change

Tagline Props

My tagline: metamorphosis, no better metaphor for this… comes from No Compromises, performed by Invincible, a Detroit MC. I love how the words string together, and I love the idea of positive change for the future it invokes. mp3 No Compromises originally downloaded from: FREE THE P! Palestine Takes NYC’s East Village by Storm, article Tagline Props

Changing Space

Photograph by Edna Vite “Mandalas are utilized in all cultures as transmitters of energy,” Vite says, explaining that they can transform negative energy into positive energy. According to Vite, people use mandalas to cleanse spaces of negative energy, as well as to meditate and to energize themselves. Last week Jose wrote: I stayed in my Changing Space

Amen of the day

It’s been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come. Sam Cooke “Now let me say right off, I can’t do this by myself. I’ll need all the help I can get. I’ll need support from like minded people who know that changes at school need to be made so that Amen of the day

Change…the 6-letter 4-letter word aka Wishes, Hopes, and Dreams the Remix

I closed my last post with this quote from the stunning Invincible: Metamorphosis, no better metaphor for this. here’s the link one more time for your listening pleasure. Go here to see credits. And post-post discussion (aka comments, I guess) is gravitating around the concept of discomfort and learning. I am propelled to reflect on Change…the 6-letter 4-letter word aka Wishes, Hopes, and Dreams the Remix

“Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!”

[cross ranted as a comment at Stephen Ransom’s EdTechTrek] [and slightly elaborated] I am starting to think that because many teachers and administrators still do not know exactly what we can do with technology there is a reluctance to put it in the classroom. Example – today the Internet had, for some reason, stopped working “Put technology where it can be best used… In the classroom!”