I did the exercise myself, and here are some of my observations from my personal 40 day challenge: I could be more compassionate. I don’t always extend the same compassion to my family as I do to others. Sometimes it is just too time consuming to follow-up to help others. Oh, I am not as compassionate as I thought. It became easier to be compassionate when I took on one to two projects and decided not to try to “be everything to everyone.” It helped to “feel real” when I had

By Mark Weiss, Director of Education, Operation Respect. Author’s Note: This is a test run for what I hope to be a “series.” The next blog post will be entitled Season 1, Episode 1 (S1, E1), and there you have it’”the ruminations of someone who thinks that his blog posts are akin to a TV series. And who hasn’t noticed that we’re living in an age of narcissism? I have spent the past twelve years with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary on a project he co-founded called Operat

CEI’s neuroscience research led us to a collaboration on Activate (formerly called C8Kids), a powerful cognitive training course, like a strength and conditioning program for the brain, which literally rewires the brain through repetition of targeted cognitive exercises and also matched physical activities. An anonymous expert reviewer for the Director of the National Institute of Health said the program’s brain-training to improve executive function in 5- to 9-year-old child

When a difficult question is posed, do you look left or right while thinking about your response? Do you look up or down as you consider your answer? When you avert your gaze does the listener realize you are thinking and give you more time for a response? To explore the connection between thinking and your eye movement, pose questions to yourself or a partner and observe the motion of the eyes. Once you have established the direction of your own gaze when reviewing thoughts,

Are you looking for graduate education to prepare you and your students for the future? Consider a Masters in Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science. Because CEI is focused on educational innovations, we are enthusiastic about this new program at Carnegie Mellon University. The application deadline is Jan. 31, 2014. The Masters in Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science is an interdisciplinary program jointly taught by Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer