Recently SelfDesign celebrated its 25th anniversary with alumni, staff and families all joining in a festive celebration in Vancouver. The program started as one father working to preserve the integrity of his daughter’s desire to joyfully learn. It has now has grown to over 1,000 learners in British Columbia and has recently expanded globally.
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25th Anniversary of SelfDesign
Posted in Learning Community, tagged Alternative Education, Brent Cameron, homelearning, homeschool, Learning Community, learning program, selfdesign on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Learning Community, My Family
Posted in Learning Community, tagged Learning Community, selfdesign, virtual community, virtual family on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just climbed out of a salt water bath to write this blog. I want to be sure I get my thoughts, about this most important subject of being in a learning community, down before I lose them.
I am not feeling well today. I have a sinus infection. My daughter is also very sick with [...]
SelfDesign addresses details of Obama’s Educational Reform Agenda
Posted in Learning Community, Learning Style, SelfDesign 101, tagged selfdesign, learning plan, personal development, learning program, Obama education, learning portfolio, testing, transform teaching, technology, emotional intelligence, leadership skills, NLP, entrepreneur, learning disabilities, learning communities, educational reform, group projects, K-12, no child left behind, President-Elect Obama, Obama-Biden Education Agenda on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
8 ways to solve the problems of the past with thinking from the future
From the The Obama-Biden Plan -
Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that our kids and our country can’t afford four more years of neglect and indifference. At this defining moment in our history, America faces few more urgent challenges than preparing our [...]
Giving Thanks for My Learning Community
Posted in Learning Community, tagged Brent Cameron, Learning Community, learning program, selfdesign, Thanksgiving on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I reflect upon why I chose SelfDesign as the learning program and learning community for my family, I am inspired by a piece that Brent Cameron, founder of SelfDesign, wrote while at the University of British Columbia:
“SelfDesign has been working with children and adults for the past 25 years in an innovative learning community [...]
A journey back home – Origins of the SelfDesign Learning Community
Posted in Learning Community, SelfDesign 101, tagged “alternative high school”, “learning communities", “learning community”, “learning programs”, communication skills, inner passions, learning consultants, lifelong journey of purpose, multiple intelligences, personal development on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looking back 15 years I remember meeting Brent Cameron, the founder of a small, innovative educational learning community called Wondertree, around the green felt of a free billiard table in a friendly ‘Cheers’-like bar in Vancouver, BC – The Press Club. It was a place where journalists and media folk would gather after the days work [...]
A Lesson From My Father
Posted in Learning Community, tagged Learning Community, selfdesign on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today would have been my father’s sixty sixth birthday. My heart hurts, when I think of him, and how young he was when he died.
He was a very successful businessman, the top of his field, one of the very best in the world, in his niche. Yet, before he died, he told me that when [...]
First Day of School for Our Son
Posted in Learning Community, tagged homelearning, school, selfdesign on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a rite of passage in the waning days of summer. The smell of leaves in the crisp, autumn air. New clothes. New school supplies. Packing the first lunch box of the season.
Earlier this month, we took our son for his very first day of school. Janet packed his (surprisingly large) lunch and with some [...]
Do you hear the call to home educate?
Posted in Learning Community, tagged Alternative Education, home educate, home school, homeschool, Learning Community, learning consultant on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been such a pleasure to welcome our new learners into the SelfDesign Global Community over the past month. Last year I had the opportunity to work with a few teens in SelfDesign’s Learning Community in British Columbia. This year I’m thrilled to be talking with families from all over the world!
When I was [...]
