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I am happy to announce my latest book, The Naked College Essay: Writing the True You. Now available on Amazon as an e-book, or as a paperback, it’s a step-by-step writing guide to de-mystify this rite of passage. The writing techniques in this guide will help writers immediately capture the attention of the admissions team. The techniques and writing advice given here have been developed over decades.  It reverse-engineers The Common Application by beginning the process with the most important memories and experiences that have shaped your identity. By focusing in on the unforgettable moments of your life, the essay will be unforgettable to the reader.

To me, the transition to college is a rite of passage, and it makes sense to take a moment and reflect on who you are as you begin the process. Thanks in advance for checking it out, and please be in touch if you are interested in coaching, workshops, or a zoom session to tweak your own essays before you submit. In the meantime, happy writing!

Please view and share Meryl Streep’s moving and articulate view of the hidden Hillary.  Streep elegantly demonstrates the kind of information and tone we need to reach our friends who are on the fence about Hillary.  You cannot underestimate the powerful influence of the opinion of a respected close friend. Now is a good time for each of us to begin conversations with one colleague at a time.

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Last week, I lucked into a site specific showing of Conor McPherson’s Olivier Award winning play, The Weir, and took my seat at a table in Hutchinson Cocktails and Grill, an Irish bar in West Hollywood, and waited for the play to unfold around me. Yes. I said, “Bar.” InHouse Theater Company uses site specific locations to create an immersive theater experience for the audience:

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This documentary about Billy Jean King is a tribute to a transformative figure in the ongoing quest to help the world see women as powerful figures who deserve equal opportunities, not only in sports, but in leadership. 

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This inspirational documentary gives me hope and faith that we already know how to work together, we just need to see ourselves in that light.

http://iamthedoc.com/

The conversation:  What is most important to teach our children?

My post refers to a quotation by Albert Einstein:

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of …his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

– Albert Einstein

– See more at: The It Factor Cultural Weekly

The ISTE conversation: Why teachers Who use technology will replace teachers who don’t.

My post: We also want to be sure that “technology in education” doesn’t become data entry and rote thinking. The individuality of expression can easily be lost when formats of learning and assessment become bubbles on a screen or a rubric grid with squares that are checked off. To keep learning physical, connected, human, and to keep

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