I became most interested in using podcasting as learning medium, method, and assessment tool. Here's a link to the Deconstructing Management podcast I co-created with my Principles of Management students in 2021. Each episode was produced by 13 different self-managed teams of students, 3 teams in Spring 2021 and the rest in Fall 2021 in both my "day and night shift" classes. H...
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Author: nicolecolter
Instructional Skills Workshop
Here you will find the lessons I developed during ISW in the Summer of 2020
Podcasting for Professors Part 1
https://soundcloud.com/nicole-colter/podcasting-for-professors
Resources
http://sites.bu.edu/impact/previous-issues/impact-summer-2017/podcasts-and-the-twenty-first-century-college-classroom/
An ecology professor shares how he uses podcasts as assess...
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Pick Yourself Project
We are on a mission to change the world by igniting the creativity of young people and inspiring them to solve problems through entrepreneurship.
We envision...
a world where the cultural instinct of waiting to get picked is replaced by the bold confidence of Picking Yourself; anda generation equipped with the entrepreneurial mindset and skillset needed to create enterp...
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Tale of a Reluctant School Starter
In the United States we recently celebrated Juneteenth, a day which commemorates the end of slavery. We are about to celebrate the 4th of July, the independence day of our country.
For me, freedom is always on my mind. You see, my heart yearns for the freedom of children. I wonder when will we celebrate their liberation? When will we even acknowledge their...
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Kaleidoscope ALC
Our first agile learning community is Pick Yourself Project, a group of young people (ages 14-24) who are working together to learn entrepreneurship. We are currently expanding our Founders Group since this is being built by youth for youth. Please contact us if you would like to help us get ready for our Summer 2020 launch.
Board of Directors
Nicole Colter, PresidentG...
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Manifesto for Children
E. Paul Torrance and the Manifesto for Children significantly influence my philosophy on education.
Manifesto for Children
Don’t be afraid to fall in love with something and pursue it with intensity.
Know, understand, take pride in, practice, develop, exploit, and enjoy your greatest strengths.
Learn to free yourself from the expectations of others and to walk away from the gam...
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Courses
BECOMING A SELF-DIRECTED PARENT
Making the decision to unschool or send your child to a self-directed school/learning center is not a decision most parents come to lightly. Some parents spend years researching before taking the plunge, and others, prompted by a parental instinct to protect their child from some pain or harm caused by a traditional school, make the decision ...
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Hello Blogging My Old Friend
Five years ago today my life dramatically changed.
On a whim, I made a Facebook post publicly committing myself to a 30 day challenge in which I would give myself permission to dream...vividly. The seeds of everything I’ve accomplished since then and all that I’m currently pursuing and planning for the future are in my blog posts at www.30DreamDays.com
Since finishing my mas...
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Finding Mastery
I've been incubating the next chapter of my work for a few years now. Phase I was to reinvent myself and get clear on my vision. Phase II will kick into high gear this summer. My goal will be to make the steps in this next phase as transparent as possible as I believe aspiring entrepreneurs need to see behind the curtain including the entrepreneurial actions t...
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Book Review: The Strength Switch
Waters, L. (2017). The strength switch: How the new science of strength-based parenting can help your child and your teen to flourish. New York, NY: Avery.
“He’s not coming back” muttered my supervisor in a defeated exhale. Deep down I already knew this as he had been gone since day three, but I’d held out hope that the new special education teacher would return. Instead ...
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