Download - 2014 UVa TWT Keynote: Meaningful Choices
Meaningful ChoicesMindfulness and Blogging Deepens Student Learning and Engagement
Meaningful Choices Lindsey Hepler
Associate Director, OpenGrounds John Alexander
Associate Director, SHANTI
Discovering Contemplative Pedagogy
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
“[So], Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
- Mary Oliver
Bringing it into the Classroom
Comfort with Ambiguity
Reflective Writing
An Opening Ritual
Many Fields, Mindful Approaches
Evidence from my Students
Two Unrelated Courses
Community Building and Blogging
Bringing it Home
Bringing it HomeConnection and CommunityGloriously Refreshing CuriosityExploration and DiscussionMeaning as Mother LodeMantra: “Nothing’s Wrong and It’s Not Your Fault”
Eyes on the Prize
Life-long Learners
Questions Contact Information
Lindsey Hepler Email: [email protected]
John Alexander Email: [email protected]
