A Professional Learning Community
by Julie on July 10, 2010 at 7:49 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Yoga with Weights, the ultimate anti-aging system, is a hybrid of two powerful, time-tested exercise systems: yoga and body-building. Applying deep and rhythmic breathing in every exercise, you’ll tone your abs, stimulate metabolism, build your endurance, maintain bone density, and become more flexible all while achieving deeper balance, inner strength, and peace of mind.
Nationally recognized yoga and fitness expert Sherri Baptiste, a dynamic teacher at the forefront of yoga training and author of Yoga with Weights for Dummies, will teach you the practical application of adding a little bit of weight at the right time and in the right place to yoga exercises.
by Julie on June 1, 2010 at 9:22 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Creating Online Classes: The purpose of this course is to demonstrate to yoga teachers, wholistic practitioners, and others some of the many ways to enrich their current classes with technology. We will explore wikis, blogs, podcasts and other web 2.0 applications that can enhance, or replace, traditional face-to-face classes. By using technology, teachers can expand their student base to a global audience, thereby expanding the opportunities their studios, classrooms, and practices can offer. Students and teachers can collaborate with like-minded professionals world-wide; and this collaboration has the potential to enrich each teacher’s instructional practice. This course will demonstrate how to reach 21st century students and their learning styles.
$475 if payment is received by June 28th — $425 if payment is received by June 10th.
Ongoing support after the 8 week class is free. We want you to be happy with your course design.
by Julie on April 2, 2010 at 6:04 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Special Offer — now until April 15th. The first teacher to commit to putting content online (binder, online course) will receive 50% off regular price.
by Julie on March 25, 2010 at 4:39 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
This is still under construction, but a great place to post your retreats, your studios, and events while connecting with other yoga teachers and healing arts professionals who are using technology to reach their students.
http://yogateachersonlineplc.ning.com/
Namaste,
Julie
by Julie on March 6, 2010 at 4:29 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
We know times are tough and money is tight. I’d love to be able to share with you all that I’ve learned about teaching online. Together we can figure out a payment plan that works for you and your studio. This is still a new business — there is all kinds of room for creativity!
Give me a call — let’s talk about the possibilities of what your course or training might look like — whether you’ll include video, vokis, chat rooms, skype, social networking or other web 2.0 applications.
Namaste,
Julie
by yogateachersonline on February 10, 2010 at 8:34 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Craig Roland, in his article published this month, talks about preparing teachers to use Web 2.0 tools and services: ”blogs, wikis, podcasts, media-sharing sites, micro-blogging, social networks, and virtual worlds are now used daily by millions of people around the globe to connect, communicate, collaborate, create, and share with others.” My goal is to bridge the gap between traditional yoga instruction and 21st century learning.
“The potential for the internet as an innovative learning tool for students to post their work to the Web for feedback, design their own websites, explore virtual worlds, engage in socially responsive projects, or exchange work and collaborate with students in other (ashrams) or countries, has yet to be realized”. So many yoga teachers have specialized programs and wisdom into the practice of yoga, but yet their influence and inspiration largely remains local, when it could easily be global.
By always teaching as we were taught, we’re missing out on a rich, diverse, global student base; and potential students have unequal access to great teaching because of financial, time, and/or geographic constraints.
Now, more than ever, there are free, open-source software and online tools for us to take advantage of. Create an online class that is password protected. Create a daily journal of your work and reflections on your practice. Create a gallery of your retreat. Post weekly blogs about yoga philosophy and practice. Explore connections with other like-minded yogis. The possibilities are endless. I would love to help you bring your work to a larger student base. Give me a call at 413.221.1695.
Namaste,
Julie
by yogateachersonline on February 7, 2010 at 9:53 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
I’m nearly finished with Sherri Baptiste’s online class. I’m getting ready for a new project — I’ll give a great discount to the first person who commits to creating an online class or an online component of their teacher training. Call me and I’ll give you a tour of one of my online classes — 413.221.1695.
by Julie on January 24, 2010 at 3:51 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
From an educational point of view, it is clear that the new read/write web will transform how we teach and learn. We are no longer limited to being “consumers” of information — students today will expect to be collaborators in their learning; to respond and participate. One of the things I’ve learned from teaching online over the last 6 years, is that my students help me expand my thinking about the content of my classes; and my classes become richer and more interesting over time as a result of this collaboration. The reason for this is because today’s students are all over the internet and bring back all kinds of interesting links, images, videos etc. It would be impossible for me, as one person, to find all of the things they bring back to the collaborative discussion. Today’s students are always connected, “always on”, and that is a new expectation of theirs in learning. Creating online classes and allowing students to collaborate is one of the best ways to engage today’s learners. One of the ways I “raise the bar” of student work, too, is to make it available, on our class blog, to a global audience.
Will Richardson (Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, copyright 2008) states, “this is a hugely challenging time to be an educator. The world is changing around us, yet as a system, we have been very, very slow to react. Our students’ realities in terms of the way they communicate and learn are very different from our own.” I know, as yoga instructors and wholistic practitioners, we sometimes don’t see the need to work online, but as younger clients come through our doors, they will expect online resources, networks, and tech savvy teachers.
It is my hope to help you navigate these waters and give you simple resources to get you started. Join our professional online learning community! We’ll share tools that will help you reach a wider audience by offering online classes and resources.
Namaste,
Julie
by yogateachersonline on January 3, 2010 at 10:29 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
8 Week Classes Starting January 13th:
Creating Online Classes: The purpose of this course is to demonstrate to yoga teachers, wholistic practitioners, and others some of the many ways to enrich their current classes with technology. We will explore wikis, blogs, podcasts and other web 2.0 applications that can enhance, or replace, traditional face-to-face classes. By using technology, teachers can expand their student base to a global audience, thereby expanding the opportunities their studios, classrooms, and practices can offer. Students and teachers can collaborate with like-minded professionals world-wide; and this collaboration has the potential to enrich each teacher’s instructional practice. This course will demonstrate how to reach 21st century students and their learning styles.
Journey Inward: This 8 week interactive online class helps one to expand self-awareness and healing. Whether it is weight loss, detoxification, depression, anxiety, curiosity, or dis-ease, the Journey Inward is a method of mindfulness that allows for manifestation. Each week students are asked to complete surveys and questions that reveal the current state of their health, physically, mentally and spiritually. There are weekly reading assignments on nutrition, energy and mindfulness. Diets, strategies, breathwork, audiovisualization, exercises and recipes are provided as tools to encourage a blissful Journey Inward.
Call 413.221.1695 to register or email yogateachersonline@gmail.com
by yogateachersonline on December 5, 2009 at 10:28 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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“Creating Online Classes” begins again on January 13th.
Course Objectives and Goals — Students in this course will learn how to:
- create simple blogs, podcasts, and collaborative wikis
- engage students online
- transfer their curriculum to an online format
- improve their curriculum
- set up collaborative spaces online for the benefit of both teacher and student
- upload images, video and audio to their class
- create a voki avatar
- find online resources, widgets and RSS feeds
- enroll students, set up user permissions, and protect intellectual property
- check for student understanding
- clone the wiki, prepare for new classes, market new offerings
Call me with your questions at 413.221.1695; or email me at yogateachersonline@gmail.com
All the best to you during the holidays!
Namaste,
Julie Sawyer, M.Ed., RYT 500
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