tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191958272024-03-14T02:20:04.937+13:00Creative Learning Systems: Learning Styles BlogWe use Learning Styles every day of our lives, whether we're aware of it or not. The way we think, the way we read, the way we treat our partners... it's all encoded in our Learning Styles. Do you want to see yours?
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href="http://www.creativelearningcentre.com">WWW.CREATIVELEARNINGCENTRE.COM</a></big>Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.comBlogger469125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-76960937299486145172015-01-15T10:18:00.001+13:002015-01-15T10:18:20.392+13:00Get yourself motivated in 2015Whether your Working Style is internal or external, sometimes you need a few words of wisdom to get you started and keep you going.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. Nikos Kazantzakis
Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. Anonymous
DoYvonne Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02346854382911332087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-72120483946429597432014-12-31T01:23:00.000+13:002014-12-31T01:23:01.673+13:002014 --> 2015This time of the year is a time to reflect on the past and to plan the future. It's also a time to count our blessings and to be grateful. A novel way to remember all the things we're grateful for, is to create a Gratitude Jar. An old jam jar, an ornamental box with a lid, a decorated Tupperware container - the choice is yours. Fill it with scraps of paper and attach a pen. Throughout 2015, make Yvonne Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02346854382911332087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-91536395062198931162014-12-23T17:35:00.000+13:002014-12-23T17:35:10.339+13:00Merry Christmas 2014Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves. So may your world be filled with love, warmth and good cheer this Holy season, and throughout the year.
Yvonne Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02346854382911332087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-42795464582321204352014-12-19T02:31:00.000+13:002014-12-19T02:31:03.455+13:00For the teacher in your life
Do you know a teacher? Delight them this Christmas with a unique gift: a present created especially for them.
Barbara Prashnig’s book, “Learning Styles in Action”, is a practical guide to implementing learning styles in the daily teaching practice, thus helping teachers solve any stress and discipline issues.
The newspaper-column-style of the book ensures fast reading. The layout Yvonne Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02346854382911332087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-64552117189808359292014-12-13T01:48:00.000+13:002014-12-13T01:48:08.998+13:00Travel Less Save MoreFor many companies and organisations, travel is routine. Meetings, training,
site visits, and, of course, commuting to work – for most people these are all
part of the daily schedule. With travel comes cost: the cost of travel, the
cost to the environment, as well as the cost of productivity lost during travel
time.
Communications technology can help reduce the need for travel in business
today.Yvonne Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02346854382911332087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-35134553836689550802014-12-04T22:36:00.001+13:002014-12-04T22:36:26.704+13:00Christmas MathsWhether it's summer or winter in your part of the world, you've probably noticed your children's learning has decreased in intensity in anticipation of the Christmas holidays. However, the break will not be favourable towards the students' progress in maths.
Fun sheets to the rescue! Have a look at these magnificent ways of capturing your child's imagination and enthusiasm for learning this Yvonne Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02346854382911332087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-67744798355845803042014-11-27T13:58:00.002+13:002014-11-27T13:58:38.656+13:00Useful Maths Tricks
How many of these super-cool maths tricks do you know? Have a look.
Incidentally, did you know that your child's ability to do maths depends, among others, on their Learning Style:
If you ask a child
who needs movement to sit still and memorise a times-table, you’re unlikely to
get good results. You would do far better if you allowed them to walk
around or play hopscotch on a Yvonne Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02346854382911332087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-85224745777751791392014-11-20T14:14:00.000+13:002014-11-20T14:14:31.469+13:00Learning Resources: Do you prefer technology or tradition?When it comes to learning, today's technology keeps providing us with the latest and the greatest gadgets. We can access knowledge online, we can experience new skills in simulated environments, we can use our eyes, our ears, and our hands.
Whether you embrace technology or prefer the tried-and-tested resources will depend, in part, on your Learning Style. But here's an interesting argument fromYvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-14029285768089141212014-11-13T14:22:00.001+13:002014-11-13T14:22:25.825+13:00What Teachers Can Learn From Famous PeopleTerry Pratchett is an internationally bestselling novelist and a multi-millionaire. At school, he was, according to his own words, "a non-decrypt student", a "dreamer", and a "goat". His principal open doubted Terry would achieve anything in life. At 17, Terry left school with 5 O-levels, and got a job at a local newspaper. at 35, he had his first Discworld novel published. 25 years later, he wasYvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-28768409012959185812014-11-06T13:42:00.000+13:002014-11-06T13:42:00.348+13:00What Teachers Can Learn From StudentsIn a recent study, a teacher took two days to replicate a student's life at school: she attended all the classes, played the sports and did the homework. Here's what she learnt:
Students spend a lot of time sitting, and it's more energy-draining than you can imagine. Before the first day was over, the teacher had a lot of empathy for children who fidget in their desks.
