Author:Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Ph.D., Professor at Harvard University Extension School Micro credentials are definitely the wave of the future. Some universities are picking up on this (Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, USC, etc.), others are resisting, but all have it on their radar. Professionals (teachers, doctors, lawyers) have also begun to use this format, [...]
Author: Danielle Batchelor, Ed.M. Founder of Neuroflourish This is the second post of a series on Adapting to Stress and Building Resilience Through the Pandemic. “The only way out is through.” Acknowledgement is the first step to exploring our underlying needs, addressing our blind and raw spots, and mitigating discomfort. Resilience is made of [...]
Author: Danielle Batchelor, Ed.M. Founder of Neuroflourish This is the first of a series on Adapting to Stress and Building Resilience Through the Pandemic. Part 1: SUFFER WELL Two lines of a Robert Frost poem, A Servant to Servants (“the best way out is always through” and “I can see no way out but through”) [...]
Author: Jovi Nazareno, EdM Candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education While surrounded by educators in a course called Becoming an Expert Learner1, a discussion came up about how to support memory in learners. We talked about the importance and helpfulness of exposure to multiple modalities of information. This topic became tangled up with what [...]
Author: Jovi Nazareno, EdM Candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education When in the midst of a busy semester, I too often find myself in moments of what I’ll call memory overconfidence. The long to-do list lures me to move quickly, to get things done. Patience with myself can begin to feel like a luxury [...]
Author: Jovi Nazareno, EdM Candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education A few years ago, I registered for an online course that held many surprises for me. Prior to the start of the course, we were given access to videos that explained what to expect from the course and how to come prepared for each [...]
Author: Jovi Nazareno, EdM Candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education The new academic year recently began. In the first weeks of the semester, I amused myself by how often I completely ignored information presented right on the screen and via a teacher’s voice. I’m a grad student, I thought to myself. I should be [...]
Author: Jovi Nazareno, EdM Candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education To begin unpacking how to develop writing skills, it becomes important to define what exactly is writing. Is writing an artifact of language etched onto some physical (or virtual) object? Does writing make our thoughts tangible? Is writing then a product we create? Is [...]
Author: Jovi Nazareno, Grad Student at Harvard University, Extension School When people hear that I majored in English, have a job title of editor, and actually write and generally like it, some reactions are: Why? You must like reading Do you have any tips to get me to write? I shouldn’t share with you what [...]
Author: Jovi Nazareno, Grad Student at Harvard University, Extension School Too many labels exist to oversimplify the complex act of writing. I’ve heard phrases like, “he’s slow,” “she should already know this,” “he’s not paying attention,” “she’s lazy,” “he’s unmotivated by this assignment,” “she can’t write,” or “he’s just not thinking.” These phrases share an [...]
