Disney artists transforms the Conn-Selmer, Inc. donated instruments into one-of-a-kind works of art.
Sunday, June 01, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Stop stealing dreams
"If you want to teach someone how to be a baseball fan would you start by having them understand the history of baseball...who Abner Doubleday was..the influence of cricket...would you do that..would you say ok here is a test...I want you to memorize the top 50 batters in order by batting average...and then rank the people based on how they do on the test so once you do well you get to memorize more baseball players...is that how we would create baseball fans?"
"Here is the key distinction: what people do quite naturally if it is work they try figure out how to do less, if it is art we try figure out how to do more. And when we put kids in the factory we call school, the thing we built to indoctrinate them into compliance, why are we surprised that the question is: will this be on the test? Someone that is making art doesn't say can I do one less canvas this month? They don't say can I write one less song?"
"Until we can't agree on what school is for, we are not going to get what we need"
The economy has changed, probably forever. School hasn't. School was invented to create a constant stream of compliant factory workers to the growing businesses of the 1900s. It continues to do an excellent job at achieving this goal, but it's not a goal we need to achieve any longer. In this 30,000 word manifesto, Seth Godin imagines a different set of goals and starts a discussion about how we can reach them. One thing is certain: if we keep doing what we've been doing, we're going to keep getting what we've been getting. Our kids are too important to sacrifice to the status quo.
(from Squidoo)
Seth Godin is the author of 14 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. His free ebook on what education is for is called STOP STEALING DREAMS and it's been downloaded millions of times since it launched in January, 2012. In 2005, Godin founded Squidoo.com, a Web site where users can share links and information about an idea or topic important to them. Excellent presentation.
"Here is the key distinction: what people do quite naturally if it is work they try figure out how to do less, if it is art we try figure out how to do more. And when we put kids in the factory we call school, the thing we built to indoctrinate them into compliance, why are we surprised that the question is: will this be on the test? Someone that is making art doesn't say can I do one less canvas this month? They don't say can I write one less song?"
"Until we can't agree on what school is for, we are not going to get what we need"
The economy has changed, probably forever. School hasn't. School was invented to create a constant stream of compliant factory workers to the growing businesses of the 1900s. It continues to do an excellent job at achieving this goal, but it's not a goal we need to achieve any longer. In this 30,000 word manifesto, Seth Godin imagines a different set of goals and starts a discussion about how we can reach them. One thing is certain: if we keep doing what we've been doing, we're going to keep getting what we've been getting. Our kids are too important to sacrifice to the status quo.
(from Squidoo)
Seth Godin is the author of 14 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. His free ebook on what education is for is called STOP STEALING DREAMS and it's been downloaded millions of times since it launched in January, 2012. In 2005, Godin founded Squidoo.com, a Web site where users can share links and information about an idea or topic important to them. Excellent presentation.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
How to truly listen
This is a wonderful talk about how to truly listen. The speaker talks specifically about music, but doesn't this apply to everything?
Percussionist and composer Dame Evelyn Glennie lost nearly all of her hearing by age 12. Rather than isolating her, it has given her a unique connection to her music. In this soaring demonstration, she illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums. She's the subject of the documentary Touch the Sound, which explores this unconventional and intriguing approach to percussion. Along with her vibrant solo career, Glennie has collaborated with musicians ranging from classical orchestras to Björk. Her career has taken her to hundreds of concert stages around the world, and she's recorded a dozen albums, winning a Grammy for her recording of Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, and another for her 2002 collaboration with Bela Fleck.
"Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that."
"I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play."
Percussionist and composer Dame Evelyn Glennie lost nearly all of her hearing by age 12. Rather than isolating her, it has given her a unique connection to her music. In this soaring demonstration, she illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums. She's the subject of the documentary Touch the Sound, which explores this unconventional and intriguing approach to percussion. Along with her vibrant solo career, Glennie has collaborated with musicians ranging from classical orchestras to Björk. Her career has taken her to hundreds of concert stages around the world, and she's recorded a dozen albums, winning a Grammy for her recording of Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, and another for her 2002 collaboration with Bela Fleck.
"Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that."
"I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play."
Monday, May 26, 2014
Toxic Culture of Education
"Any education reform that doesn't address high-stakes testing
and the non cognitive factors of true success like character
and integrity is a complete waste of time and it's killing our kids.
