The Campus Connect

A humourised, hard-hitting ROAST of Educators, Parents, Education Administrators, School Owners, Governments who are mindlessly adopting EdTech in Education Institutions.

Ever seen a brain do squats? Handwriting and reading real books are cognitive workouts—building neural strength screens can’t match. For learning that truly sticks, sometimes old school is the smartest school.

This is the first of my series abut 'The Perils of '. For the past 15 years I have been creating awareness and have written in my book, and columns for Education magazine and spoken in Education Forums where I have addressed Education Babus (Politicians and Bureaucrats), Educators, School Owners, Parents and Education Institution Administrators about how and why writing with pen and paper and reading real books rather than using digital gadgets to key in or type words, impacts learning and cognitive skills? Research shows as given below that there is Nothing like pen and paper and writing for enhancing cognitive skills.

Writing with pen and paper enhances learning by engaging more brain regions and promoting better memory recall than typing, due to the complex, sensory, and fine motor skills involved. This physical act helps develop neural pathways, strengthen fine motor skills, and improve spatial reasoning. Studies show handwriting also leads to higher spelling accuracy, deeper processing of information, and improved focus, making it a superior method for cognitive engagement and information retention. Here is my first ROAST in this POST inspired by Sophie Winkelman's talk at ARC where she spoke about the perils of EdTech and gadgets . Transcript of talk is in the link given here and part of the talk is in the video shared in the post.

Welcome to the future of education, where school is less about “studying” and more about “buffering.” Remember the days when a teacher’s biggest tech headache was untangling the overhead projector cord? Now, school-owners and governments are so addicted to EdTech, they expect kindergarteners to have a LinkedIn profile and a TikTok résumé by recess. Give it up for progress—by which I mean “Give up… actual progress.”

The Perils of #EdTech (Part 1) - Screens, Schemes, and Scheming: How EdTech Turned Schools Into Glorified WiFi Hotspots! Ever seen a brain do squats? Handwriting and reading real books are cognitive workouts—building neural strength screens can’t match. For learning that truly sticks, sometimes old school is the smartest school.

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Launching Season 4 with the powerful story of Debbie Weiss, who shares "What She wants you to know about Widowhood and Coping with Death of a loved one" in her own words as abridged here

Loneliness was the hardest thing I faced when I lost my husband. The people who reached out to me when I was newly widowed probably saved my life.

I was a rational woman, a former attorney, pretty close to being grown up. But all changed when my husband died.

I had 32 years with my George until he died of cancer. I was 50 and he was 53. We started dating when I was a high school senior. I invited George to my prom and we were together ever since.

When he died, I fell apart.

Few people are able to deal with death, especially when it’s premature. For a while, my loss was debilitating. It felt physical, like I’d lost part of a lung and couldn’t breathe properly. Not surprisingly, losing a spouse is ranked number one on the stress scale as an event likely to cause illness.

I was always exhausted, a double whammy caused both by losing George and having been his caregiver. I should have worn a sign that read: “Recent Widow. Be gentle. Agitate at Your Own Risk.”

My loneliness after his death was harder to cope with than the loss itself.

After he died, people went silent. A couple of friends thought “being there” meant texting smiley-faced emojis. On average, women lose 75 percent of their support base after their spouses die. But all our friends need to do is call or email, recounting a good memory of the deceased and offering to meet for coffee.

I finally contacted George’s best friend after I didn’t hear from him for several months. When I asked why, he said, “I didn’t know what to say.” People worry they’ll seem intrusive, but ignoring a new widow is far worse.

My personal bane is people who say, “Just get out there!” Where is “out there” exactly? And the recently widowed lack the wherewithal to find it.

In my isolation, I made choices I never would’ve made before. I wound up with a younger boyfriend, but he became impossibly possessive. Later, I became an online dating addict to avoid the pain of being alone.

I had to start from scratch to find friends. I joined groups including a synagogue, the Rotary Club, a car club (not sure what I was thinking), a writing class, and a yoga studio.

Don’t Be These 7 types when talking to the widowed:

1. The Determinists
2. The Pathologists
3. The Empathizers
4. The Backseat Grievers
5. The Dating Coaches
6. The Grudge Holders
7. The Generic Helpers

It took me over two years to function as an adult instead of an angry teenager. And another year after that for my brain to reconstitute. Ultimately, I emerged stronger and much less judgmental than when I was married. I have now (gasp) dated more than one man at a time.

