Hello all. My name is Jamie Tooze and I am an academic advisor in The UBC Sauder School of Business. I have been with Sauder for 12 years and I have witnessed some dramatic changes in how we deliver our courses and services. In 2013, I attended an international advising conference at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and I was deeply impressed with how my counterparts in Europe and the USA distributed and collected important information from students using technology. Since then I have made it my goal to advance Sauder’s student support services through technology.
When I am not designing a new survey for my students or tweaking our online orientations I enjoy exploring Vancouver’s aquariums, its museums and Science World with my daughters Ema (6) and Maya (4). In many ways, I envy Ema and Maya for all the amazing technological developments they will witness in their lifetime.
“Care, tidiness and controlled thinking” was taken from the ETEC 540 course outline and it reminds me of the journey my daughters are on as they learn to communicate. The picture is a sample of my daughter Ema’s writing practice in kindergarten. I am both surprised and grateful that cursive writing is still being taught in the primary levels.
Have a great summer!
Jamie 
Carri-Ann Scott
May 19, 2018 — 11:02 am
Hi, Jamie.
I love that your daughter is learning cursive writing in Kindergarten. From a developmental standpoint, it is a great way to avoid young children from learning letter formation incorrectly and having “letter reversals” (b instead of d) in their printing.
When I taught in Montessori schools, we only taught cursive formation. This was from the earliest stages – starting at age 2. Now in the public school system in Ontario, cursive is not encouraged for my Kindergarten students. It is interesting though that they are all fascinated with “connected printing”.
See you online!