Right now the public narrative in education is all about curriculum,
all about schools, all about teachers. We need to start paying attention
to our students and who they are."
"Right now in this toxic culture all students are forced to study abstract classes in order to be college-ready and we throw around buzz words like "rigor" and "STEM" and the public loves it! We eat it up, we think it's fantastic but we're missing the point that "rigour" has replaced the word "relevant."
"In public education we've got an amazing opportunity to mold a better tomorrow, yet what we are currently doing is so incredibly toxic."
"..So we have to fight this toxic culture of education we have to change the public narrative away from the curriculum away from the school's even away from the teachers and we have to focus on our students. We have to teach them how to think and how to learn and how to innovate, not how to take tests these are human beings! Why not stop judging the fish on how they climb trees?"
The US have created a "Toxic Culture of Education" that is damaging students, impacting economy, and threatening their future. Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, they have embraced a culture of high stakes testing and are perpetuating a false sense of failure in their schools. They have ignored research and data on effective policy making practices in order to serve the interest of private industries that have monetized their students. The impact is being felt in communities, on college campuses, and in our economy. The solution lies in a common sense approach to student development, curriculum choice, career exploration, and relevant data analysis. This talk will present a vision of an education system that allows us to embrace our full potential if we only had the courage to ask "Why Not"?
Joshua Katz is a high school math teacher in Orange County, FL.
Great presentation. Excellent points.
"Right now in this toxic culture all students are forced to study abstract classes in order to be college-ready and we throw around buzz words like "rigor" and "STEM" and the public loves it! We eat it up, we think it's fantastic but we're missing the point that "rigour" has replaced the word "relevant."
"In public education we've got an amazing opportunity to mold a better tomorrow, yet what we are currently doing is so incredibly toxic."
"..So we have to fight this toxic culture of education we have to change the public narrative away from the curriculum away from the school's even away from the teachers and we have to focus on our students. We have to teach them how to think and how to learn and how to innovate, not how to take tests these are human beings! Why not stop judging the fish on how they climb trees?"
The US have created a "Toxic Culture of Education" that is damaging students, impacting economy, and threatening their future. Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, they have embraced a culture of high stakes testing and are perpetuating a false sense of failure in their schools. They have ignored research and data on effective policy making practices in order to serve the interest of private industries that have monetized their students. The impact is being felt in communities, on college campuses, and in our economy. The solution lies in a common sense approach to student development, curriculum choice, career exploration, and relevant data analysis. This talk will present a vision of an education system that allows us to embrace our full potential if we only had the courage to ask "Why Not"?
Joshua Katz is a high school math teacher in Orange County, FL.
Great presentation. Excellent points.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Peace One Day - Education
Peace One Day Education aims to inspire young people to become the driving force behind the vision of a united and sustainable world by advancing active learning in the areas of conflict resolution, global citizenship and human rights - using Peace Day 21 September as a focus.
They have several initiatives to help educators across the world teach their students about Peace Day and to involve young people in activities on the day. These include free online education resources (accessed by thousands of educators in almost every country), the Schools’ Network and a number of other projects.
-- access RESOURCES
FRIEND OUR WORLD
Friend Our World is an online learning hub for children to unite in friendship games of geography, languages and global citizenship. Be part of the millions of children who will come together in the spirit of "Let’s be friends."Friend Our World is being created by Skoolbo in collaboration with Peace One Day and Microsoft.
-- access RESOURCES
FRIEND OUR WORLD
Friend Our World is an online learning hub for children to unite in friendship games of geography, languages and global citizenship. Be part of the millions of children who will come together in the spirit of "Let’s be friends."Friend Our World is being created by Skoolbo in collaboration with Peace One Day and Microsoft.
Working together we can create Peace One Day
Institutionalising Peace Day and making it self-sustaining is everyone’s legacy. In order to further increase participation around the world and to empower third party groups to take ownership of the day, Peace One Day has created a series of global coalitions. These coalitions consist of member organisations that are committed to activity on Peace Day and to engaging their networks around the world. Organisations within each sector are able to unify their messages and activities in support of Peace Day, thereby achieving greater impact. In addition, the Schools’ Network is an opportunity for educational institutions and teachers to come together in support of Peace Day. Membership of these coalitions and the Schools’ Network is growing rapidly (from Peace One Day - Coalitions)
-- watch Global Truce 2012 Coalitions
-- watch Global Truce 2012 Coalitions
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Did You Know? Shift Happens
"We are educating students today for jobs that do not exist yet, to use technologies that have not been invented yet, to address problems that we are not aware of yet."
