2-1 Update!! Looks like she did it! Beth, you are absolutely AMAZING... Final 24 hour countdown! I'm going to place the bullseye on Beth Kanter's targeted cause for Cambodian kids, to put positive media to use by asking ALL our readers, (particularly parents, academics and educator bloggers) to show how social networking can make a HUGE difference in the lives of these … [Read more...]
Since I’m too swamped to post right now, dealing with flamethrowing yahoos missing the point of my original post altogether and now reacting to the New York Times article, I’ll simply post my verbatim comments (sent with a high degree of reticence to the NYT reporter's request) and deconstruct the nuances when I can breathe a bit. So here ya go: "Just the facts, … [Read more...]
When kids toss pennies in the trash from cleaning their room, bypass them as ‘nothin’ or maybe add them to a jar if you're lucky (Pamela Poole's blog reports 13% of Americans treat pennies exactly this way) it begs the consumption question...“How can we give kids a global worldview beyond a self-absorbed cocoon?” How do we open the eyes and minds of … [Read more...]
High school brought forth some of my most thought-provoking peer to peer dialogue unmatched to this day. AP Honors Students. Brainiacs. SheGeeks. Ponderers. Really interesting global people. I'll probably find some of them on YouTube's new Big Think, which carries the tagline, "We are what you think." BigThink starts by defining what it is and how to use it framed around a 10 … [Read more...]
“Was sex ed at your school a total drag or did you love it? If you could design a whole new system to for teens to learn about sex and its consequences, what would you create?” Advocates for Youth sent me that blurb in a December call for video entries from young people aged 15-30. Two cute lil’ squiggly cartoon sperm were talking to each other, saying, … [Read more...]
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