You’re an expert on your beloved subject matter. You care deeply about your topic. You want to start designing workshops around it but are stuck and stumped. You’re a tad overwhelmed with where to start because you’re not a teacher. Here is a simple tool to make your learning and teaching … [Read more...] about A simple tool to determine where your bias in learning and teaching lies and how to get around it
I’ve been going on safaris since 1995 when I saw my first zebra while hitchhiking from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Last week I wrote about the first five of ten lessons I’ve learned from safari guide and dear friend Jackson Looseyia and his magical Tangulia Mara Camp. (I got to know Jackson when I … [Read more...] about Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion part two
I don’t know which I was more fascinated by, the Dorobo men confidently walking towards a pride of lions to take some of their fresh kill (true story!) or the Maasai man who was so expertly interpreting for the BBC film crew. In honour of World Humanitarian Day I thought it was perfect timing to … [Read more...] about Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion
You’ve signed up for that workshop you’ve been wanting to take. It’s started. You’re in. You’re motivated. You want to feel included. You’re learning… well sort of. Okay, not really. Enter major roadblocks to your learning. It's time to make your workshops … [Read more...] about Leave no one behind: Four inclusive, accessible steps to teaching workshops (Part two)
You’ve signed up for that workshop you’ve been wanting to take. It’s started. You’re in. You’re motivated. You want to feel included. You’re learning… well sort of. Okay, not really. You'll learn how to make your teaching workshops inspiring, engaging, and accessible to all. But … [Read more...] about Leave no one behind: 4 inclusive, accessible steps to teaching workshops (Part one)
Being embarrassed to ask a question can have disastrous consequences. Think sex ed, health issues, politics or any other hot topic. Not feeling free to ask questions can lead to a flood of misinformation and dangerous behaviour that spreads. Years ago, at a drug and alcohol workshop for … [Read more...] about A primer for creating a safe space for sensitive questions
Love love love this. Diversity & Inclusion – Love Has No Labels … [Read more...] about Watch how these skeletons bring out biases
I recently wrote about an example of what not to do if you want your learners to feel included and your content to be accessible. It had to do with differentiated learning and not being told upfront what that meant. Harumph! (e.g. I'm tired, it's the end of a long day and you, the presenter, have … [Read more...] about Learning about learning with tuiles
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The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
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There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
