the encouragement lounge

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Saturday morning video -- Feel Good Inc + Polaroids = ?

Check it out:

Feel Good Inc + Polaroids = ?

Happy Saturday and good luck with the work!

Cheering you on,
Harriet

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Reflect on your strengths!

Hi All,

Today I encourage you to stop and consider what are the strengths that you bring to your academic endeavors? Are you a good writer, good group member, do you add to the class discussion, or maybe it's your ability to manage your time effectively while working and taking care of family? Whatever your strengths are -- take note and recognize them! Do you have any strengths that were unexpected, that you didn't recognize before going back to school? Often in the day-to-day, we are more in touch with the stresses and demands of school, than of our strengths. So today, stop and recognize all the good stuff that you bring to the work!

Cheering you on,
Harriet

Photo by HLS

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Saturday morning video - "When I Write My Master's Thesis"

Check this out -- may be the first song about the glory of writing your master's thesis!

"When I Write My Master's Thesis" - by John K. Sampson

Good luck with the work!
Harriet

Saturday, February 25, 2012

APA resources

Here is a list of helpful APA resources:

Owl APA Guide - Purdue

APA Guide - UBC

APA Quick Answers

APA style blog

Good luck with your writing!
Harriet

Photo by HLS

Thursday, February 16, 2012

My Dog Ate Your Homework

We have a new puppy (this is part of the reason I haven't been posting much lately -- he takes time and attention so between that and teaching, I'm busy). Anyway, yesterday I looked up from some work and noticed that he was chewing on the end of one of my teaching notebooks. So he literally may have been eating a student's homework (how's that for a turn of events!).

Cheering you on in your work!

Harriet

Photo by HLS

Sunday, February 5, 2012

The Psychology of Color

Good info for preparing presentation slides and other project work:

The Psychology of Color

Cheering you on in your work!

Harriet

Friday, January 27, 2012

Saturday morning cartoon - Snoopy and Lucy

Here it is a day early... a short cartoon to give you a smile as you move through your work:

Snoopy and Lucy

Cheering you on!

Harriet

Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.