Category: Education
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Finding your “niche” Starting Point is= 5,6,7,8
My friend Maria Juan told me during a conversation twenty years ago (during our graduation time) that I was going to find my “niche”. I was so looking in finding out what exactly was what she meant, and I think I did: According to National Geographics (2022) a niche in ecology describes the role an organism plays…
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Contempodanza and Versai
For the next school year 2022-2023 I will be laughing a new project to teach dance virtually. I will host an introduction to Modern Dance this Thursday, July 17, 2022 at 5:30 eastern time. If you would like to check the website out, please subscribe!
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International Dance Day: April 29, 2022
gNetwork Project Collective Dance Work Across the World I had the privilege of collaborating with amazing choreographers, dancers, poets around the world to Celebrate World Dance Day for April 29, 2022. I am showing all the artist who collaborated with me and I thank them for the opportunity to engage with movement to make a…
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Contempodanza Podcast #1 Video
Celebrating 20th anniversary of Adagio School of Dance Guayama, Puerto Rico I had the opportunity to interview both of my friends Idrissa de Jesus Román and José Luis Pagan who are the owners of Adagio School of Dance. When I was writing my first part of my reflection, I then decided to meet with them…
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My Journey: A reflection part 1
My friend Idrissa de Jesús has a studio in my hometown Guayama, Puerto Rico. Idrissa and her husband are owners of the Adagio Dance Studio and is currently celebrating her 20th anniversary. So, Shout out to her and her family! You know I love you all. I remember that day when my friend Idrissa de…
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Empathy: Can we Dance Solutions?
The word EMPATHY indicates important roles for our daily lives. The Oxford dictionary (2022) defines the word empathy as the ability to understand and share feeling to another. I have realized that during traumatic events, the first thing that comes in mind is our survival, of ourselves and loved ones, but, can we have that…
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Let’s collaborate for Positive Social Change
It is vital to promote positive social change in the classroom. Edman’s (2013) showed evidence that teachers could make ‘magic’ in the classroom. If a teacher does cooperative learning through design thinking, magic could occur when blending ideas for proactive outcomes. The exciting part of creating magic for the classroom thrives from the process, not…
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Problem Solving tool for behavior.. How Challenges can dance solutions?
The 21st century teachers have experiences the challenges of the students from the virtual learning to the face to face learning environment. After the COVID-19 lockdown, many students and adults need to recharge social interactions in a classroom setting, which is not easy after being affected by so many triggers along the way. Elementary students…
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Trust the process…. From a fix to a Growth mindset
Reflections by using the Mindset Assessment Tool quiz from Carol Dweck (2014) I had the opportunity to have a Mindset assessment tool quiz and showed the following quote: “You understand that your intelligence is something that you can increase. You care about learning, and you’re willing to work hard. You do want to do well,…
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