Tag: Lifelong Learning

  • Emotional intelligence should be a focus for seniors

    I first learned about Emotional Intelligence while taking graduate courses in business communications and team management in order to better lead the Judson College Web Team.  The more I became acquainted with the concepts introduced by Daniel Goleman, the more I realized that emotional intelligence can make a huge difference at all stages of life.…

  • 10 Steps to Lifelong Learning – Right Here in Charlottesville!

    We are so fortunate to have many, many opportunities for lifelong learning right here in the Charlottesville area! As I read through the post quoted below I thought about my venture into blogging for seniors.  Since I have an IT/Web background, I volunteered to sponsor an after-school computer club at Jackson-Via Elementary School.  Having read…

  • 2010 Neighborhood Leadership Institute

    Here is a great lifelong learning and civic engagement opportunity!  You will learn a lot about our community and city government and perhaps find your perfect niche for civic engagement.  Sign up soon to reserve your space! The City of Charlottesville is accepting applications for the 2010 Neighborhood Leadership Institute NLI will provide its participants…

  • Wecome to the Blogosphere, SeniorScenes!!!

    I first learned about blogging last spring in order to be able to teach the kids in the after-school computer club that I sponsor about blogging as reflective writing. The more I learned about blogs, the more convinced I was that this would make a perfect activity for seniors. Keeping in touch with the world…

  • Lifelong Learning & Digital Literacy

    David Warlick blogs about digital literacy as it applies to k-12 education, but how true for everyone at every age that fluency requires practice – not just a class or two!  The best way to “become fluent in the broader and equally critical information and technology skills of being literate in a networked, digital, and…

  • Internet use ‘good for the brain’

    I have been an enthusiastic web proponent since my first webmaster job in 1996.   I had expected that the web would look like TV, and  it was a surprise to see that it was really just a lot of text files with just an occasional picture thrown in.  But what access to information!  I was…