Recommended Reading Non-fiction Books The Courage to Teach – Parker Palmer (click here to read my book review) Teaching Adults: A Practical Guide for New Teachers – Ralph G....
Women’s History Month Initiative – Empowering Yourself and the Women Around You
Let’s get a little personal Below is an email I sent to the women in my life. After having numerous conversations with friends, coworkers, former coworkers, yoga buddies, you...
Leading with Strength and Vision – A Woman’s Guide to Strategic Communication
Session Overview Female leaders exist in all forms, from Director level to teachers in the classroom. Regardless of your title or role, there are opportunities to establish yourself as...
Quick Tips for Productivity
You know how, at the beginning of the year, you make a bunch of plans and resolutions? You start out strong, everything is going great and then suddenly it’s...
Tell Me the Meaning of Stupid
Sometimes a word is more than that. “I’m stupid about this stuff.” I’d heard this phrase from a family member as she spoke about saving docs to Google Drive....
Task Mapping – Learning New Words
In possessing fluency in the English language, educators sometimes forget how much prior knowledge is required to learn a new word. In the last week, I’ve found myself explaining...
Telling Ain’t Training – Pt 7: Workplace Reference Guide?
Final Verdict In short, Telling Ain’t Training is a valuable reference guide for anyone who is in a training or informal education setting. If for nothing else, the authors...
Telling Ain’t Training – Pt 6: Technology Integration
Overview During this final post, I’ll cover the potential benefits of integrating technology in training. There are several considerations, most importantly the impact they can have on the efficacy...
Telling Ain’t Training – Pt 5: Training in a Collaborative Workplace
I’m going to tell you a not-so-secret. Training adults is a game of social circles and politics. At one of my employers, training required a lot of buy in...
Utilizing Confirming and Corrective Feedback
A Familiar Scenario Imagine you spent an entire weekend writing a paper for your Instructional Design course. It’s a lot of work and you’re unfamiliar with the content. You...