Did You Know? originally started out as a PowerPoint presentation for a faculty meeting in August 2006 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, United States. The presentation "went viral" on the Web in February 2007 and, as of June 2007, had been seen by at least 5 million online viewers. Today the old and new versions of the online presentation have been seen by at least 20 million people, not including the countless others who have seen it at conferences, workshops, training institutes, and other venues.
Karl Fisch has been teaching for over 25 years; he now serves as Director of Technology at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. He also runs an education blog, The Fischbowl.
The following version, updated to early 2012, was created by David S. Rose for use in the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University.
-- watch original version from 2007
Did You Know? originally started out as a PowerPoint presentation for a faculty meeting in August 2006 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, United States. The presentation "went viral" on the Web in February 2007 and, as of June 2007, had been seen by at least 5 million online viewers. Today the old and new versions of the online presentation have been seen by at least 20 million people, not including the countless others who have seen it at conferences, workshops, training institutes, and other venues.
Karl Fisch has been teaching for over 25 years; he now serves as Director of Technology at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. He also runs an education blog, The Fischbowl.
The following version, updated to early 2012, was created by David S. Rose for use in the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University.
-- watch original version from 2007
Caution: schooling may be harmful to your learning!
"The challenge is that we are trapped in a paradigm of education from an earlier age and it is a self perpetuating system which is dominated by those that have done rather well in it and who are a bit like the prisoners in Plato's cave, they can't imagine anything fundamentally different"
With new technology, rapid changes in the global economy, and an evolving workforce, the need to improve the way we teach is becoming more and more urgent, says David Garner. In this talk at TEDxIndianapolis he explains why going from outdated models like specialization and standardization to a more multidisciplinary approach is necessary to equip students for tomorrow’s challenges.
David Garner arrived in the U.S. five years ago from his previous post in the Netherlands to become Head of School at the International School of Indiana (ISI), an independent school that serves 600 students from pre-school through Grade 12 and is part of a worldwide network of schools sharing a similar mission.
With new technology, rapid changes in the global economy, and an evolving workforce, the need to improve the way we teach is becoming more and more urgent, says David Garner. In this talk at TEDxIndianapolis he explains why going from outdated models like specialization and standardization to a more multidisciplinary approach is necessary to equip students for tomorrow’s challenges.
David Garner arrived in the U.S. five years ago from his previous post in the Netherlands to become Head of School at the International School of Indiana (ISI), an independent school that serves 600 students from pre-school through Grade 12 and is part of a worldwide network of schools sharing a similar mission.
Friday, May 23, 2014
"What The World Needs Now"
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Three elements the Lennon Bus certainly embraces with its daily workflow. In 2010 the conference theme was "What The World Needs Now." The Lennon Bus was honored to be invited to the conference and to work with amazing artists on producing a piece that reflected the ideas of the attendees. Person of Song, Jill Sobule, invited her all star list of friends on board the bus to spend the week working on song and music video directed by Aaron Koblin. Here is the result:
More from the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
The Lennon Bus of Europe launched on May 8th 2013. The VERY next day they kicked off their tour with a visit to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, U.K. and they brought along with us our favorite patron.
Some of the most recent videos from students - good stuff.
-- uploaded by the johnlennonbus
-- visit their website
"Get Reggie" by The Kingston Six from Frankfurt, Germany
"Within one day and eight hours, six talented students from IGS Mainz-Bretzenheim came onboard Lennon Bus Europe and created their inspiring original music video, while the Bus stopped in Frankfurt, Germany on Adel Tawils Liedertour." (johnlennonbus)
"No Matter What" by Punk Panda from Brussels, Belgium
"Punk Panda is here! The form you decide to take within the Lennon Bus has infinite possibilities, and these kids from Brussels decided that a Panda with an edge would be the most inspiring. We agree."(johnlennonbus)
Some of the most recent videos from students - good stuff.
