e-Newsletters

A learning experience: The first newsletter from www.experiential-learning-games.com was launched on 31st January, 2007. I had no idea about how to write a newsletter, so I dragged my feet quite a bit about it. However, the number of subscribers to my newsletter announcement kept growing, and I decided that I had to get down to doing it.
I need not have worried. As I got down to writing it on the SBI template, I realised that it was not so difficult after all. In fact I have been able to write the next newsletter too.

Here are the links for the two newsletters.

Stories_for_EL-proactivity-story.html

Stories_for_EL-persistence-story.html

Any thoughts on them? Please feel free to post your comments

Experiential Learner

check out my Swicki

Hi,
I never cease to be amazed at the number of interesting things that the SBI forums have taught me. To know all, of course you have to buy the SBI package from here
I have found another gem from the SBI forums - creating your own search engine through a Swicki. Here's the link below.

'Experiential learning games search engine'

When the webpage opens, go to the link 'spin' at the bottom of the page and check out my search engine. The search will return sites that are specific to 'Experiential Learning Games' and my site will appear in the search results. Isn't that exciting?! Just what the doctor ordered for building traffic. and it is FREE.

more in the next.
experiential learner

Growing

Hi,

Longtime no write.

It's been a longtime since I blogged. Important and significant things have happened since then. I reached the traffic rate of 50 visitors per day to my website http://www.experiential-learning-games.com. I added google adsense to my site and within 18 days I had made $88 from my site. I am really excited now about this website. The grace of the Lord Jesus is on it and SBI's winning formula of 'content-traffic-presell-monetize' especially for an infopreneur like me really works.

Hey how about some of you - who want to explore the Internet as a business proposition - buying the SBI package. To start with you must have something you want to sell. If you cannot think of anything, use the contact us form on my website and let's brainstorm together. Use the form to tell me what you are good at. Once you have converged on at least three possibilities, buy SBI, follow the SBI action guide and you cannot fail.

If you are thinking of other website building packages to make Internet income, first use this tool and give yourself good reasons why you would forego SBI, http://chooseit.sitesell.com/empower-people.html

Check SBI out at http://www.sitesell.com/empower-people.html



More later,
Experiential-learner

Responses to forms and questionnaires

I get very excited everytime somebody interacts with my website through the forms on them. The numbers are not exactly extraordinary, but all the responses are heartwarming, assuring me that I am moving in the right direction. I have had a total of fourteen responses to the 'disciplining children poll'. I have had three responses to the 'leadership styles' questionnaire, and there are four visitors who have opted to receive my e-zine 'Stories for EL'.

SBI really does indeed keep its promise, infact it more than keeps its promise. All I do is follow their action guide and with the grace of God on my every action I am on the home run.

I just discovered that my site which was not assigned any page rank by google has now got a page rank of 4/10. I am so excited. This has motivated me to add more pages to my site. Here are the links to the new pages.

• link to change management games
• link to goal setting games
• link to facilitation games
• link to TQM games

Check them out and let me know.

Experiential learner

TQM and experiential learning

What a day?!

I worked with a group graduate students on the use of TQM to plan a quality mental health program in schools. TQM is not a very lively topic. Come to think of it, most topics are not lively.

I had the task of getting them involved as well give them an experience of some parts of the concept of TQM. After the grounding (a round of introductions and a little more), I got them to form three groups and list out a set of characteristics of a good mental health programme. After about 15 minutes each flip chart was filled with about 10 to 12 points.

Then we read each of the flipcharts. Together they were quite comprehensive. We did a process of elimination and got rid of all the repeats and arrived at a plan for a quality mental health programme.

Believe me it was a treat to read it. It always amazes me that once a group of people is facilitated to work together, the group can put together the most powerful vision/quality statement. I am hoping to paste a copy of it here next week.

Following the reading of the quality statement, we read the meaning of Total in the definition of Total Quality Management. We used that to brief the previous activity. It became clear to them that total in TQM meant the involvement of every stakeholder in the organisation.

We then worked on other concepts, used a couple of energisers, and completed the rest of the presentation.

The last session, ' closing' was, simply put 'fulfilling'. The feedback during 'closing' amounted to:

• being awake all through
• energetic
• becoming aware of their own abilities
• understanding the concept
• being floored by the brilliant format of delivering content

I am still awed by the effect that

• repect for people,
• effort to transform content into experience
• treating people as normal when they feel drowsy during a session and not taking it personally
• giving them an opportunity to give their best to the process.

has on creating a conducive learning environment. It makes for quality learning every time.

warmly,

experiential-learner

Learning continuously

What a pleasure it is to build your site with SBI?! Not only do I get to see my site grow as I build more pages to it. I am also learning daily about building a successful e-commerce site.

