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This book provides a straightforward approach to developing a
school or district s vision to guide all stakeholders toward a
common goal with educational technology. This book is intended for
educational leaders to provide a structured methodology for a
school or district to develop their own vision of educational
technology. This book discusses educational technology in a
non-technical manner and addresses ideas and concerns about 1:1
computing and bring your own device solutions (BYOD). This book
will answer the following questions: - Why do we need a VISION for
Technology in Education? - How do we develop our own VISION for
Educational Technology? - Does our VISION for educational
technology support our District Strategic Plan? - How do today s
infrastructure requirements, instructional applications and
equipment impact our VISION?"
This book provides a straightforward approach to developing a
school or district s vision to guide all stakeholders toward a
common goal with educational technology. This book is intended for
educational leaders to provide a structured methodology for a
school or district to develop their own vision of educational
technology. This book discusses educational technology in a
non-technical manner and addresses ideas and concerns about 1:1
computing and bring your own device solutions (BYOD). This book
will answer the following questions: - Why do we need a VISION for
Technology in Education? - How do we develop our own VISION for
Educational Technology? - Does our VISION for educational
technology support our District Strategic Plan? - How do today s
infrastructure requirements, instructional applications and
equipment impact our VISION?"
N3xt Practices is a ground-breaking advisory book for education
decision makers. Its purpose is to challenge the top trends and
initiatives of the previous decade in educational technology and
bring light to their short-falls and misses. It also highlights
successful endeavors and strategies and details a common-sense
methodology to move your school/district forward in its technology
initiatives while insuring sustainability, and longevity and
ultimately, success through results. Next Practices identifies
technology-based initiatives, such as Interactive White Boards,
Data Centers, and 1-to-1 Computing, and reviews actual
implementations and case studies - both successful and unsuccessful
- to provide a structure to plan and implement educational
technology initiatives practical for schools and districts of all
sizes. Next Practices goes beyond the examination of current best
practices and redefines for educational leaders NEXT Practices for
successful technology initiatives in support of 21st century
learning.
This book seeks to understand why almost all commentators on the
Irish economy were unprepared for the scale of the recent economic
crisis. It analyses the public contributions from a broad range of
observers, including domestic and international agencies,
academics, the newspapers and politicians. This approach gives new
insights into the analytical and institutional shortfalls that
inhibited observers from recognising the degree of the risk. The
book demonstrates that most commentators were either impeded in
what they could say, or else lacked the expertise to challenge the
prevailing view. The findings have significant implications for a
broad range of institutions, particularly the media and the
Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament).
The desire to have some experience of God is widespread. Many
persons of all ages have a genuine yearning for communion with the
spiritual world. The trouble is that we are never quite certain how
we should invest our energies to ensure that we are moving closer
to the truth and not deeper into delusion. It seems prudent,
therefore, to look for guidance from those who have actually made
the journey and are skilled in initiating others. This is why we
approach the great contemplative traditions: to find out something
about prayer and the sort of life that facilitates its growth. We
cannot always generate our own solutions because our horizons are
limited. The first thing we need to learn is to look at life from a
different perspective. Here the ancient spiritual masters can serve
us well... The key idea that is common to these teachers is that
contemplation is possible only for those who have puritas cordis:
an undivided heart. The act of communion with God is one which
engages the whole person and calls upon all the interior energies.
It can occur only when these energies are working together, when
inner disharmony has been overcome and unity reigns within. Such a
state is not achieved quickly but only by the grace of God and the
labor of decades. It involves a radical conversion of life and a
persevering will to live in accordance with the Gospel. Spiritual
growth is thus seen as a matter of progressively purifying the
personal center of will and knowledge, eliminating inner division
and becoming more intent on seeking the one thing necessary.
Michael Casey is a monk of Tarrawarra Abbey in Australia. He is
well-known as a retreat master and lecturer on monastic
spirituality and holds a doctorate from Melbourne College of
Divinity in the area of the life and writings of St. Bernard of
Clairvaux.
