Hello and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be discussing how my year went concerning technology and the quarter system. This year we had the quarter system, which split our courses into two parts: hybrid learning and learning groups. In my opinion hybrid learning moved quite slowly in most courses, compared to the learning groups which were moving at an intense speed. Having one of your classes be hybrid was quite nice as it allowed you to relax…
Hello and welcome back to my blog post. This post will focus on my progress in my in-depth project. This post covers chapters 9, and 10 in Edward De Bono’s How to Have a Beautiful Mind. These two chapters were on “Concepts” and “Alternatives. In chapter 9 De Bono explains the difference between a concept and a practical idea. One of the concepts I was able to recognize from this week was curved stitching. Throughout my meetings with my mentor,…
Hello and welcome back to my blog. This post will focus on my progress in my in-depth project. This post covers chapter 8 in Edward De Bono’s How to Have a Beautiful Mind. This chapter talked about a very interesting topic: the six hats. Each hat represents a type of thinking. De Bono says that to have a meaningful conversation all members of the conversation should be using the same hat. I forgot to record this week’s meeting with my…
Hello and welcome back to my blog. This post will focus on my progress in my in-depth project. This post covers chapters 6 and 7 of How to Have a Beautiful Mind. The two main topics from the chapters were, “How to listen” and “How to ask questions. When meeting with my mentor this time, I tried very hard to be more engaged and listen to what my mentor was saying with thought. Asking a lot of questions helped me…
Hello and welcome back to my blog. This post will cover my progress on my in-depth project. How to Have Beautiful Mind When looking for a mentor I had a really hard time finding someone that was experienced enough and would willingly give up some of their time. As a last resort, I went to my grandma. When meeting with her for this project I make sure to practice the techniques that the book provides on building better relationships and…
Hello, and welcome back to my blog. In this blog post, I will cover chapters 1, 2, and 3 of How to Have a Beautiful Mind, share my progress and some struggles that I’ve had so far, and finally, I will discuss my plan for the future regarding this project. The first three chapters taught us how to agree, how to disagree, and how to differ. Edward de Bono mentions how crucial it is to be able to balance these…