Be Out of Touch and Enjoy it!
Be Out of Touch – And Enjoy It! As the owner/user of an iPhone, an iMac and a MacBookPro, plus a wireless connection in office and home, and in most public venues for all of them, (plus a roommate who is similarly connected) I am somewhat familiar with email, voice mail, live conversations and meetings
0PUT YOUR MONEY ON THE KIDS!
–> Schools, organizations, kids and the future When schools began to be compulsory, the model was, following the industrial revolution, to make little workers of the students. Like their fathers, and later their mothers during wartime especially, in the factories, they were to follow instructions, work diligently at whatever was assigned as their task –
0The Day Before Christmas, Dec 24, 2012
T’was the day before Christmas and all through the land No one was playing, not even the band. People were traveling from near and far Some by airplane and others by car. Many were troubled by visions in their head Of children so beautiful and now they are dead. Mothers and fathers with tears in
0First Day of Winter, First Light
Today is the first full day of winter when the sun starts moving ever slightly north along the horizon. It’s all about the light, the return of the light on the shortest, darkest day of the year, at least in this northern hemisphere. It gives me renewed hope every year, that we will see the
0CELEBRATE WINTER SOLSTICE 2012
According to various calculations, standards and clocks, Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere will occur this year at 11:12 AM UTC, on December 21, which is 4:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, 6:12 AM Eastern Time and 3:12 AM Pacific Time. While it happens technically at a moment in time, the recognition and celebration may occur
0VIOLENCE & VIDEO GAMES
To understand some of the effects of video games, we need to go back to debriefings conducted by the U.S. Army after WWII. Interviewing soldiers returning from battle, researchers discovered a disturbing fact. A significant number of soldiers had been face to face with an enemy soldier, rifle in hand, enemy in their sights, gun
0“Top Ten Serious Afflictions Among Educators”
10. MABS – Myopic, Apathetic, Blame Syndrome – This disease is characterized by lack of vision, indifference and the attempt to shift responsibility to other people. (see following ailment). 9. PEST – Plasmapheretic Educational System Transference – A condition recognized in those who drain the organism and then because of inactivity offer bureacracy as a
0The Most Recent Decade
At the conclusion of the most recent decade (2000-2010) I have learned what works and what the critical variables are in the education/learning equation. And it has taken me back to the beginning. I call it the full circle of success – common vision, common values, and common purpose. If we are to succeed in
0Christmas and Stuff
A funny thing happened last week on the way to Best Buy. I was listening to NPR and an interview with Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff. If you know the book, then nothing more need be said but if you don’t, the sub-title is “How our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the
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