"Think when did you last take any time to do nothing... No email, texting, internet, no TV, no chatting..." "Meditation offers the opportunity, the potential to step back to get a different perspective. To see that things aren't always what they appear.... We can't change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way we experience it... That's the potential of MEDITATION" I feel that often times I am so caught up on school and how to achieve the best things I can like grades, that I tend to forget the real meaning or purpose of what I am doing. I realize now that I may be missing out on other important aspects of my life, and maybe you do to. Think about yours... Do you feel this way sometimes too?
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"Charles Jennings introduces the concept of moving away from purely classroom based learning, & towards the 70 20 10 learning journey" Watch this cool video about how we can make learning more effective! 70% experiencial - do it
20% talking to somebody else about it - feedback from teacher 10% formal learning "People need to learn at the speed of business" So... ALL THE TIME! - practice - reading (twitter, news) After weeks of working on the finance project, it was time to present all of the work and research we had done of our companies. As you know, the company I chose was Kellogg Company. Before the presentation I felt very nervous. As a group we all knew what was important for us to cover during the presentation but because we were somewhat in a rush, I felt that (at least me) I entered the presentation in a rush and not being 100% confident and ready to give the presentation. The weekend prior to the presentation was so busy because we had to finish the proposal and presentation on time so we could practice that we didn't focus so much on trying to understand the terms and what was the purpose on what we were doing. P/E ratio, Beta, Volume... All of those terms were like a foreign language to me just hours before my presentation until as a group asked for help and assist each other with some of these terms. Overall, I believe that as a group we achieved our goal of presenting socially responsible companies that at the same time were smart places to invest in. There are some things we did great, and some that we can improve on.
View my presentation here: Kellogg's from karenwongc Some people may be wondering what will happen with Innovation Academy next year, including me! Who will be the teacher? What courses will they be taking? What projects? Etc...
Today we brainstormed some long-term and short-term goals or changes that we could make for the Innovation Academy and the future innovators that will come in the next few years. What I brainstormed: Long term Some ideas for the future IA was to make it 100% a school within a school, meaning that the IA will be Monday through Friday. I questioned if this was a great idea because there may be some people that are interested in taking a science class or humanities class. A long-term goal I had thought about was to keep the mix of IB courses and Innovation Academy; even though this is not the best idea, I believe it will help each student get the experience from both. One of the ideas that was proposed for the IA in the future wa to have an Engineering and Technology class since it's one of the most important topics we should learn in school, but we don't. A great long-term goal for us could be to incorporate this class to our current schedule. Maybe not every one will be excited to take it but it is helpful to learn some of this, just as we learn finance to learn how to manage our money intelligently. Short-term This morning I had my individual meeting with Mr. Topf to review how I was doing in class, receive feedback, and come up with my final grade for each subject. I felt like this was very helpful for me to know what I can improve on, and we should continue to have these, but more frequently. Also, I hope we continue collaborating with other professionals, business people, etc. We met at the conference room in the PAC and as we watched a presentation, we gave ideas and discussed what could be the best idea for future innovators! The Innovation Academy visited Banco Financiero this morning! Andrea's dad is the CEO of this bank and we got the opportunity to visit one of their main offices. We had a presentation about how to manage our money, some tips on how to do this and recommendations of how to invest your money in stocks and the risks leading to it What I learned: Loans For a bank to provide loans to people or companies who ask for it, it is very important to get to know your client. Will they be a good investment of money and time? How reliable are they? Are they the right client? And most important of all... Will they pay back the loan? All of those are important questions the bank should ask themselves before making a final decision. I think this link a lot to our finance project. We have to study our client and make sure what he likes and dislikes. What is he passionate about. Try to think the way our client would think in order to be accurate in our decision for what stocks to invest in. This is called Marketing. Often times we think marketing is working with publicity and trying to sell a product or a business but, actually, is completely different. Studying your client, knowing him/her, this is marketing. NOTES
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June 2015
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