-- uploaded by the johnlennonbus
-- visit their website
"Get Reggie" by The Kingston Six from Frankfurt, Germany
"Within one day and eight hours, six talented students from IGS Mainz-Bretzenheim came onboard Lennon Bus Europe and created their inspiring original music video, while the Bus stopped in Frankfurt, Germany on Adel Tawils Liedertour." (johnlennonbus)
"No Matter What" by Punk Panda from Brussels, Belgium
"Punk Panda is here! The form you decide to take within the Lennon Bus has infinite possibilities, and these kids from Brussels decided that a Panda with an edge would be the most inspiring. We agree."(johnlennonbus)
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
“This is precisely the kind of project John Lennon would have loved.”- Yoko Ono Lennon
We have talked about it long time ago...The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. In its seventeenth year, with the very newest technology and gear, the Bus continues to be dedicated to providing young people with tours of the studios and participation in free songwriting and multimedia production workshops. With the assistance of three on-board engineers, students learn how to write, perform, record, and produce original songs, produce and shoot music videos and documentaries and complete a broadcast quality music video – all in one day! (from website)
We will feature a few very nice older videos and some newest ones in the next post - all uploaded by the johnlennonbus
"A Love So Deep" by The Lovelight Messengers
"Georgia will forever be on our minds, and one of the first things we'll think about will be this session. Not only did we have an incredible group of students to work with, but notorious piano pro Chuck Leavell was around to contribute to the song and make it EXTRA special" (johnlennonbus)
"I'm In Luv Witchu" by Fernando Pullum School of Performing Arts (Los Angeles, CA)
On October 12th 2010, the bus stopped at the Fernando Pullum School of Performing Arts. We worked with an incredibly talented group of students and shot a video for their track entitled "I'm in Luv Witchu". Check it out. It's pretty cool. Wooty. (johnlennonbus)
"We Are One" Toronto International Film Festival
"The Toronto International Film Festival has struck gold yet once again but this time it didnt come via red carpets or silver screens. Instead the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus made the trip across the border to collaborate with students from Remix and Shoot With This to produce a simple request: Equality. After putting the finishing touches on the track the students hit the rooftop of CTV to proclaim their message to the world."(johnlennonbus)
We have talked about it long time ago...The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. In its seventeenth year, with the very newest technology and gear, the Bus continues to be dedicated to providing young people with tours of the studios and participation in free songwriting and multimedia production workshops. With the assistance of three on-board engineers, students learn how to write, perform, record, and produce original songs, produce and shoot music videos and documentaries and complete a broadcast quality music video – all in one day! (from website)
We will feature a few very nice older videos and some newest ones in the next post - all uploaded by the johnlennonbus
"A Love So Deep" by The Lovelight Messengers
"Georgia will forever be on our minds, and one of the first things we'll think about will be this session. Not only did we have an incredible group of students to work with, but notorious piano pro Chuck Leavell was around to contribute to the song and make it EXTRA special" (johnlennonbus)
"I'm In Luv Witchu" by Fernando Pullum School of Performing Arts (Los Angeles, CA)
On October 12th 2010, the bus stopped at the Fernando Pullum School of Performing Arts. We worked with an incredibly talented group of students and shot a video for their track entitled "I'm in Luv Witchu". Check it out. It's pretty cool. Wooty. (johnlennonbus)
"We Are One" Toronto International Film Festival
"The Toronto International Film Festival has struck gold yet once again but this time it didnt come via red carpets or silver screens. Instead the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus made the trip across the border to collaborate with students from Remix and Shoot With This to produce a simple request: Equality. After putting the finishing touches on the track the students hit the rooftop of CTV to proclaim their message to the world."(johnlennonbus)
Thursday, May 22, 2014
We are not in the industrial age anymore, are we?
"Instead of giving test all the time to find out what we taught the, did they get it right? Tests should be used to find out what they don't know and need to know. Wrong answers in that case are opportunities and needs. The problem is we start at the end, we preordain the outcome..we have the list of right answers, we tell them our answers before they ask the questions..We then drill them and test them and if they don't regurgitate back what we told them, we say you have failed. The system is built for an industrial age, for the assembly line..everyone is the same, students as widgets, but we are not in the industrial age anymore, are we? We are in the Google age"
Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do? blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com. He is associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New Yorks new Graduate School of Journalism. Quite an explosive guy, very good points.
