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Forget What You Know — my response to Jacob Barnett’s TED Talk

by Jean Winter / 3 Comments

Thinking on Dock

Stop learning and start thinking. I love listening to CBC Radio. Last week, as I was driving who …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, authenticity, author-ity, being an educator, being true to self, capacity, choice, creativity, education, educational change, imagination, learning new lessons, peronsal truth, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness, taking charge, teacher resources

Creativity is Me

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Do you remember art in elementary school? I remember finger painting where, if I tried to combine …

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Filed Under: Choices, Music and the Arts, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Singing and Music Tagged With: authenticity, being artistic, being true to self, capacity, choice, creativity, expressing spirit, imagination, learning new lessons, personal truth, potential, resourcefulness, taking charge, trust

What I Believe — one version

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When taught Grade 11 University English, the first essay I had my students write was a personal …

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Filed Under: Choices, For the fun of it., Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, being true to self, choice, emotional healing, expressing spirit, family, imagination, potential, self-healing, taking charge, writing

Alternative Assessment — Another Way

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Recently, I posted my thoughts regarding ‘The Exam Question’, an article which was published in the …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, alternative assessment, assessment, authenticity, author-ity, being an educator, capacity, choice, creativity, education, emotional healing, imagination, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, potential, summative assessment

Being Put Out to Pasture.

by Jean Winter / 2 Comments

I retired from teaching at 59 after 33 years as a classroom teacher. So, in keeping with one …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, expressing spirit, imagination, language, learning new lessons, letting go, making a difference, potential, power of words, resourcefulness, taking charge

Demystifying Poetry

by Jean Winter / 6 Comments

I am a writer. For the most part, I write prose about issues and ideas which engage me in some way.  …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, For the fun of it., Resources, Teaching, Writing Tagged With: authenticity, choice, creativity, expressing spirit, imagination, language, poetry, power of words, writing

2015 — The Year in Review for Authentic Vibrations

by Jean Winter / 1 Comment

This year, for the first time, I received a report from WordPress of the activity on my blog, …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, For the fun of it., Music and the Arts, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, authenticity, author-ity, being an educator, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, creativity, emotional healing, expressing spirit, imagination, learning new lessons, making a difference, potential, power of words, resourcefulness, taking charge, writing

My Pivot Questionnaire

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At the end of The Actor’s Studio, the host, James Lipton, would ask guests to answer what he called …

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Filed Under: Choices, For the fun of it., Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, creativity, emotional healing, expressing spirit, imagination, letting go, peronsal truth, Pivot Questionaire, potential, self-healing

I Can Fly

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The stairs going from the second to the first floor in the house I grew up in were very steep.  When …

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About Art and Creativity

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Do you know yourself to be artistic and creative? I know that I am very creative with words. They …

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Filed Under: Choices, Music and the Arts, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Singing and Music, Teaching Tagged With: arts, authenticity, being true to self, choice, creativity, expressing spirit, imagination, potential, resourcefulness

The Wall of Intention

by Jean Winter / 3 Comments

When I’m driving and listening to CBC radio, I always hear the most interesting conversations. …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, choice, creating space, creativity, expressing spirit, imagination, learning new lessons, making a difference, potential, resourcefulness, taking charge

Time and Rhythm

by Jean Winter / 2 Comments

I find it interesting that, throughout the world, our species has accepted the idea that 60 seconds …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: authenticity, being true to self, capacity, choice, creating space, creativity, emotional healing, expressing spirit, imagination, potential, resourcefulness, rhythm, time

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