Meditation, Mindfulness, & Education: Is it a flow that works? I’ve been working for a while now on a new post about mindfulness practices in educational settings… and to be honest, it’s not been going well. While some (actually many) of my posts fly from my fingers, this one just won’t flow. For quite some […]
Hi Folks! I am trying something new here. I’ve created a very short poll using the “Polls for pages” app that goes along with facebook, and is linked to my “cogedu” facebook site. According to CASEL (http://www.casel.org/what-is-sel/) teaching SEL is the missing link in public education right now. Research shows that doing so is a […]
It’s been a few years since starting this blog, as my first post kicked off the new year in 2012 – my how time flies! Here today in the Fall of 2015, I am still a “professor and parent who thinks deeply about education” – and now perhaps even more so than before! When I […]
It all started at Portland, OR’s first mini Maker-Faire. At the time, I was looking for ways to grow, professionally, though not necessarily while at the faire. My husband and I were tag-teaming with our five-year-old, trying to cover as much ground as possible before running out of steam. It was my turn to oversee […]
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? That we need a culture shift, and we need one fast?! Indeed, at times like this – shooting after shooting after shooting – we find ourselves crying out “not one more!” and grasping for understanding, for a sense of control, and for a way to effectively channel our fear […]
“A challenge, I like it!” says Mr. Sparks, on the animated television show “Noddy,” my daughter’s first favorite cartoon. She doesn’t remember it now — now that she’s a big first grader — but when she was three she could recite lines from Noddy like nobody’s business. In every episode, the character I mention here, […]
From Part 1: Other Forms of Play: Rough-and-Tumble The snapshot below in Part 1 centers on make-believe and role-playing. But what about plain old rough-and-tumble play? Is there any value to rough-housing? Turns out that there is, but rough-housing can also be risky business. A Time and a Place for Play, Part 2: Rough and […]
