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Aug
9
hidden pain
Category: Learning Conversations, compassion, education, pairadimes, reflection | 
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I’m back from a wonderful holiday… in 12 days we visited my sister and family in L.A., and went to San Diego where we visited the Wild Animal Park, Zoo, and SeaWorld (twice). We also went to Disney/California Adventure for 3 days. My kids had a fantastic time, and I found more joy in their […]
Jun
20
Inaction is action
Category: Social Responsibility, compassion, education, leadership, pairadimes | 2 Comments
Someone I know has a child in elementary school. That child came home and complained,
“It’s no fair!”
“What’s not fair?” Her mother asks.
“We were lined up to go to the computer lab and two boys were noisy so we didn’t go.”
“What did you do instead?”
“Extra math sheets.”
And what was done about this? Nothing. No parent complaint […]
Jun
17
What comes around
Category: Social Responsibility, compassion, cyberbullying, instructional design, pairadimes, student leadership | 1 Comment
The task was simple: Have your advisory pick an issue in the school and then create a video that promotes awareness of the problem and/or a solution to the problem. This is what Mr. Williams’ advisory came up with last year.
I like the use of camera direction to help tell the story. This to me […]
May
25
Making a Difference
Category: compassion, lessons, pairadimes | Leave a Comment
Here is a great thing to do with your online students: Donate Free Rice to help end world hunger… (and improve their vocabulary while you are at it!)
Here is a news article about it, in case you would like to use it for current events.
Advertising at the bottom of the […]
May
19
Halloween Scavenger Hunt on Ning
Category: Pedegogy, School2.0, compassion, connecting online, digital native, education, learning, lessons, networks, pairadimes, technology | Leave a Comment
Below is a Halloween Scavenger Hunt I did on a (private) Ning Network that I created for a class Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) project I am doing in my two Planning 10 classes.
The scavenger hunt does the following:
Introduces students to flickr and , and;
It teaches them to insert and site a photo […]
May
4
The Capacity to Lead
Category: compassion, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership | Leave a Comment
Students of all ages have the capacity to lead.
For a few years now I have taken a group of Grade 7 and 8 students to our feeder schools to teach the incoming Grade 5’s the “Seven Secrets of Leadership”, but really it is about so much more than that!
This is from the e-mail I send […]
May
2
Statement of Educational Philosophy
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, compassion, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, technology | 1 Comment
[Originally posted May 23rd,’07]
I wrote this three years ago, but recently had to make a change… As little as one year ago the second paragraph did not exist for me, and now it is placed in a position of importance. I post my Statement of Educational Philosophy now, after reading and posting a comment on […]
Apr
26
$3,881.65 for one night’s work
Category: compassion, education, leadership, learning, pairadimes, student leadership | Leave a Comment
…more on Empathy.
Friday night I camped out at the school with 49 students, each raising a minimum of $50- to earn the opportunity to sleep over at the school. We hosted a 24 hour famine to raise money for our Me to We Club… we are fundraising to build a school in Sierra Leone.
It was […]
Apr
25
“Who Have You Helped Today?” - Developing Empathy
Category: compassion, education, learning, lessons, pairadimes, reflection | Leave a Comment
Prelude
Two Brothers, Craig and Marc Kielburger, are my modern day heroes.
Tonight Marc is having dinner with Oprah Winfrey. The brothers’ US office is hosted by Oprah. They have had an audience with Mother Teresa. They have been featured on Oprah, CNN, CBC, BBC, and 60 Minutes. They are sought after speakers that have shared the […]
Apr
24
A Giant Teaches Me About SUCCESS: a “what are your secrets to a successful life” meme
Category: compassion, learning, lessons, metaphor, pairadimes | Leave a Comment
I’ve been tagged with a “what are your secrets to a successful life” meme by Kelly Christopherson. To be honest, I was dreading being tagged by a meme… I knew it was going to come eventually, but my writing process, my flow, seldom lends itself to creating lists… they are too linear for my big […]
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