More importantly, when we lose our spouses, even if we’re at our worst, our friends and family need to come closer, not leave us to ourselves.

(Originally published on Ravishly).

1930 hours on 29th May ~ Rexperience Cool Convo with Inspiring Author

Are you hit by the pandemic? Further,
- Are you an F&B enthusiast looking to start a new business?
- Are you a professional looking for a growth-oriented self-employed career option?
- Are you a struggling restaurant trying to stay afloat and finding new business opportunities?
- Are you a student stuck with held-up job offers and looking to try out a new lucrative business opportunity in the F&B Industry?

then, this book is for you!

The book is a step by step guide for-
•Becoming an entrepreneur in the most lucrative segment of Foodservice Business
•Learning about the key factors and skill-sets required to succeed in the catering industry
•Covers elements of building your first sale, to survival, to a growth stage company
•Operational know-how and breaking the myth that one needs to be a chef or a Hotel Management graduate to build a robust catering enterprise
•Growth Hacks for existing restaurants & cloud-kitchen owners about leveraging their existing base to quadruple profits

The purpose of this book is to provide a blueprint that can be used to leverage a powerful niche within the F&B Business, Outdoor Catering, and build a rewarding career of financial independence.

This book is not your typical motivational or self-help book that just pumps you up with some stories and theoretical ways of building a business. So, don't wait, scroll up and buy the book to get a fresh take on an opportunity of Financial Independence.

Manvir Singh Anand is a Serial Entrepreneur, Event-Hospitality expert, Consultant, Chef and the Founder of Knight Gourmet - one of India's leading solution providers for Event Hospitality; with presence in 30 cities of 11 states in India and experience of serving 1.35 Million people to date. He has a vast experience of serving as the official hospitality partner for multiple sports leagues, corporate events and government events across India.

1930 hours on 22nd May 2022 ~ Join in for a insightful conversation with bestselling author to discuss his book , which is much more than an ordinary business book. Learn what motivates and makes a real entrepreneur tick. To imagine, create and succeed where others have failed.

This is an essential tale on how to achieve enduring business and financial success, succession planning and mentorship, and it takes the reader on an adventure through some of the most important eternal truths.

It is a story of life's great hidden secrets that had been passed on from generation to generation but have been unfortunately forgotten by today's society.

The lessons taught by Harold and gifted to Michael and the reader can be applied directly to the challenges faced by business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs. The King of Main Street is both a reference guide and a literary work. It is an indispensable roadmap for anyone searching to find their rite of passage towards lasting prosperity and creating a unique legacy.

1930 Hours on 1st May 2022 ~ Cool Convo with Inspiring Author

Richard's 30+ years in the financial industry and his mentors (including , and ) taught him how to build the machine and therefore the person to take the machine apart is the person who learned how to put it together.

Mentored by a billionaire, Richard's career came to a stop in 2003 when assets at the company he was part owner in exploded from $1 billion to $12 billion and Richard realized one thing, that professional advisors were violating the basic terms of a prospectus which states past performance is no indicator of future results. The intent of investing is to buy low and sell high, but the reality for the majority is that they buy high to sell low. He chose to leave the business and cash out to spend time with his family, see his kids grow up and be more a part of their lives.

Five years later, ready to return to the business, on Saturday, October 18th, 2008, as the world was reeling with the news of the "global financial crisis," Richard was sitting comfortably at his dining room table reading the Globe & Mail and drinking espresso. He read the headline, "Wanted: A new financial order" and it caught his attention - the head of the IMF "declared the world financial system was 'on the brink of systematic meltdown'," while Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy agreed that "nothing would be truly fixed, they believed, until there was a new world financial system" and Gordon Brown and Merkel agreed that it was "beyond the scope or powers of any national government... would have to involve the whole world, and would require rewriting the rulebook of global capitalism."

Richard read words in this article and he was awakened to the fact that his life had a different purpose, that he was going to write the book on a realistic alternative to capitalism. What makes his book different than any other book on capitalism is that his suggestion for the alternative has absolutely no relationship with capitalism itself in any way whatsoever. He intends to prove to the readers of his book that the alternative he shares is simplistic and easy to manage. His alternative is a world and a system without financial excuses for doing the right thing, which solves the problems of human equality, financial inequality, converting from an economy into an ecology and sustainability for the benefit of all humans. It would create a solution that solves all of the problems that we struggle with each and every day. Please join him for a wild yet realistic ride into the new future!

