websit.
Personally I think to formulate things in terms [...]I statements - not just talking about me.
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One of the most helpful pieces of advice for improving relationships that I know is to use “I statements”.
An ‘I statement’ is where you state that it is your opinion or view that you are giving. Instead of saying that ‘that’s an awful colour’ or ‘that opinion is so dumb’ it’s [...]
