Barbara, in her true wizard style, is in Oz at the moment. She is conducting follow-up LS training with teachers in a large rural high school in Tumbarumba, NSW.
A big hand for the Tumbarumba teachers! They have transformed a rather drab country high school into a marvellous place of learning. The school caters for students' true learning needs right from the beginning and it now even has a beautiful Zen garden right in the middle of the main block for students to enjoy tranquillity, calming green environment and relaxing atmosphere.
Tumbarumba, you rock!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Internet safety
Internet safety is a bit of a buzzword nowadays. Everybody knows not to give out their personal details in chat rooms and not to send their credit card number in an email. Parents are aware that they need to supervise their teenagers (and, increasingly, pre-teens) when it comes to their browsing the Internet.
But did you know that the results of your child's Learning Style Analysis (LSA) can help you assess how safe or how unsafe your offspring is on the Internet?
It's simple. If your child has a preference for visual and tactile stimulation, if he or she prefers learning alone and structuring their own work, and if on top of it he or she has a non preference for kinesthetic and auditory activities, then the chances are high that the youngster will enjoy spending a lot of time on the computer. That in itself is not dangerous, of course, but it shows a predisposition towards favouring the computer as a means of gathering information, communicating and even socialising from a safe distance. That's just one step away from being bored one day and deciding to try one of the forbidden activities like surfing for porn, chatting in an adult room or playing in an on-line casino, gambling away on their parents' credit card. This can be prevented by knowing your children's learning styles, what interests them and how their preferences can be utilized in a meaningful way, enhancing their school performance.
To find out your child's Learning Style, please visit our website www.creativelearningcentre.com and let them do the LSA on-line questionnaire. They will love it because they can download their personal results within minutes and become proud owners of their LSA Profile and Report. This will make them proud of their special learning skills, giving your whole family a good understanding how they learn best and how to help when they are struggling. And of course, it will give you and indication of how safe your child is on the Internet.
But did you know that the results of your child's Learning Style Analysis (LSA) can help you assess how safe or how unsafe your offspring is on the Internet?
It's simple. If your child has a preference for visual and tactile stimulation, if he or she prefers learning alone and structuring their own work, and if on top of it he or she has a non preference for kinesthetic and auditory activities, then the chances are high that the youngster will enjoy spending a lot of time on the computer. That in itself is not dangerous, of course, but it shows a predisposition towards favouring the computer as a means of gathering information, communicating and even socialising from a safe distance. That's just one step away from being bored one day and deciding to try one of the forbidden activities like surfing for porn, chatting in an adult room or playing in an on-line casino, gambling away on their parents' credit card. This can be prevented by knowing your children's learning styles, what interests them and how their preferences can be utilized in a meaningful way, enhancing their school performance.
To find out your child's Learning Style, please visit our website www.creativelearningcentre.com and let them do the LSA on-line questionnaire. They will love it because they can download their personal results within minutes and become proud owners of their LSA Profile and Report. This will make them proud of their special learning skills, giving your whole family a good understanding how they learn best and how to help when they are struggling. And of course, it will give you and indication of how safe your child is on the Internet.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Boys, girls and IT
Do boys and girls learn to use computers in the same way? According to a study conducted in Europe, there are significant differences between young male and young female IT users.
Boys seem to prefer learning about computers at home: either alone or with friends. Girls, on the other hand, learn their computer skills at school or with their family. (Do you know what your own learning style is when it comes to learnign in a group? If not, why not do your Learning Style Analysis profile on www.creativelearningcentre.com?)
Boys seem to spend more time on the computer playing games and looking up information than their female peers do. Both genders, however, spend about the same amount of time communicating via the Internet. Which brings us to the important topic of Internet Safety, discussed next week.
Read the full article on http://www.eurydice.org/Search/frameset_en.html.
Boys seem to prefer learning about computers at home: either alone or with friends. Girls, on the other hand, learn their computer skills at school or with their family. (Do you know what your own learning style is when it comes to learnign in a group? If not, why not do your Learning Style Analysis profile on www.creativelearningcentre.com?)
Boys seem to spend more time on the computer playing games and looking up information than their female peers do. Both genders, however, spend about the same amount of time communicating via the Internet. Which brings us to the important topic of Internet Safety, discussed next week.
Read the full article on http://www.eurydice.org/Search/frameset_en.html.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
You can too, with Creative Learning
Our previous post said that there is no such thing as "I can't". We are here to show you that _you_ can. All you need to know is how to motivate yourself and how to create an optimal environment in which to realise your dream.
Talk to us, we'd love to hear from you on yvonne@clc.co.nz.
Talk to us, we'd love to hear from you on yvonne@clc.co.nz.
Yes I can!
“Failure is all in how you define it:
Lessons from the Round the Bays”
By Tanja Gardner, Optimum Life Ltd
(reprinted)
No such word as "can't"?
Up until July 2004, I firmly believed I couldn’t run. I had a number of reasons for this – my body's built wrong for it, I’ve torn my knee kickboxing, and despite being fit in other ways, as soon as I even started to jog slowly, my lungs would seize up so badly people around me would think I was having an asthma attack.
I’d tried to teach myself to run before. More than once, in fact. Each time I’d tried, I’d ended up increasing the time I could comfortably run from its base level of something like 30 seconds, to a few minutes, but never to a level where I could use running as one of my cardio methods.
Last year, I got sick of hearing myself say ‘can’t’. I have two legs and two lungs. Both (give or take a piece of cartilage or two) are in good working order. So concluding I can’t run seems somewhat spurious. The part of me that can’t resist a challenge decided I must just need to find a new way to run… and so that I had something specific to aim for, I committed to entering (and running all of) the next “Round the Bays” – Auckland’s annual 8.4km fun run.
