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SFU: Social Media to Advance Your Graduate Career Panel Slides

Deanna — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:00:44 +0000

I gave a talk at Simon Fraser University as a part of a panel for the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies on Using Social Media to Advance Your Graduate Career. The talk was focused on graduate students just starting off with social media, but can be applicable for various disciplines and careers. It [...]

Graduate School vs World of Warcraft (Part 2): Explaining The Path to Graduate Studies Thru the MMORPG Game

Deanna — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:35:02 +0000

Note: This post is a continuance of Part 1 Graduate School vs World of Warcraft (Part 1): Explaining The Path of Graduate Studies Thru the MMORPG Game Graduate studies are an endeavour that if you haven’t experienced it yourself, you don’t know what to expect. Graduate school doesn’t have an exact real-world counterpart, unless you [...]

Graduate School vs World of Warcraft (Part 1): Explaining The Path to Graduate Studies Thru the MMORPG Game

Deanna — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:50:00 +0000

Graduate studies are one of those endeavours that if you haven’t experienced it yourself, you don’t know what to expect. Graduate school doesn’t have an exact real-world counterpart, unless you are in the sciences, where you may go onto a scientific research career. But for the most part, graduate school is an unknown, where anecdotes [...]

Thoughts on Plato’s Republic Continued (Book 5 onwards)

Deanna — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:01:27 +0000

A continuation of my reading on Plato’s Republic (a few more thoughts): Within Plato’s “just” city, he is set in believing this utopia can be achieved through specific educational curriculum and societal laws. I am skeptical this could be accomplished, yet when considering many research studies within modern psychology, I feel that his belief of [...]

Thoughts on Plato: The Republic (I – IV)

Deanna — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:57:47 +0000

I have been reading Plato’s The Republic, and have had a few different thoughts bouncing around in my head. In the world of education, Platonic thinking seems to arise when you least expect it, and the more I read, the more I feel like I do not know enough. Five million questions came to mind [...]

Follow-Up on Panasonic RP-HC500 Noise Cancelling Headphones

Deanna — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:46:10 +0000

I have been testing out the Panasonic RP-HC500 Noise Cancelling Headphones for the past few weeks. I have taken these lightweight silver headphones with me to various pubs, coffee shops and libraries to test out their ability to mask out talking and ambient sound around me while I try to study or write. The Pros: [...]

Plato’s Republic & a Decade of Scholastic Endeavours

Deanna — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:00:02 +0000

Going back to school after being away for a couple years is a daunting thing. You worry about if you will be able to keep up with the rest of your class. You worry about if your writing skills are up to snuff. Most of all, you worry if you are going to be able [...]