I have learnt to make google sitemaps for my site and have it verified by google. Google then generates stats for my site which gives me great information on the top queries that have resulted in my site being viewed and the rankings of these pages.

I have also learnt about how to find the rate for advertising on my site, via the excellent sitesell forums. Anyone can get this information on http://www.webconfs.com/link-value.php . It is invaluable.

I am excited about continuing to build my site and more pages to it. With the favor of the Lord Jesus shining on me it will not be long before I start to make money on my site.

Here are some of the links to the newest pages on my site

Link to betterbehaviorwheel.html

Link to Math games

Link to magic squares

Link to reverse thinking

It pays to be an experiential learner, more so with a company like sitesell.com.

with regards,
experiential-learner

Creativity games

Take a look at some more games on my site. This time the topic is creativity. You'll find it at:

http://www.experiential-learning-games.com/creativitygames.html.

Give participants successful experiences in creativity. Excite them to Brainstorm, look at available material innovatively, and think out of the box.

Use and enjoy

Experiential Learner

Enjoy Math through games

Hi all,

I have created more pages on my site.
http://www.experiential-learning-games.com/mathgames.html

Have fun with numbers at
http://www.experiential-learning-games.com/magicsquares.html
and
http://www.experiential-learning-games.com/reversethinking.html

Use and enjoy
Experiential-learner

More Literacy games

Find more games to build literacy and memory at:

link to literacy games

If you have any feedback on them, please post your comments on this blog or send it to me through this form.

Progress

Hi,
I have added many more pages on my website. Here's the link for one of the pages today. I will post the url of one page everyday.

Link to training games

Training games are games trainers play to:

1. Introduce trainees to each other in interesting, sometimes unforgettable ways.
2. Energise trainees to maintain focus
3. Provide experience to clarify concepts
4. Provide opportunities to practice learnings

Self-esteem games on my site

Self-esteem is the image of yourself that determines the confidence with which you deal with a situation. The more positive the self-image the more effective your ability to deal with situations especially adversity. How is self-image developed? The affirmations that a human being receives from childhood builds her self-image. How many of us do affirm each other? We are very stingy with our appreciation, believing that if we appreciated somebody else we would somehow reduce our own importance. This way of building self-esteem is an inverted method, although absolutely crucial for young children. Self affirmation is actually the only method that sustains self-esteem. The games mentioned on the Self-esteem games page of my site have both methods of self-affirmations. The first one is method of affirming oneself and the second one is seeking positive self-affirmation from others. Both the games are experiential in nature. Read and enjoy

Experiential learning and Site Build It

I am so excited that I am creating a site on experiential learning through games and while doing so I am experiencing learning with lots of fun. I am able to do something new and have a successful experience of doing it as a result of Site Build It!(SBI) a product of Sitesell.com. SBI has made the process of building a pure infopreneurial site a joy. I can see the effect of what I am doing immediately on the website, on the search engines and among friends. There is nothing like experience to make your learning a joyous and permanent feature of your being. For those of us who want to make the learning process interesting let's look for a way of getting it. For those of us who want to build an e-commerce site with brain, motivation and passion in the area of our work, there is always SBI. Today after a fifteen day old website of eight pages, the effect of SBI can be seen by the #1 ranking of the homepage of my site for the keyword - experiential learning games on MSN Search. Click on the link below to compare their (SBI's) quantity and quality of proof of success with any competitor under consideration...

link to http://proof.sitesell.com/empower-people.html

You can go to my site and check out what I have been able to do with SBI. The link for my site is in my first post.

New page on www.experiential-learning-games.com

Read about board games and how they influence learning among children.

link to Board games

Check how the board game Cashflow101 has the ability to make people - even kids financially savvy.
Check out how team pictionary can make learning vocabulary exciting and fun. It also makes for 100 % retention. How?...do you ask? One of the most important factors that influence retention is the 'degree of original learning'. What better way to enhance original learning than visualising words for your team to win the game!

I will be adding another kind of 'games for kids' on experiential-learning-games.com in the next couple of days. Check this blog for an update.

regards,
Leena K

Live games

Hi, want to know more about non-machine games that you can play with kids, colleagues or personnel? Click on the following urls to get to know these details.

link to Experiential Learning Games

link to Experiential-learning-blog

link to Kids Learning Games

link to Paper-pencil Games

link to Word Games

link to Acting Games