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Nov
11
Two Wolves
Category: Learning Conversations, Social Responsibility, books I like, education, leadership, lessons, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection | 
14 Comments
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.
“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”
“The […]
Oct
30
Let’s Talk About Sex
Category: Social Responsibility, cyberbullying, education, lessons, pairadimes | 6 Comments
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
13
VOTE!
Category: Social Responsibility, leadership | 2 Comments
It is your right. It is your responsibility.
It is your civic duty.
You are not being asked to go to war, to defend your right to vote, to make a personal sacrifice for freedom… that has been done for you.
What other civic duty is asked of you?
Do a little research, ask people that you respect […]
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 […]
Aug
29
Great Expectations
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, Social Responsibility, leadership, learning, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 2 Comments
Yesterday I had coffee with Heidi Hass Gable, our new District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) President, and blogger at “I was thinking…“. I suggested to her that she watch Lost Generation while we were discussing some well thought out ideas she shared with me about nothing less than the purpose of education. Here is the […]
Aug
14
Are You a Catalyst for Change?
Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, School2.0, Social Responsibility, blogging, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring | 7 Comments
It is now a month after BLC08 and a recent comment has stirred up some thoughts that sent me back to a blog draft I wrote months ago. On Defragging my brain after BLC08, Angela Kerns mentioned that of my nine ‘take-aways’, #3 and #4 resonated with her:
3. Face-to-face meetings with your network are powerful… […]
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 […]
