This weekend I finished reading Diane Ravitch’s excellent new book, “The Death and Life of the Great American School System.” I highly commend this book to anyone interested in the topic of education reform. I agree with much of what Ravitch writes, and made extensive notes as well as annotations in my paper copy of
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I find the concept of “place-based storytelling” compelling. Places often have stories. Objects can have stories too, and that is the case in Edna Parrish’s six minute video, “The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Baby Cradle.” This is a touching story of a baby cradle from the mid-1800s which has criss-crossed the American midwest multiple times
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This is an unusual sign. Uhaul.com wouldn’t be my top recommendation for a learning website about sea creatures. Interesting to see commercial marketing taking this kind of an “educational” approach. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous
How many shoeboxes or albums of photographs have you seen which contain stories no one documented? In her five minute video, “What’s Your Story? The Importance of Telling the Stories of Your Photos,” MidDel Public Schools, Oklahoma educator Margaret Nan Harkey makes a compelling case for why we ALL need to help document the stories
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This week Kevin Honeycutt has been in Oklahoma City, attending a Storychasers Phase 1 Workshop (Celebrate Oklahoma Voices) and today keynoting the Oklahoma City Public School’s annual Tech Day conference. Kevin is a true artist, and taught K-12 art in a small Kansas town before becoming one of the most inspirational educational conference speakers around.
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This evening on the homepage of YouTube.com, the following “spotlight” feature caught my eye. It turns out this week, 6th grader Greyson Chance from Edmond, Oklahoma returned to the Ellen show for a second time in a month. This time, he performed his own original song before a live TV audience, received a check from
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Last Friday was the last day of classes for Oklahoma City Public Schools this academic year. Yesterday, my son decided it was time to throw away his paperwork and notes from the year. This is a photo of Alexander throwing away ALMOST all the documentation and proof we have of his learning as a sixth
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Article from Mashable: http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/hugo-chavez-blogger/ Hugo Chavez Has a New Title: Blogger Sent from my iPad Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous
My six year old LOVES to draw. This morning she used a video by John Steven Gurney on the Art Snacks learning community to draw a reversible face. This is the “man version:” Turned upside down, this is the “baby version!” Rachel recorded an explanation of how she used Art Snacks to learn how to
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I missed this video in Sept 2009 when others shared it initially. Glad to find it now. Clever. The main thing I might include in a 2.0 version is the idea that our brains are wired for stories. The historical basis for storytelling is definitely emphasized in this video already, however. This was a project
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Via: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_pink_shirky/all/1 Pink: I think our nature is to be active and engaged. I’ve never seen a 2-year-old or a 4-year-old who’s not active and engaged. That’s how we are out of the box. And if you begin with this presumption, you create much more open, flexible arrangements that almost inevitably lead to greater satisfaction
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If you are a PK-20 teacher in Kansas, you’re invited to apply now to participate in a 2.5 day “Celebrate Kansas Voices” digital storytelling workshop to be held at Kansas State University 4-6 August 2010. Enrollment in CKV workshops is limited to 25 participants. A complete agenda for the CKV workshop is available. Participants will
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Via http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=920&Itemid=63 Submit your thoughts and ideas on what 21st Century Readiness means to you, your students and your community. Your submission could earn you an iPod nano with video or you could be on your way to Washington, D.C. with a free trip for two to attend the National Summit on 21st Century Readiness on
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This is a useful, free smartphone app find: Cardstar. Instead of bringing the “shopping loyalty” cards which many retail vendors use today to track our every move and provide nominal discounts, use the free Cardstar smartphone application. (Direct link to the iPhone / iPod Touch application in the Apple Apps Store.) Select the retail outlet
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Sean Buchanan‘s autobiographical 4.5 minute video he created last week and shared on our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices learning community is outstanding. (“You’re Going Where?“) The way he told this story really caught me by surprise when he shared it. I’ve given away the surprise with the title of this post, which Sean included in the
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Our morning schedule this Sunday was a bit different because of a combined service and all-church potluck, so after a breakfast at iHop with the nursery staff I had some time to drop in and visit Target. I love Target stores. Their technology department often has clever gadgets and accessories I have not encountered previously,
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Brad Logan from Mountain View – Gotebo Schools in Oklahoma created and shared the 5.5 minute video, “Sister’s Story,” on our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices learning community. This powerful video recounts his sister’s memories of the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City. Brad did a great job including his
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