Mc² = E Learning Reflections

  I've written about this before, my love of horror movies.  But I wanted to write down my thoughts after recently going to the cinema to watch a sequel production.  I think what got me was how this movie was little more than a retelling of the original story but with a minor twist.  I was largely a bit bored half way through.  The name of the movie itself doesn't matter, I think what got me was the "sameyness" of it. It got me thinking about one of my favourite characters from a famous shark movie.  She was the wife of Martin Brodie who began as a supporting character backing up the stereotypical male hero figure, staying at home while he goes off to sea to kill the monster shark.  But by the time the the fourth movie came along, Ellen was quite a different character taking to sea herself on a mission to finish it and put an end to the whole watery saga.   ( " 'Jaws' pictogram movie poster " by  Viktor Hertz  is licensed under...

I think back over past events all the time.  Sometimes it's a good thing.  Other times not so much.  A lot of laughter, a lot of tears and so many cringe worthy mistakes where I wish I did things differently.  But the older I get the more I value those memories.  Some memories of happy times spent with loved ones.  Others, mistakes badly made and lessons learned.  Even on a professional level the same is true. (" Thinking cap " by  Identity Photogr@phy  is marked with  CC BY 2.0 .) But perhaps the most frustratingly human part of that process is realising those mistakes and, despite my best efforts, I end up repeating them anyway.   I've been reading a lot from two books recently.  One is called Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition by Vincent Tinto (1993).  The other is a book called Creating Trauma-Informed, Strengths-Based Classrooms: Teacher Strategies for Nurturing...