Archive for December, 2008
Some funky blog posts by Baha’is
Love me, that I may love thee
Learning In Action
Spiritual Group empowers Carrboro Youth
Inspiration for Baha’i Teaching give the story ‘An American gentleman opened his door. Surprised to see the team, he asked what they wanted. Hearing the explanation, he said, “I am leaving now. Could you meet me in ten [...]
December 30th, 2008 | Posted in Baha'i | No Comments
WITHOUT A DOUBT, the Global Kids’ Digitial Media Initiative is one of the most inspiring, and yet down-to-earth projects out there. Certainly worth looking at, is their Digital Media Essay section. Similarly, Life Round Here, is very similar with work from 10-13 year olds from around the world submitting Digital stories. Also, Global Learning: Connecting [...]
December 25th, 2008 | Posted in Baha'i, Educators | 2 Comments
A springboard for amazing resources for youth, parents and educators in empowering the youth to change the world:
Get Global: ‘Information, support, and ideas for developing a Global Citizenship approach in your school‘ by Oxfam.
Free the Children: Find your gift. Find your passion! Put them together, ‘and you will change the world. It only takes one [...]
December 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Baha'i, Educators | 2 Comments
Leader Talk offers some interesting insights into ‘Protect or Prepare: Which is better for Children?‘ Also, Thoma at OpenEducation discusses the premise ‘To Raise Smart and Successful Children focus on a Work Ethic‘, whilst “One positive relationship can make a huge difference for ‘at risk’ students” where a teacher recounts ‘I’ve found that students learn [...]
December 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Baha'i, Educators | No Comments
ON THE MIND of every Baha’i around the world are the Regional Baha’i conferences that are happening all around the world.The official reports of the Regional Conferences as they come in, can be found here. You can also find Online videos of various Baha’i Regional Conferences:(Manila, Lumbashi, Bangalore, Johnannesburg, New Delhi, Atlanta, Anotfagusta, and more) [...]
December 21st, 2008 | Posted in Baha'i | 1 Comment
Here are some seriously deep questions which are a perfect starting point for personal reflection:
What are you known for?‘ (via Performancing)
Who inspires you to be better at what you do?‘ (Jim Kukral)
You don’t have to love your job to find fulfillment (Dumb Little Man)
How do you find purpose in your work? (Caroline Middlebrook)
How to find [...]
December 19th, 2008 | Posted in Baha'i, Educators | No Comments
Charlie in ‘Buried in your own startup? Who’s going to get buried in yours?‘ writes:
‘…too many people bury themselves in their own work, and then when it comes down to needing a supportive community to grow their service, they find a lot of tumbleweed blowing through their social graph. Don’t expect to disappear on your [...]
December 18th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business, Technologists | No Comments
Games to Learn English has a variety of fun and highly interactive games and activities to learn English, nicluding Basketball, Shoot, Food ,Sounds, FastHands and Christmas.
Online Utility offers us the following:
Readability Test and Improve : Calculate and print various readability tests, for your students to find sentences which they could consider rewriting to improve the [...]
December 16th, 2008 | Posted in Educators, Technologists | 2 Comments
‘The Louhellen Experience begins‘, an attempt by a student of the International Louheleln Baha’i School to express some of his feelings on this soothing and peaceful place where he did hi sYouth Year of Service.
‘Hungry for Solutions: Can the Youth Fix the Future?‘ reports on the Portland Youth Summit as part of its Global Citizens [...]
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in Baha'i, Educators | No Comments
HighContrast offers insight into the question of why peeople tend to thing that ‘Entrepreneurs know how to operate in uncertain environments‘. His thoughts are split into three streams: Luck and timing; Gut Sense; and Iterative Improvement.
OnStartups, takes ‘8 Startup Insights inspired by the mega mind of Seth Godin‘. These include: resist becoming average; let your [...]
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business, Technologists | No Comments