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- Tell about your involvement in education, and your ideals for collegial sharing
- president of Generation YES, supporter of collaborative, learner-centered education
- About Me:
- I'm a mom with 3 college age kids living in Los Angeles.
- Website:
- http://blog.genyes.com
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How are you? What adventures in learning are you up to? You could put up a forum if you'd like, leading us to the sites where you're writing about Media Smart Day and your many other explorations. Are there any topics you'd like us to discuss here at Fireside?
I'm not sure what the best way is to respond - so I tried this! Media Smart Day went REALLY well. We have two more to go, they got pushed back a few weeks. Plus I've got a TON of video to download and start to edit.
The ones I went to were all really different, but there were good things happening. That's part of what we were trying to do, get enough good models so that lots of different kinds of schools can do it and be successful.
One school I went to had workshops taught by both teachers and students on PhotoShop, making podcasts, use of photo-journalism to shape public opinion, analysis of current political ads, and more. It was fascinating. The kid who did the podcasting workshop could have done it at MacWorld and Steve Jobs would have been impressed! The teacher who did the photojournalism workshop had a standing room only crowd of kids and other teachers in the library, and got a chance to share a passion of his that doesn't quite fit in the curriculum.
But that model wouldn't work for every school, so we have to figure out how to communicate all that. I promise more to come!
Anything you could share about how Media Smart Day has gone?
Welcome!! It's so great that you're here. You're always one to get us thinking, and rethinking, and then going forward with more oooomph than we ever had before! Thanks for the inspiration. You do so much for education, for students as well as teachers.
Please keep us informed about Generation Yes, the Tech Yes Certification Program, and your Media Smart Days.
Wow--so cool that you are here!