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Tag: Learning

  • Learning anytime, anywhere, and continuously

    Learning anytime, anywhere, and continuously

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    Thanks to increasing access to broadband and much improved real-time communication software, we have novel models to learn. An avid learner with a smartphone or computer or (or tablet) and broadband connection can learn many things from anywhere, anytime, and from anyone!  In 2020, I had the opportunity to try out several models of learning.…

  • Traversing through COVID19 stay home time

    Traversing through COVID19 stay home time

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    In the USA and world over, we are in the thick of things with COVID19. We as a family have been staying home for the past 19 days!! That is the longest that I had stayed at home or at a place without much movement. I did go out for groceries and for food pick-up…

  • Great tool for hospitals: CHIME, A tool for COVID-19 capacity planning

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    As we prepare for the additional demands that the COVID-19 outbreak will place on our hospital system, our operational leaders need up-to-date projections of… — Read on predictivehealthcare.pennmedicine.org/2020/03/14/accouncing-chime.html

  • School From Home (SFH)

    School From Home (SFH)

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    For many years, Work From Home (WFH) has been popular in several service industries (ex: Airline reservations, phone customer support) and tech. Thanks to the #CoronavirusOutbreak now we have school from home for my kids as well. One of the strongest anti-dote to slow down the spread of virus is to do self-isolation or add…

  • Tracking COVID19

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    Everyday I learn about several sites for tracking the spread of #coronavirus and #COVID19. To date most sites talk about number of people who had positive test result from the Coronovirus and death numbers. So far I had not found full data about how many tests have been done at each location. Nor do I…

  • Completed a year at Starbucks

    Completed a year at Starbucks

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    I just completed 1-year as a partner at Starbucks. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to work here. It has been a great year for me, my family, my team, and the company.  Starbucks Coffee’s corporate mission is “to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a…

  • Reading maketh a man, woman, … tips for better reading

    Reading maketh a man, woman, … tips for better reading

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    Yesterday I was talking with a relative of mine. He was concerned about the reading skills of his elementary school kids. I recall having the same concerns a few years back when my kids are in the elementary age as well. Good news, in the past ten years I had observed my kids gradually read…

  • Change – an opportunity in disguise

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      “Change is everywhere! Change can be outside you! Change can be inside you! Change is always happening! … Remember, Change is everywhere!” So read the note about Change in my 3rd grader’s notebook at his school. We had gone into the class room for the usual curriculum evening to learn about what the kids…

  • Book: “Grit” – encourages one to persist and persevere

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    Often I carry books to read in the flight. But this Monday I did not have any book to read. And there was a 5 hour flight ahead of me. Browsing through the stores, I found this book – Grit.  It was compact and encouraging. I was thinking through challenges my son had to go through…

  • DI2018-Week3 Recap – Task and Presentation Instant Challenges

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    Following our Week2 meeting, we had our Week3 meet on Nov 4th with 5 kids in attendance. My goal was to cover the following: Warm up: IC: Task – Create new musical instrument from stray items Introduce the concept of “Reflection Time” and “Planning” Discuss Team Conduct and Rules Decide on Team Name Instant Challenge:…