A Shameless Plug: My new KickStarter Campaign

Our logo, it's a puzzle, it's a game and it's for learning!

It's a grey day in Vancouver.

Yet, I am feeling so much optimism for the new year! Late last night, I checked my grades to see if they were uploaded yet, and I have a 4.0 GPA.  Whoa!  I began with the mind set of having fun, being authentic, and doing what I could. I was not focused on grades, since, I am still practicing, teaching, raising four children and maintaining our marriage.  During my first term of school, I packed and moved a family of six, had an extra course to take and my husband got in a car accident.  I did not expect to perform as well as I did.  I am going to do my best to ignore the bar I set and focus on enjoying the learning process.

I also want to introduce our KickStarter campaign.  KickStarter is a crowd funding site where anyone can support a project and there can be some great rewards. 

Humanatomy: A fun and accurate game, is currently being developed for iPad.  I have been working with a team to create an app to learn human anatomy. My husband and I have been self funding it for the last two years. I want it to be fun, attractive and interactive. I want students to understand the layering and fiber direction. Now, I need your help. I have created a KickStarter campaign and would be grateful for your help. Some of the rewards include custom Humanatomy pins, lunch boxes, being immortalized on a youtube video, web resources and taking one of my courses or having a custom course for you and five friends. I would really appreciate help with you sharing my project, spreading the word or your generous support towards our funding goal. 

Please click here to watch a video about me and more about my project.

Thank-you so much for your support!


 

Happy Holidays December 2013

Nickle cat staying warm during our dusting of snow.

It's official!  I have completed the first term of my Masters of Education: HEAL.  Last Monday, was our deadline for our major paper for Dr. Stephen Smith and today was my deadline for my second major paper for Dr. Kathryn Alexander.

My paper for Stephen is titled: Mama Evolution-Women's Challenges During the Childbearing Year.  It is almost twenty pages and I wrote from my perspective as a massage therapist and the challenges I witness my patients facing.  This paper distilled more questions then answers for me.  This is a topic that I have been working with for the last seventeen years and I feel like it will be my work for the rest of my massage career.

My paper for Kathryn is titled: Discussion paper of Being Inducted into Academic Writing from the Perspective the Non-Tradition Student. It's a cheeky title.  I admit to that.  The course was called: The Induction of the Non-Traditional Student into Academic and Scholarly Writing. 

Mother nature rewarded me with a little dusting of snow.  Fresh, cool, soft and quiet.  That's what I need at this time of year.  I am going to take the next week or two and rest.  Soon enough the kids will be out of school and life will be busy in a different way.

I am wishing you all a very happy holidays!

Sincerely,

Paula