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The Folly of Communication

Fol•ly

(noun)
1. Lack of good sense; foolishness; a foolish act, idea, or practice.
2. A costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially
a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.
3. A theatrical revue with glamorous female performers.

Inspiration

Learning is a process, not an event.

2017-07-13
By: LRS
On: July 13, 2017
In: Inspiration, Study Skills
Tagged: Teaching
With: 0 Comments

Learning is a process, not an event.

Ten Reasons to Ban Pencils in the Classroom

2016-06-21
By: LRS
On: June 21, 2016
In: Inspiration
Tagged: EdTech, Humor
With: 0 Comments

You’d be hard-pressed to find a school anywhere that has enacted a blanket ban on pens and pencils. Here are 10 reasons to reconsider the widespread acceptance of these distracting and potentially dangerous implements.

Quote – Cassandra Clare

2014-12-18
By: LRS
On: December 18, 2014
In: Inspiration
Tagged: Language, Quotes
With: 0 Comments

One must be careful of books, and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

Half a Million Secrets

2014-12-14
By: LRS
On: December 14, 2014
In: Inspiration, Interpersonal Communication
Tagged: Relationships, Self-Disclosure, TED Talk
With: 0 Comments

Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, shares some of the half-million secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards.

Quote – Gregory Bateson

2014-12-14
By: LRS
On: December 14, 2014
In: Inspiration, Interpersonal Communication
Tagged: Language, Quotes, Relationships, Symbolic Interactionism
With: 0 Comments

Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.
~Gregory Bateson

Quote – Michael James Oakeshott

2014-12-13
By: LRS
On: December 13, 2014
In: Inspiration, Interpersonal Communication
Tagged: Conversation, Discourse, Quotes
With: 0 Comments

As civilized human beings, we are the inheritors . . . of a conversation, begun in the primeval forests and extended and made more articulate in the course of centuries. It is a conversation which goes on both in public and within each of ourselves. ~Michael James Oakeshott

Quote – Thomas Jefferson

2014-12-13
By: LRS
On: December 13, 2014
In: Inspiration, Public Speaking
Tagged: Quotes, Rhetoric
With: 0 Comments

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties. ~Thomas Jefferson

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      • Turn to Your Neighbor - The Official Peer Instruction Blog
      • Information is Beautiful
      • Embedding Twitter Timelines in Blackboard
    • ► May (2)
      • Five Essential Skills for Facilitating Online Groups
      • Pecha Kucha Tips: Simplicity, Flow, and Passion
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      • Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
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      • She Divorced Me Because I Left Dishes By The Sink
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      • Leadership styles
      • What are the Best Fonts for Presentation Slides?
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      • How to Become an Active Listener
      • Lego Bricks Exercises for Experiential Training
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      • Personal Branding Workbook
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      • Video About Noise - Failure to Communicate
      • The Shannon-Weaver Model as it Applies to Twitter
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      • Perception of Doctors' White Coats
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      • Facilitating Online Groups
      • Five Standards of Authentic Instruction
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      • Active Listening Makes People Feel Good
      • Stormboard
  • ► 2014 (27)
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      • 11 Speeches that Changed the World
      • Blackboard I-Learn Test Generator
      • 10 Tips to Create and Present a Pecha Kucha
      • To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes by Hand
      • Cooperative Learning Group Activities for College Courses
      • Tips for Writing Good Multiple Choice Questions
      • Quote - Cassandra Clare
      • Communication is #1 Job Requirement
      • Who Can Fix the Middle Skills Gap?
      • Half a Million Secrets
      • Does Your Language Shape How You Think?
      • Quote - Gregory Bateson
      • Every Presentation Every: Communication Fail
      • Quote - Michael James Oakeshott
      • Quote - Thomas Jefferson
      • Quote - Publilius Syrus
      • La Femme Avocat
      • Santa Ana College’s 95th Commencement Honors Former Students Interned During World War 2
      • 14 Realities of Romantic Relationships in Chart Form (Cracked.Com)
      • Faux Friendship
      • Presenting Effectively with Monroe's Motivated Sequence
      • Listen to what our ancestors' language sounded like 6,000 years ago
      • How Hygge Can Help You Get Through the Winter
      • Best Practices for Mobile-Friendly Courses
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      • Power Moves and Manspreading
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