Students spend a lot of Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-78091879714502369102014-10-29T21:27:00.000+13:002014-10-29T21:27:06.400+13:00An Excerpt From Barbara Prashnig's Keynote Address in Poland<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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11 Steps to implementing Learning Styles on a school-wide
basis:
1. Teacher training (LS Day 1) “Diversity in the Classroom Based on Learning Styles” including teachers’
own personal LSA-Adult profiles
2. Student assessments
with LSA questionnaires, printing of computer-generated student Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-10127715400595974862014-10-24T00:27:00.001+13:002014-10-24T00:27:35.912+13:00Learning Styles Continue To Conquer Poland(please scroll down for the Polish version)
Good morning. It's our privilege today to host in our virtual studio a Polish specialist in learning and teaching, an enthusiast of psychology, education, neuro-didactics and learning styles, as well as a mind map devotee: Joanna Prus. Earlier in October 2014, Joanna took part in the Conference Of Neuro-Didactics, attended by outstanding Polish and Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-10996379309973892702014-10-16T13:57:00.002+13:002014-10-16T13:57:40.185+13:00Learning Styles Rock Poland<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Earlier this week, Barbara Prashnig caused an outbreak of
public excitement when she addressed the audience of the First Neuro-didactics
Conference in Poland. Learning Styles, it seems, is exactly what the Polish
education system needs in order to overcome forty years of communism followed
by three decades of not knowing how to apply the political Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-77091304255012713932014-10-10T01:17:00.000+13:002014-10-10T01:17:29.067+13:00Our Company Turns 20!That's right! Creative Learning Systems is now twenty years old. Scary how time has flown. We've survived the Big Auckland Blackout of 1998, the introduction of NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement) in 2002, the Global Recession of 2008-2009, and the birth of National Standards in 2010.
We've had several website looks and we've added heaps of new products to our offering. Our Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-9033594801283474982014-10-02T02:08:00.000+13:002014-10-02T02:08:26.491+13:00New Productivity Rules... Or Are They?Business consultant, Gihan Perera, has this to say about our productivity:
"The
old rules of goal setting, productivity and time management don’t work. Our
goals become meaningless when the environment changes, it’s difficult to stay
productive when we’re constantly interrupted, globally dispersed teams make
in-person meetings impractical, and the 9-to-5 workday just doesn’t make sense
Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-29022776515568868012014-09-24T20:54:00.000+12:002014-09-24T20:54:12.080+12:00What's better - books or reading online?There's no doubt about it: exposure to fiction is essential for developing children's imagination. In a way, it matters less whether the format is listening to a book, reading together with a parent or reading by themselves, just as long as they get lost in the imaginary world of book characters.
We usually include e-books and online reading in the same set: as long as it's a book, it doesn't Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-27918411926934880912014-09-18T02:23:00.000+12:002014-09-18T02:23:05.995+12:00Robin Williams in Dead Poets SocietyThis blog post is a tribute not only to Robin Williams, but also to all the great teachers out there. In the movie "Dead Poets Society", Williams played the role of John Keating, an unconventional English Literature teacher. John Keating's teaching style - it involved tearing "boring bits" out of textbooks - would have horrified sequential thinkers and delighted simultaneous ones. (To read more Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-43397671651258026352014-09-12T00:51:00.000+12:002014-09-12T00:51:08.832+12:00Finland and South Korea - The Best EducationRecently, Finland and South Korea were proclaimed the two countries with the best education systems. Shocking? Indeed. You would be pressed to find two countries so different in their philosophy towards learning, and yet, both systems yield results.
The differences are staggering. South Korea has large classes and relies heavily on hard work and repetition. Finland has tiny classes with very fewYvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-21940315827698730872014-09-04T13:22:00.000+12:002014-09-04T13:28:11.347+12:00Best Learning Quotes“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” – George Evans
“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct
them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to
discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” –
Plato
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and
blow, "is to Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-70260838316338904572014-08-28T21:50:00.000+12:002014-08-28T21:50:18.510+12:00Google Earth and Learning Styles<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Google Earth helps children visualise and discover the world around
them. It’s an online program that lets you explore the earth using 3D maps and
3D street views. It also has some library images of forests and mountains, so
you can see inside the White House including all the details of the Oval Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-8016701458084243462014-08-21T13:43:00.001+12:002014-08-21T13:43:24.973+12:00Fun Education AppsFor all those students out there whose Learning Style is visual, tactile and stationary, here are a few iPad apps to try out at school or at home.
StoryKit - an awesome app that allows users to create an
electronic storybook via illustrations by drawing on the screen, using
pictures and text, and recording audio to attach to stories.
Video Science - A
growing library of hands-on Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-62811229100297810842014-08-14T13:12:00.002+12:002014-08-14T13:12:52.202+12:00Your Working Style And ConferencesYou hear about a new conference in your field coming up next month. The topics all seem interesting at worst and ranging all the way up to super-fascinating. The guest speakers are experts you've heard of and would love to connect with/ And, best of all, your diary is clear for that week and your boss is paying.
Are you excited? Or not so much? That will probably depend on your Working Style. IfYvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-70954692308688951132014-08-07T12:45:00.002+12:002014-08-07T12:45:34.008+12:00Nigel Latta Rates Kiwi Schools BrilliantNigel Latta is a familiar name in every Kiwi household. His parenting
advice may appeal or raise eyebrows, but is inevitably hilarious and
memorable. A few weeks ago, we were honoured to host Nigel on our blog.
Today, the country hosts him in our TV lounges as he discusses the way
New Zealand schools work today and whether it's better than the
traditional approach.
The traditional approachYvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-55685353937111676262014-07-31T14:23:00.001+12:002014-07-31T14:23:29.088+12:00The secret to balancing work and lifeJulie Ashton, Life Coach and Business Consultant, has this to say about managing time:
"It is well a known fact that you cannot manage time, you can only manage what you do with your time. Many people talk about ‘to do’ lists and priority management in order to get control of their ‘time’. However, while we need these tools, most of us do not question our habits, personality and belief systems Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-7374590694444534532014-07-24T13:12:00.000+12:002014-07-24T13:12:03.555+12:00What Can You Learn In A Boat?What can you learn if you sail the world with your parents for a year? In addition to your expected home-schooling lessons, you will learn:
minute geographical details of the area you're sailing
the culture and the history of every port
exposure to foreign languages
navigation
soft materials technology when mending sails and sewing new clothes from your old ones
hard materials technology with Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.com0