“Indeed, education is one of the institutions most deserving of disruption--and with the greatest opportunities to come of it.”
Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do? blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com. He is associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New Yorks new Graduate School of Journalism. Quite an explosive guy, very good points.
“Indeed, education is one of the institutions most deserving of disruption--and with the greatest opportunities to come of it.”
Reclaiming the Conversation on Education: Janine Sopp
"I saw a very two tiered system within one school which did not serve the entire school....I was very disturbed by that because my daughter (part of a gifted program) when she leaves the school, she is going to join the rest of the universe and if she only separated and only taught with a certain elitist identity, how is she then going to fit in with the rest of humanity?"
Ceramic artist Janine Sopp creates one-of-a-kind pieces and collections in her studio in Brooklyn, NY. She spent the first seven years of her career designing clothing and textiles. With this rich and varied experience, she traveled across Europe and Morocco, where she uncovered her deeper artistic desire of molding clay. The artist favors clay because it is a responsive medium that indulges her passion for texture and colour. She is also an activist and fights for fairness and equity in education.
Ceramic artist Janine Sopp creates one-of-a-kind pieces and collections in her studio in Brooklyn, NY. She spent the first seven years of her career designing clothing and textiles. With this rich and varied experience, she traveled across Europe and Morocco, where she uncovered her deeper artistic desire of molding clay. The artist favors clay because it is a responsive medium that indulges her passion for texture and colour. She is also an activist and fights for fairness and equity in education.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
International Day of Peace
"On this International Day of Peace, let us pledge to teach our children the value of tolerance and mutual respect. Let us invest in the schools and teachers that will build a fair and inclusive world that embraces diversity. Let us fight for peace and defend it with all our might."
-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Do you know Peace Day is 21 September, every year?
In this film, the founder of Peace One Day, Jeremy Gilley, talks about his journey creating a day of ceasefire and non-violence on a fixed calendar date, Peace Day, 21 September.
Jeremy Gilley of Peace One Day talks with Tony Brannon about Peace Day and Bermuda...
Bermuda Peace Day Weekend - September 18th - 22nd
-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Do you know Peace Day is 21 September, every year?
In this film, the founder of Peace One Day, Jeremy Gilley, talks about his journey creating a day of ceasefire and non-violence on a fixed calendar date, Peace Day, 21 September.
Jeremy Gilley of Peace One Day talks with Tony Brannon about Peace Day and Bermuda...
Bermuda Peace Day Weekend - September 18th - 22nd
Monday, May 19, 2014
Peace Education for Social Change
"I teach about peace because I believe that education can lead to peace..but not any education. I think education has to make a conscious choice between changing the world or educating about it as it is. We either teach the world as it is and leave the injustices as they are or we make a choice to teach for peace and to teach in a way that changes the world to be more just and peaceful."
Michael Klein, faculty at University of St. Tomas, Saint Paul, MN, discusses how education can change the world through a peace pedagogy utilizing the Circle of Praxis. The Circle of Praxis, as described by Klein, is outlined in this video as a method for peace educators to fuse theory and action to address injustice and oppression. Interesting.
Michael Klein, faculty at University of St. Tomas, Saint Paul, MN, discusses how education can change the world through a peace pedagogy utilizing the Circle of Praxis. The Circle of Praxis, as described by Klein, is outlined in this video as a method for peace educators to fuse theory and action to address injustice and oppression. Interesting.
A realistic vision for world peace
"What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives."
"In my view, what we need today is people getting up and taking action to reclaim the meaning of peace. It's not a dirty word. It's hard work every single day. And if each of us who cares about the different things we care about got up off our butts and volunteered as much time as we could, we would change this world, we would save this world. And we can't wait for the other guy. We have to do it ourselves."
Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what "peace" really means, and a set of profound stories that zero in on the creative struggle — and sacrifice — of those who work for it. Jody won a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to eradicate landmines. Now she’s teaming up with five other female peace laureates to empower women to fight violence, injustice and inequality. She believes that peace is defined by human (not national) security and that it must be achieved through sustainable development, environmental justice, and meeting people’s basic needs. To this end, she co-founded the Nobel Women’s Initiative, endorsed by six of seven living female Peace laureates. She chairs the effort to support activists, researchers, and others working toward peace, justice, and equality for women and thus humanity.
