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Assessment. Learning space design. Changing student and faculty practice. When polled, focus groups within the EDUCAUSE teaching and learning community identified their top “challenges” in teaching and learning with IT.

(Or: how not to name your business) I made the somewhat rash promise yesterday that I’d tell you all about how The Fluent Self came to be called The Fluent Self. This should really be an Ask Havi post but I can’t be bothered to dredge up a hundred emails asking how come I started a business or how come my business is called The Fluent Self.

September 14, 2008   Zen: Noun A school of Mahayana Buddhism that asserts that enlightenment can be attained through meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition rather than through faith and devotion and that is practiced mainly in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Also called Zen Buddhism.

No One Is Beat No one is beat till he quits, No one is through till he stops, No matter how hard failure hits, No matter how often he drops, A fellow’s not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise. Fate can slam him and bang him around, And batter his frame till he’s sore, But she never can say that he’s downed While he bobs up serenely for more.

Life Is A Bright Sky Life is like a bright sky; and clouds represent instances of unhappy times. Sometimes the clouds are so dark; It’s hard to remember the sun still shines. Be patient. The light will return. It’s just waiting for an opportunity to peek through.

Push yourself You can coast and you can do fine. But over time this will make you stale and tired. You’ll lose your edge. You perform at your best when you’re tested. So, if you’re good at what you do, if you almost do it blind-folded, stop. Walk away. Raise the stakes.

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Here you have the twice-a-month newsletter with our most popular blog posts. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting your email at the top of this page.  First, I am pleased to report that I have been invited to participate in a new initiative by the World Economic Forum.

Michigan has left their essays largely unchanged since last year. Two key differences are that Essay 1 no longer includes a reference to Ross’ “Action-Based Learning” approach and that Essay 2 asks for one major accomplishment rather than several, which will allow you to be more precise and focused for that question.

An American Optometric Association survey has indicated that “87 percent of respondents were unaware that one in four children have a vision problem.” Optometrist Dr Leonard Press, the AOA’s Vision & Learning Specialist, reports: “Ten million school children in America have vision conditions