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Archive for November, 2008

30
Nov

How to Survive as a Mature Aged Digital Migrant: Guest post from Danu Poyner

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What do you do when you’re not part of the generation who grew up with computers and the internet and which obsessively embraces each new breakthrough technological development as it comes along? These days everybody is expected to be digital savvy. You might be older, and probably wiser, than the teens [...]

27
Nov

How to Write a Reflective Journal: Example 1

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.
From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
- Peter F. Drucker, Educator & Writer (1909-    )
The Reflective Journal Assignment: An example of the writing style using an organizational setting
By Charmayne Paul & www.psipsychologytutor.org, 2008. All Rights Reserved.
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An organization is a dynamic social structure that forms and maintains [...]

26
Nov

Degrees of Giving: Leading with generosity by Bruna Martinuzzi

Tis’ the season for giving, and this online tutor has discovered that in times of financial hardship giving what I don’t have comes back threefold.
Helping out others when the chips are down for everyone provides a meaningful distraction from fretting about unpaid bills, or other issues which cannot be resolved right here and now.
Students, small [...]

18
Nov

Using Humor at Exam Time: With guest blogger Dan Brantly

There is a great scene from The Stuntman, one of my favorite films, where Steve Railsback and Barbara Hershey have made a pact to escape and she is to hide in the trunk of a car he is to drive away. Morning comes and Steve is starting to open the trunk to check, when another [...]

02
Nov

‘The Day After’: Exam prep need not be a time of darkeness and despair

Exam prep can be a time of high stress for students. As an online tutor I find that many students follow a similar thinking pattern as I did when getting ready for exams. That is~ focusing on how much I had to do, rather than doing one thing at a time.
Michael, today’s Guest Blogger from [...]

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