-- go to TED page
More on her views on sustainable peace and how to build it in today's world.
In the following interview by PVTV, she argues that several conditions need to be met before we can realize sustainable peace - for example, global re-education about conflict resolution and peace and the meeting of human needs to achieve human security.
"In my view, what we need today is people getting up and taking action to reclaim the meaning of peace. It's not a dirty word. It's hard work every single day. And if each of us who cares about the different things we care about got up off our butts and volunteered as much time as we could, we would change this world, we would save this world. And we can't wait for the other guy. We have to do it ourselves."
Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what "peace" really means, and a set of profound stories that zero in on the creative struggle — and sacrifice — of those who work for it. Jody won a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to eradicate landmines. Now she’s teaming up with five other female peace laureates to empower women to fight violence, injustice and inequality. She believes that peace is defined by human (not national) security and that it must be achieved through sustainable development, environmental justice, and meeting people’s basic needs. To this end, she co-founded the Nobel Women’s Initiative, endorsed by six of seven living female Peace laureates. She chairs the effort to support activists, researchers, and others working toward peace, justice, and equality for women and thus humanity.
-- go to TED page
More on her views on sustainable peace and how to build it in today's world.
In the following interview by PVTV, she argues that several conditions need to be met before we can realize sustainable peace - for example, global re-education about conflict resolution and peace and the meeting of human needs to achieve human security.
Kids and Classical Music
Do kids and classical music go together? Watch and see how culture can change the world...cute
MAN
Out of topic...but very powerful.
Animation created by Steve Cutts, an illustrator and animator currently residing and working in London, looking at men's relationship with the natural world.
Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.
Animation created by Steve Cutts, an illustrator and animator currently residing and working in London, looking at men's relationship with the natural world.
Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.
Roots & Shoots
"What children are learning through Roots & Shoots and other such programs is that they have a voice...There aren't nearly enough schools playing a strong enough role in this learning, partly because teachers are so busy these days. This passion for test, test, test, which tests only the parrot-like retention of facts, has negatively affected teachers' ability to care for individual children. Yet one of the most powerful ways Roots & Shoots has grown is through dedicated teachers, teachers who get it. Once children see the positive impact of their actions, it is like an addiction: It feels good, and if you feel good once, you want to do it again. The harder it is and the more you work, the better you feel."
Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots is the youth-led community action and learning program of the Jane Goodall Institute. The program builds on the legacy and vision of Dr. Jane Goodall to place the power and responsibility for creating community-based solutions to big challenges in the hands of the young people. Through the program, young people map their community to identify specific challenges their neighborhoods face. From there, they prioritize the problems, develop a plan for a solution, and take action. This is interesting.
-- read "Kid Power: The Roots & Shoots Program" by J. Goodall Edutopia
Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots is the youth-led community action and learning program of the Jane Goodall Institute. The program builds on the legacy and vision of Dr. Jane Goodall to place the power and responsibility for creating community-based solutions to big challenges in the hands of the young people. Through the program, young people map their community to identify specific challenges their neighborhoods face. From there, they prioritize the problems, develop a plan for a solution, and take action. This is interesting.
-- read "Kid Power: The Roots & Shoots Program" by J. Goodall Edutopia
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Guitars over Guns - choose your sound
“I can play peaceful song and all my emotions drain out of me,” “Instead of going out on the street robbing a store you play an instrument and you feel good with it” -- Thoby
Music has the power to inspire society, to motivate people and to change lives, and thanks GOGO (a local Miami band) it is taking kids off the streets. GOGO, or the Guitars Over Guns Organization, brings together students and local musicians, like the South Florida band Suenalo, in hopes of transforming their lives. In collaboration with Communities in Schools of Miami, members of Suenalo get together with students at North Miami Middle School every Wednesday after school and teach them how to play the guitar.
Music has the power to inspire society, to motivate people and to change lives, and thanks GOGO (a local Miami band) it is taking kids off the streets. GOGO, or the Guitars Over Guns Organization, brings together students and local musicians, like the South Florida band Suenalo, in hopes of transforming their lives. In collaboration with Communities in Schools of Miami, members of Suenalo get together with students at North Miami Middle School every Wednesday after school and teach them how to play the guitar.
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