1930 hours on 24th April - Cool Convo with Inspiring Author Jagdish Kini

In today's volatile, uncertain, ambiguous, and increasingly complex world, executive careers are feeling the pressure. Many executives who share a common dream - to become the CEO of a thriving company - find themselves at crossroads.

Too often, they feel like hostages trapped in their own career; not knowing what to do, or how to rescue themselves to break their shackles, and achieve their dream. Release the Hostage is a must-read for every executive who wants to free themselves, develop a growth mindset, evolve into a great leader and achieve their life-long dream of becoming a CEO.

Sharing personal stories and key experiences from a distinguished career and his insights as an expert global executive coach and consultant, offers readers a proven approach to gaining more clarity about career growth and human potential. A clear and practical approach, through the lens of neuroscience, Release the Hostage empowers executives to overcome limiting beliefs, achieve an inspired career and realize their true self.

Published by led by Moustafa Hamwi. this book is a must read for all Executives.

Special In collaboration with Sanctuary Nature Foundation . 1900 hours on 22 April 2022 - Sanctuary Nature Foundation Sahgal .

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
—Margaret Mead

Join in to meet with real heroes, who will inspire you with their true stories that celebrate human potential and the indomitable and unflinching spirit to go beyond and be the Responsible Contributor and Champion of Change to aid the Mother Earth to heal and Resurrect with Passion and Junoon .
Mother Earth is Broken because of Broken Human Beings. Time for us to Breakthrough and Heal the Earth.

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
Jane Goodall

( ) for Earth Day Special are as follows :

1.Bittu Sahgal, the Editor of Sanctuary Asia and the Founder of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation and the one million strong Kids for Tigers program, is one of India’s strongest and most eloquent voices for nature preservation, climate change mitigation and wildlife conservation. Born in 1947, he has made it his life’s mission to direct world leaders away from short-term development objectives that could compromise the ability of the nation to sustain its population of 1.3 billion people in the decades ahead. He believes that India’s ecological foundation is the bedrock on which the nation's economic foundation sits. He also believes that climate change poses the greatest ever threat to the stability of the Indian nation.

2. Gayatri Raghwa Environment Educational Consultant UNEP. She is gold medallist at the postgraduate degree course in geography, Gayatri took her M.Phil. degree from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, with specialization on ‘The Human Impact on the Environment’. Since then, she has been ardently committed to spreading education and awareness about the environment. She taught for several years at university and high school before devoting 15 years at the Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi, to raise the profile of environment education in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi by strategizing, designing developing and implementing environment education initiatives across all sections of the society. She has travelled widely and has represented the Agency and the UAE in several international conferences and meetings on environment education.
Many of the initiatives that she had helped start and implement at the Agency have received regional and global awards. Few of those initiatives such as Enviro- Spellathon (an eco-literacy initiative) Sustainable Schools and Sustainable Campus Initiatives are still going strong and are now nationally implemented.She has co-authored several publications and resource materials on environmental education. She has received accolades for her efforts to promote Environment Education from across the world. In 1998, she was conferred the Amateur Naturalist Award by the Emirates Natural History Group. In 2018 she received the Outstanding environment educator award in the global category by the North American Association for environment education. (NAAEE)
She currently serves as an Environment Education Consultant for UNEP India office. She coordinates global environment educational programmes implemented by Youth, Education & Advocacy unit of UNEP and also networks with various stakeholders for India specific environment educational initiatives. Currently she is engaged with the implementation of UNEP’s Tide Turner Plastic Challenge which reaches out to youth from schools and colleges across India.She also actively contributes as Global Vice Chair and selection committee member to the Zayed Sustainability Prize (ZSP), and as an adviser to the Global Environment Education Partnership (GEEP). She also serves as an honorary Executive Director at Wildecologue, an organisation that is committed to providing real life sustainability experiences to youth and other target audiences.

