The conferences went well. Conference details - Individualized Instruction in Practice
Thanks to the Procede team Maggie, Ardis, Rick and the countless others who made my day; all that exchanging makes for an entertaining day. Being surrounded by so much beauty, energy, and power all day feels so luxurious; I wonder if i'll be able to ride my bike tomorrow?
The ALT hotel is a living work of art. Courageously displaying stark metal and concrete architecture in blacks and whites makes you beg for the softness of a pastel or a piece of cloth; but this only makes the occasional use of wood stand out more sensously; I had to touch the table with engraved ALT brand carved into it. The stunning display of oranges in a large white bowl on the white table in the lobby is all art; the orange colour burning bright against the coolness of the room. Congratulations on being outside the box.
Exibition:
- Rosetta Stone v3 is much improved, more structured; better for the classroom ESL, FSL environment.
- Robotel has a Language lab offering.
- Grics VoD Zone Education at www.learngrics.ca may be interesting for partial automation of our material in Adult Ed. Just ask Ann Q. for our school board's code.
Keynote speaker: Linda Edgecombe www.lindaedgecombe.com
Linda is a high energy story teller with motivational punches. This "squirrel on caffeine" pitches motivation with humor: it's like Zany Zen for North Americans.
Noteworthy quotes:
- Are you a Square, Circle Squiggle or Triangle personality?
Squares like order; it calms them down. They are uncomfortable if out of control.
Circles are 20% and fear not being included.
Squiggles like fun, represent 70-80% of the population and fear boredom.
Triangles are a small percentage and analyze, they are information gatherers. - We educate people, we are in the Ra Ra business. As humans, we are all in the people business.
- Your goal is stated as happiness, Being Here is the goal.
- A golden moment is when you say "it doesn't get better than this."
- Find something that cranks you up!
- It only take a moment to change perspective, we are shifters.
- Laughter energizes and calms down.
- We can't write a joke save my life, I wait for opportunities.
- Pictures are important, because they remind us of people.
- When we meet people, we remember how we felt.
- Many people live on the deferred life plan telling old stories (over one year old)
Create some new stories. What are you spending energy on? - Want a list of your bugs: Write "I feel …. considering … "
Well all that was fun, and now back to reality. "Une bonne job de faite".
