D. Trinidad Hunt

Great E-Learning Tool!

Posted on01. Mar, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

I was recently reading Jane’s eLearning Pick of the Day blog and she highlighted a hot e-learning tool for the classroom, Sketchpad.  It got me thinking about how to use computers with the development of emotional and social literacy in our students.
I wanted to explictly demonstrate how you can use technology to increase social literacy [...]

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Creating a Culture of Caring

Posted on22. Feb, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

Creating a culture of caring is no small task. It takes intention, involvement and attention to detail. It takes commitment and willingness to take risks. You have to be willing to assert yourself, listen to your stakeholders, make mistakes, assess those mistakes and course correct.
It’s like climbing a mountain. When you looking up at the [...]

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Bullying on the Campus

Posted on19. Feb, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

Community is everything. The bullying events that hit the news and glare in our headlines are the tip of the iceberg. For every story we hear, there are a thousand that we don’t. But they have one thing in common; at their very core is a lack of community.
As educators, we may think we’re doing our [...]

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Transforming Education

Posted on09. Feb, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

Tom Peters wrote a post that led to an article in the New York Times on making college more relevant.  The article details 10 new degrees that are being offered at University level, none of which existed three or even two years ago.
Some of these new degrees were:

Learning to Listen – Narrative medicine
Safety First – [...]

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When Fast is Slow

Posted on03. Feb, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

Leadership is about using your head, feeling with your heart and connecting with your team. If you want to build a sustainable organization resilient enough to meet the challenges of change in a timely manner, you have to develop your SQ competencies.
Fast is slow when:

A team member has an idea and you’re in too much of a hurry [...]

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What is SQ?

Posted on27. Jan, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

Given the latest research on the affect that human beings have on each other, SQ may be one of the most important components of student as well as leadership success. SQ is really the quality of our social intelligence. It is how we connect with and relate to others. It is how we invest in, [...]

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What is EQ?

Posted on24. Jan, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

I’ve been saying for 30 years human beings are more than their intellect. To be a human being includes our emotions. EQ is the Quality of our emotions or how we manage our reactions to the events and situations in our lives.
Until very recently emotional literacy was not thought to be a part of the classroom. [...]

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Why are EQ and SQ Important?

Posted on21. Jan, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

For more than 30 years I have been thinking about IQ,EQ,SQ.  I have been trying to find some answers to the big questions in life.  My journey has seen me move from the classroom through the corporate world and now back to classrooms again.  Along this journey I have discovered many things, but the most [...]

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IQ, EQ, SQ: What is it?

Posted on18. Jan, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

Schools all over the world measure IQ. They have forever, and they probably always will. As a teacher I did. But in my classroom I always struggled with IQ as being the determining factor of educational outcomes.
Human beings are more than IQ. Success, satisfaction and happiness is not purely a function of intellect. A whole [...]

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Emotional and Social Literacy in the Schools!

Posted on13. Jan, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

I just completed a 2 day school course at Farrington High School. It focused on balancing intellectual strengths with emotional and social literacy. The course was called “Life Without Limits – You Make a Difference” and the results were over the top!
In an activity called ‘The Grid’ students confronted boredom, frustration, and exasperation as they [...]

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