I did my research – took out a number of books on running, and joined various online forums and mailing lists. I created a training program for myself, based partly on the BUPA 5km training programme, and partly on the books I’d read. And I started training... (read the rest on http://optimumlife.co.nz/Fitness%20Articles/Failure/Failure.htm)
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RESOURCE INFORMATION:
© 2005 Tanja Gardner, Optimum Life Ltd. You are very welcome to use this article as content for your website, or forward it on to anyone you think may be interested, as long as you use it in its entirety, and include this resource information.
Optimum Life Ltd is dedicated to providing balanced fitness and stress management services that help clients all over the world achieve their optimum lives. For more information on how we can help you move closer to living your optimum life, please check out our website.
For a copy of our free Stress Audit Questionnaire, or our 'What is Optimum Fitness' Checklist, please click on the links. Alternatively, please click here to find out how you could benefit from Tanja's online personal training.
Lessons from the Round the Bays”
By Tanja Gardner, Optimum Life Ltd
(reprinted)
No such word as "can't"?
Up until July 2004, I firmly believed I couldn’t run. I had a number of reasons for this – my body's built wrong for it, I’ve torn my knee kickboxing, and despite being fit in other ways, as soon as I even started to jog slowly, my lungs would seize up so badly people around me would think I was having an asthma attack.
I’d tried to teach myself to run before. More than once, in fact. Each time I’d tried, I’d ended up increasing the time I could comfortably run from its base level of something like 30 seconds, to a few minutes, but never to a level where I could use running as one of my cardio methods.
Last year, I got sick of hearing myself say ‘can’t’. I have two legs and two lungs. Both (give or take a piece of cartilage or two) are in good working order. So concluding I can’t run seems somewhat spurious. The part of me that can’t resist a challenge decided I must just need to find a new way to run… and so that I had something specific to aim for, I committed to entering (and running all of) the next “Round the Bays” – Auckland’s annual 8.4km fun run.
I did my research – took out a number of books on running, and joined various online forums and mailing lists. I created a training program for myself, based partly on the BUPA 5km training programme, and partly on the books I’d read. And I started training... (read the rest on http://optimumlife.co.nz/Fitness%20Articles/Failure/Failure.htm)
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RESOURCE INFORMATION:
© 2005 Tanja Gardner, Optimum Life Ltd. You are very welcome to use this article as content for your website, or forward it on to anyone you think may be interested, as long as you use it in its entirety, and include this resource information.
Optimum Life Ltd is dedicated to providing balanced fitness and stress management services that help clients all over the world achieve their optimum lives. For more information on how we can help you move closer to living your optimum life, please check out our website.
For a copy of our free Stress Audit Questionnaire, or our 'What is Optimum Fitness' Checklist, please click on the links. Alternatively, please click here to find out how you could benefit from Tanja's online personal training.
Friday, December 09, 2005
Coming soon from Creative Learning
We have several new products in the pipeline, but the one I'd like to talk about here is the WSA Manual. Similar to our LSA Manual in contents, it helps managers and employers to interpret and implement the results of WSA.
Here is a sneak preview into the manual's contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. INTERPRETATION OF WSA RESULTS
2.1. INFORMATION PROCESSING
2.2. SENSORY MODALITIES
2.3. PHYSICAL NEEDS
2.4. ENVIRONMENT
2.5. SOCIAL ASPECTS
2.6 ATTITUDES
3. A WORD OF CAUTION
4. CONCLUSION
5. APPENDIX A- HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH HOLISTIC PEOPLE
6. APPENDIX B - HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANALYTIC PEOPLE
Here is a sneak preview into the manual's contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. INTERPRETATION OF WSA RESULTS
2.1. INFORMATION PROCESSING
2.2. SENSORY MODALITIES
2.3. PHYSICAL NEEDS
2.4. ENVIRONMENT
2.5. SOCIAL ASPECTS
2.6 ATTITUDES
3. A WORD OF CAUTION
4. CONCLUSION
5. APPENDIX A- HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH HOLISTIC PEOPLE
6. APPENDIX B - HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANALYTIC PEOPLE
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Where in the world is Barbara today?
Today, Barbara is in Singapore. The name itself is enough to evoke romantic images of Asia, silk and Rudyard Kipling.
In the eighteenth century, Singapore was a disease ridden British colony; a rough island of opium dens and pirates. Today, it is a jungle of glass and concrete, a first-world country in which spitting carries a penalty of up to 1000 Singapore dollars.
Although the city looks European, its flavour is pure Asia. It population is 78% Chinese, 14% Malay, 7% Indian and only 1% “other”. Because of this, Singapore is an excellent gateway for a beginner tourist to pass into Asia.
A fantastic tourist destination. As you've probably guessed, however, Barbara is not there on holiday. Learning Styles are spreading their wings!
In the eighteenth century, Singapore was a disease ridden British colony; a rough island of opium dens and pirates. Today, it is a jungle of glass and concrete, a first-world country in which spitting carries a penalty of up to 1000 Singapore dollars.
Although the city looks European, its flavour is pure Asia. It population is 78% Chinese, 14% Malay, 7% Indian and only 1% “other”. Because of this, Singapore is an excellent gateway for a beginner tourist to pass into Asia.
A fantastic tourist destination. As you've probably guessed, however, Barbara is not there on holiday. Learning Styles are spreading their wings!
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