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ENGAGE . INSPIRE . CONNECT

Welcome to the REiL Blog

How can "tricky" situations teach us about flexibility, creative approaches, and being connected with ourselves and others? How can acknowledging what unsettles us carve out space for insight, humor, and calm? In the REiL Blog, we take a closer look at these and other questions.

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Flexible learning

Feb 21, 20231 min

Flexible learning

Have you ever been teaching a class or facilitating a learning session and had the fear that if you were to let go of your plan, you'd...

What we can learn from Out of School programs

Nov 23, 20221 min

What we can learn from Out of School programs

I'm a huge fan of out of school programs. What happens here can be overlooked or seen as inconsequential when compared to learning which...

Learning frameworks & models to guide practice

Oct 20, 20221 min

Learning frameworks & models to guide practice

Those of us in the work of designing and co-creating impactful learning opportunities need tools, such as frameworks and models to guide...

Less is more

Apr 21, 20221 min

Less is more

Growing up my mom used to say less is more. As a kid I remember thinking - less is definitely not more when it comes to candy or time...

Being proactive

Apr 14, 20221 min

Being proactive

Proactive approaches, such as co-creating guidelines do not eliminate challenging behaviors, but can reduce the number of occurrences....

Building rapport

Mar 31, 20221 min

Building rapport

Rapport can be dismissed or seen as not essential in some spaces. My research found it is key to facilitating engaging, meaningful...

Rapport - the ground we walk on

Mar 24, 20221 min

Rapport - the ground we walk on

In the work I do supporting learning facilitators, I've noticed that they tend to have a strong capacity to build rapport. I define...

Reclaiming creativity

Mar 9, 20221 min

Reclaiming creativity

In grade 3, I was not chosen to be part of the Gifted, Talented, and Creative ("GTC") group at school - and I so wanted to be. I remember...

Engagement in action

Mar 2, 20221 min

Engagement in action

Many years ago, when I was an educator, I sat watching a school play and thought – what if the students created the story and wrote the...

Engagement - Beyond participation

Feb 24, 20221 min

Engagement - Beyond participation

So glad you’re reading my first REiL learning Blog entry! Every Thursday, I’ll post a new one. Something about learning, the magic of...

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