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Oct
30
Let’s Talk About Sex
Category: Social Responsibility, cyberbullying, education, lessons, pairadimes | 
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On Monday night Sexual Health Educator Alix Bacon from SaleemaNoon.com/ did a parent presentation at our school. Today and tomorrow she is presenting to our students in groups of 2-3 classes at a time.
This is what I got out of the parent session…
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When talking about sex, two ideas really struck a chord with me:
1. The […]
Oct
5
Facing Facebook
Category: Social Responsibility, books I like, connecting online, cyberbullying, education, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 19 Comments
Some people say ‘kids will be kids’… Some adults have never forgotten what it felt like to be a victim.
What happens when adults are not present?
Sometimes kids do things they shouldn’t do. Sometimes kids make choices based on what their friends do rather than on what they know is the right thing to do.
Sometimes the […]
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 […]
Apr
26
More than one face to Cyberbullying in the classroom
Category: Learning Conversations, connecting online, cyberbullying, education, lessons, pairadimes, technology | Leave a Comment
I apologize in advance for the clinical nature of my description below… these are students currently in my class, and this blog is open for anyone to read.
Background: Student 1 is male; Students 2 & 3 are female. Student 1 and 2 ‘dated’ earlier in the year. Student 1 and 3 are good friends… “But […]
Apr
18
on being a blogger…
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, cyberbullying, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection | Leave a Comment
How is a post inspired? Where do the seeds of thought that blossom into these very words come from?
The seeds
• I have a student in my class that is currently on a very unhealthy diet. I know that I cannot convince her to get off of it without replacing it in some way. […]
Apr
18
Vandals, Vulgarity and Victims
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, compassion, cyberbullying, lessons, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection | 2 Comments
Until last year, this odd negative/neon image was the only public image you could find of me on the web. In fact currently, many of my online sites still have this image. I like the photo, people who know me recognize me in it, and it was taken on a hot air balloon trip with […]
Apr
3
A Story About A Tree
Category: books I like, connecting online, cyberbullying, metaphor, networks, pairadimes | Leave a Comment
Not long ago, if a group of ‘gamers’ got together for Dungeons and Dragons, people saw it as strange. Teenagers bonding by getting together and creating alter egos, or characters and living out a fantasy. Role Playing Gamers were sometimes perceived as a ‘fringe’ group of lost souls that lack a full grip on reality.
To […]