Casey invites us to embrace the challenge of gospel living, with
thoughtful reflections on the values of asceticism, silence,
leisure, reading, chastity, and poverty.
This book seeks to understand why almost all commentators on the
Irish economy were unprepared for the scale of the recent economic
crisis. It analyses the public contributions from a broad range of
observers, including domestic and international agencies,
academics, the newspapers and politicians. This approach gives new
insights into the analytical and institutional shortfalls that
inhibited observers from recognising the degree of the risk. The
book demonstrates that most commentators were either impeded in
what they could say, or else lacked the expertise to challenge the
prevailing view. The findings have significant implications for a
broad range of institutions, particularly the media and the
Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament).
The Bible is the monk's book. The thought and teaching of St
Bernard of Clairvaux was so saturated with Scripture that the
reader often cannot decide where the Bible ends and Bernard begins.
From direct quotations to fine allusions, Bernard assumed that his
readers were as familiar with the Bible as he was himself. It is
therefore no wonder that Bernard chose a book of the Bible, the
Song of Songs, as a vehicle for expressing his deepest and most
personal longing for God, his striving for 'full knowledge, clear
vision, a strong bond of union, a relationship which cannot be
broken apart, and perfect likeness'. Michael Casey, a Cistercian
monk in Australia, writes from the same tradition that formed St
Bernard. His study of the background and teaching of 'the last of
the Fathers' provides insights into the saint's works and gives
them contemporary meaning.
A first approach to understanding humility is to see it as that
total self-acceptance typical of untarnished humanity. Those who
are humble experience no shame. They do not need lies and evasions
to inflate their importance in the eyes of their associates or to
buttress their self-esteem. They have overcome the tendency to
regard others as competitors or rivals, and so they work with
whatever they have, and waste no time envying those who possess
different qualities. The humble are equally content with both the
gifts and the limitations that come from their nature or their
personal history. Humility brings with it a fundamental happiness
that is able to cope with external difficulties and sorrows.
Another classic from the foremost Trappist scholar writing
today. Fr. Michael Casey, in his usual compelling style, covers
many aspects of spirituality, including discernment, spiritual
direction, pastoral care, and living in community-- applicable to
religious and lay people alike. His reflections on Benedictine
spirituality are vividly presented and filled with remarkable
insights and advice.
As I was writing this book, I had the privilege of speaking to
people from all over the world, and it helped me to realize just
how common mental illness truly is. Mental illness is something
that can affect anyone at any time. It doesn't matter who you are,
where you're from or what you've done, mental illness doesn't
discriminate. Unfortunately, mental illness is something that has
remained in the shadows until now, and people have been too afraid
to speak up because of the reaction they might receive. Use this
book as a guide whenever you're having doubts or feeling alone to
remind yourself that you're not. Everyone has a voice, and everyone
has a right to use that voice. Mental illness affects us all. Now
is the time to come together and use our voices to show the world
that mental illness is real. No one need feel ashamed about mental
illness ever again. The human mind is capable of many great and
amazing things. But it is also capable of enduring a lot of
suffering and hardships. Fear, doubt and self-hatred, are all
emotions people endure every single day. Pain is a part of life,
and it is natural and necessary for personal growth. What is not
natural is hiding this pain. It is not right to hide your pain and
pretend to yourself that everything's okay when your mind is giving
you a sign that you need help. Breaking Free addresses these issues
in a sensitive compassionate way. It does this through the power of
short stories on the following mental health issues and ways to
handle them. Self-Harm, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety, Depression,
Anorexia, Phobias, Schizophrenia, Addiction, Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Bigorexia, Borderline Personality
Disorder (BPD), Bullying, Bulimia, Psychosis, Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
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Balaam's Donkey is a series of daily reflections based on the
homilies preached by Cistercian monk Michael Casey over his fifty
years of priesthood. What remained of the original homilies was a
large box full of index cards with a few talking points on each.
From there, Casey has re-created the homilies and recast them into
short reflections, arranged randomly for every day of the year. The
range of topics discussed is broad and the approach taken differs
with each reflection, most of them colored with a touch of Casey's
whimsy and good humor.
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