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The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
By Chris Bailey
If you still haven’t adjusted to the clocks going forward last weekend, and you’re scrambling to stay on top of everything you need to get done, it might be useful to sharpen your time management skills with The Productivity Project: Managing Your Time, Attention and Energy by Chris Bailey.
Another book club meeting, some more great discussions about books.
We started with books about conversations:
And moved on to historical fiction:
February was Black History Month, and some books about race were next:
Then a variety of non-fiction:
More fiction came next:
An autobiography:
More fiction:
Some author recommendations – if you like Sheri S. Tepper you might also like books by:
Then non-fiction again:
And we finished with a group favourite:
Last, but not least, a recommendation about a new mobile bookstore in the Lower Mainland:
We are meeting again on April 5th at the couches on the main floor of the Burnaby Campus Library.
All faculty, staff and students are welcome to join us!
Call for Grant Applications
Sponsored by the AVP, Educational Support and Innovation and BCcampus, the BCIT Open Education Working Group, the BCIT Library, and the Learning and Teaching Centre are providing small grants (up to $5,000) for the 2018/19 fiscal year to fund the development of Open Education Resources (OER) to integrate into your courses (may include open ancillary resources such as test banks, case studies, slide decks, etc.) or to redesign courses to incorporate open educational practices and open course materials.
The Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the LTC offer additional support to apply for the grants, plan and design your OER, find and adapt high-quality open educational resources, apply a Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-SA), and add newly created OER to the BCIT Open Repository.
How to apply for an Open Educational Resources Grant
Eligibility
Full and part-time instructors at BCIT may receive an open education grant.
Deadline
Apply by March 15, 2018, complete the work by March 31, 2019
Application
Two grants of up to $5,000 will be provided in the 2018/19 fiscal year. The intent of the grants is to enable instructors teaching courses at BCIT to receive support to create open educational resources, including ancillary resources (test banks, case studies, slide decks, etc.), or to redesign a course to incorporate open educational resources and open educational practices. Institutional support will be provided by the Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the LTC.
Open Education Sprint Grant Application Form
Interested in Open Educational Practices, but no time to develop an OER right now? Consider reviewing an Open Textbook: BCcampus offers $250 honorariums to faculty who review open textbooks from the BCcampus collection.
Everyday Emotional Intelligence: Big Ideas and Practical Advice on How to be Human at Work
By Harvard Business Review Press
Today is National Employee Appreciation Day. If you sometimes find yourself having a hard time appreciating other employees at your workplace, maybe check out Everyday Emotional Intelligence: Big Ideas and Practical Advice on How to be Human at Work. According to one of the book’s authors, “emotional intelligence has proved to be twice as important as other competencies such as technical skills and IQ in determining outstanding leadership. It is now one of the crucial criteria in hiring and promotion processes, performance evaluations, and professional development courses. And it’s not innate–it’s a skill that all of us can improve.”
Everyday Emotional Intelligence is available in the BCIT Library.
Name: Bianca Neves
Program: Risk Management
What attracted you to becoming a Peer Tutor?
The opportunity to help my peers reach their goals. Also, I’ll be able to learn from them and improve my professional skills.
How has tutoring helped you?
I’ve never been a tutor before, but I look forward to becoming a better version of myself.
If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?
Manage your time wisely, so there will be free time to enjoy life a little. Don’t let the pressure make you panic, take a deep breath and organize the mess!
What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?
I have worked before, and today I would say that a dream job is one that makes you want to wake up every morning! It’s all about the work environment and being valued.
If you had a free day, how would you spend it?
I would wake up after 12pm and watch Netflix all day … guilt free!
Our next book club meeting is Thursday, March 1st 12:30 – 1:30 pm, at the big comfy couches at the Burnaby Campus Library.
All students, staff and faculty are welcome. Talk about the book you’re reading now, the best book you’ve read recently or the next book you want to read.
Hope you can join us!
Bullying Today: Bullet Points and Best Practices
By Justin W. Patchin and Sameer Hinduja
The 28th of February is Pink Shirt Day, a day aimed at raising awareness about bullying and encouraging self esteem. Learn how to prevent and respond to bullying in the classroom and online by checking out Bullying Today: Bullet Points and Best Practices.
BCIT Library now has access to Statista.
Statista database provides access to statistics and survey results in infographics, bar charts and tables collected from more than 18,000 sources including business, government agencies, associations, and opinion research institutions on topics relevant to business, health, public policy, media and others.
Statista:
Sample infographic is below – lots more to discover at Statista!
(*Note – from off campus you will have to login with your BCIT ID number and password.)
https://www.statista.com/chart/5614/the-fight-to-tame-the-olympic-budget-beast/
This years’ Pink Shirt Day’s main theme is cyberbullying. The day is meant to focus on encouraging others to combat cyberbullying by thinking twice before posting something negative, and instead using the internet to spread kindness.
Show your support by joining us at the Burnaby Campus Library on Wednesday, February 28th.
All events are located on the main floor and are FREE to everyone.
Kindness Wall – post an inspirational quote to our wall or take one from the “take what you need” section to pass on to a friend in need
Pink Shirt Day Space (by the black couches)
50 Shades of Pink Paint Party | 11:30 – 3:30
Cookie Decorating Party | 11:30 – 1:30
Instagram Hashtag Contest to win one of three official Pink Shirt Day tees. Enter by sharing your best Pink Day photo to Instagram using the #bcitlib. Contest closes February 29th at 9am.
By W. Bruce Cameron
Happy Lunar New Year!
Today marks the official start of the year of the dog and a dog-themed read seems fit for the occasion.
Read W. Bruce Cameron’s A Dog’s Purpose, about a dog’s quest for the meaning of life over the course of several lives as he’s reincarnated as various types of dog breeds.