Archive for 'Reflection'

The Other End of Continuum

Posted on07. Jul, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Last week I wrote this post about the fantastic possibilities of the Ipad.  Then this morning I was sent this video by David Linke – Thanks! As I mentioned yesterday many things are on a continuum.  This continuum doesn’t have to be negative and positive, just that there is a difference.  I certainly believe the [...]

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The iPad – Changing the Learning Game

Posted on27. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Steven Jobs has changed the landscape one more time (and I’m not talking about the iPhone – that’s one more to his never-ending list)! Could I be more pleased with the iPad? While it’s still missing a few things such as a camera and the ability to see flash video, all in all, it’s hot! [...]

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An IQ Awareness Activity for Middle & High School

Posted on22. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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This video can serve as a great introduction to awareness and how much we see or do not see in our environment.  Have students watch the video and use it as an opening to a discussion on awareness. You might link it to an activity in which they are asked to be aware of certain [...]

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Why Intervention?

Posted on21. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Why do we have so many intervention programs cropping up around the globe? Including the one I deliver. Intervention on rumors… intervention on isolation and bullying… intervention on taunting… intervention on internet harassment… intervention on ‘sexting’… Why are our students so dissatisfied that they are taking out their angst on other students? I believe it [...]

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Treading on Dreams

Posted on10. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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This is the second TED talk I have seen by Sir Ken Robinson.  I won’t destroy this brilliant speaker by trying to summarise his points, I will let him speak for himself. Whilst watching Sir Ken I was reminded about one of my early years in the classroom.  I was teaching the 5th Grade at [...]

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Congratulations HSFCU!

Posted on01. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Hawaii State Federal Credit Union was voted one of the top 10 companies to work for in Hawaii. Yea and Congratulations… what an honor! As schools and organizations take on the goal of transformation it is wonderful to learn of organizations who have gone through the process of change and renewal. Organizational transformation is based on individual transformation. And [...]

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Love You, Australia!

Posted on27. May, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Dear Australia, you are here in my heart as I am in the midst of re-entry here in Hawaii. Every time I return from your shores, I find that my life is richer… new friends, new experiences and ever deepening connections with old friends! I’m still getting my day and night switched back to U.S. time. The International [...]

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If IQ Wasn’t the Determining Factor

Posted on15. Feb, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Here is the question for today – If IQ is the determining factor to success as governments around the world keep telling us with their standardised tests, then why are the senior corporate ranks around the world dominated by men? Study after study of education systems show us that girls perform better than boys.  The [...]

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Theory to Reality

Posted on01. Feb, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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I have advocated for a long time that we can teach students Emotional and Social Literacy skills.  At Farrington High School on Hawaii I actually did an activity with some students teaching them about perseverance when working towards long term goals. The Grid is my classroom activity to have students experience the challenges inherent in [...]

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Let’s Rethink Our Thinking About Thinking!

Posted on25. Jan, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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During my work in corporations and in the classroom. I have come to equate IQ or Intellectual Quotient as a relic of some  past era.  IQ testing was traditionally used to separate people into groups for the benefit of the tester.  As an example the US Military in the early 1900′s used mass IQ testing [...]

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