3. Pradeep Treepathi,
Founder Green Yatra Nature Mentors
He has created Mumbai’s 1st and largest man made urban dense forest. So far, he and his team has protected and saved over millions of trees and planted over half million trees including 10+ Urban Forests PAN India with 90%+ survival rate. Currently he is dedicated to across India along with & Ecosystem (Air, Water, Soil) Rejuvenation.
He has been awarded Water Hero by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, Piplantri Environment Award 2021 by Padma Shree Sri Shyam Sunder Paliwal Ji, ESDA Green Leadership Award 2021, 40 under 40 inspirational environmentalist in India by The New Indian Express in 2019, Rex Karmaveer Chakra Award, World CSR Congress: 51 GLOBAL GREEN LEADER, Green Hero by Nargis Dutt Foundation, CWAT, ECOMO and I Love Mumbai and many more.
Pradeep is a new generation Naturepreneur and environmental consultant, working with a dream to make rural India, the economic hub of India. He believes and practices modern technologies and innovation with Indian ancient wisdom and methodologies in the field of agriculture, farming, plantation and agro-farming. He practice chemical Free Plantation, Agriculture and Natural farming e.g. Miyawaki Urban Forestation, all Season Fruits Forest, Backyard Tiny Forest and Multi-Layer Fruits Forest, Cluster & Trench Plantation, Low cost Agroforestry, Urban Farming, Multilayer Natural & Cash crops Farming and Revival of land and Water Bodies. Pradeep is an avid reader, spiritual & motivational speaker, traveller, spiritual/truth seeker. He is a passionate Nature and animal lover and loves to explore art, culture, music and less travelled places.He is trying to make this beautiful Earth sustainable, GREENER and better place to live for all. His all ventures are focused on creating a better and sustainable world.

4. Phuntsog Dolma
Ladakhi botanist Phuntsog Dolma works with the District Sheep Husbandry Department in Leh. She is documenting and studying the wild flora of high-altitude pasturelands, which are critical to both wildlife and human communities. Phuntsog also conducts awareness programs for local residents and engages with livestock breeders to address wildlife conflict issues. Phuntsog is the co-author of Plants of Ladakh, an exquisite field guide published by NCF-India.

5.Prerna Prasad Founder & CEO Ecoplore .She started her career as a TV journalist with CNN-IBN and spent almost 8 years in the corporate media. It was in 2016, when she went on a holiday to Malaysia that the seed of Ecoplore was sown. Ecoplore is a curated marketplace for sustainable hotels & experiences. These eco-hotels maintain a minimum of 33% greenery inside their campus. They offer an unique experience of staying in mud, wood, stone or any local architecture.
The claims of each hotel is verified through personal visits and strict observation by solo woman travellers to ensure safety and comfort for all other travellers. Ecoplore has been featured by United Nations for fulfilling SDG12.

6.Sunil Harsana
Sunil is a resident of the sacred Mangar forest that lies on the outskirts of Delhi in Haryana. He is working relentlessly to enable the long-term protection of this vulnerable forest by generating information about the biodiversity of the area and increasing appreciation for its ecological value amongst urban and rural youth! He has been active in keeping a check on and reporting any illegal activities in the forest of Mangar. In 2021, he also discovered ancient cave paintings in Mangar Bani which attracted the attention of archaeologists and the general public alike and strengthened his demand for notifying this last standing contiguous patch of forest in the Delhi NCR region as a protected area.

7. Vishal Ahuja
A talented musician and sincere community conservationist, Vishal Ahuja is leading a habitat restoration project in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. With the consent of landowners, he is rewilding abandoned orchards and farmlands around the Khajjiar Kalatop Wildlife Sanctuary and has even set up a native tree nursery to support this effort. Vishal has been studying the Chamba sacred langur since 2012 under the aegis of the Himalayan Grey Langur Project. Vishal’s rewilding project aims to enable farmer-wild animal coexistence in Chamba valley.

Mother Earth is Broken because of Broken Human Beings. Time for us to Breakthrough and Heal the Earth.
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THE LAW OF TRANSFORMATION ;Come be the reformer the doer and get dosage of Inspiration from Real Life Heroes who through their grassroots work are beacons of hope and dedication are Earth’s Saviours and helping to transform the mindsets to think green and sustainable and aid Mother Earth to heal.
- book series, features people who are broken emotionally, mentally, spiritually, morally and physically but REFUSE to BREAKDOWN and are unbreakable, unshakeable and unstoppable.
Our simple but compelling is “I change to change the world”.

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