EDVANCED- Education Advanced

I have been conscious of the season of indulgence overload of pies, cookies and candies. Being new to sobriety, I am in a dilemma with fast and furious approaching the feasting season. Anticipating fierce conversations around food and body is already giving me nightmares of unrealistic standards of body image and I have started paying close attention to all perfect desirable body types in the commercials.  Following my overpowering and confidence shattering thoughts, I stood up in front of the mirror today. I found my own image a bit murky. I thought the mirror had picked up dirt and I tried to clean it up. But I looked at myself again in the mirror and the image was still cloudy. I tried washing and cleaning up my face and thought this would bring a change in the image. But I still couldn’t see any clearer. It was a time to pause and reflect. My foggy self reminded me of driving the car. Constantly I need to keep checking the rear view mirror to be able to drive carefully on the r...

I had a wonderful opportunity to present a online workshop for GEGAPAC Online event on December 05, 2020 with a worldwide audience. The topic for my workshop was Doctopus : The Teacher's Octopus Before I even walk you through the steps of using a Doctopus to organise and distribute assignments or documents to your students, it is important to know why we need to learn anything new. Enabling new ways to teach and learn can help you collaborate, support and transform education and your own personal growth. Knowing smarter ways to do things helps you organise in best ways. There are wonderful opportunities for educators around the world to lean something new. Below is the website for you to view shared tools by educators globally. https://sites.google.com/view/gegasia/events/2020-december-online-event Doctopus is like a digital paperless classroom photocopier. It is a great tool for differentiation and scaffolding especially when doing group work, projects or working with ESL students...