Literacy Academy - Autumn

We had two marvelous days with the focus on enhancing literacy learning via technology.
See Literacy Academy wiki.

One Month In

This month has seemed to be about triple in length, with many experiments with new tools- notably Google Forms, Voicethread and Webspiration. All offer opportunities for asynchronous collaboration and exciting results.
I am enthused about the work on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Build, concept of which is well represented in the wiki here.

The mission of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Build: Where Do We Go From Here? is to engage all sectors of the community in realizing, as King said, that “we are tied in a single garment of destiny.” We will come together through shared readings, discussions, and events based on the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Gifts to Young People

Listen. Click on the "Posts" button in the green square gizmo below and you will be able to choose from several responses to the question, "what gift can we give our young?" Make your choice and click the play button.

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Now, please comment on what you have heard, or suggest ideas for classroom uses for this audio and blogging technology. Note: Almost all of these audio clips were recorded via cell phone, technology at the tips of our tongues.

Ithaca falls

This is the gorgeous waterfall near some of our schools.
What will we make of what is offered us?

Smell the Flowers

This morning I was walking down the block toward one of the schools I get to work at. A young mother was pushing her daughter along in a stroller, and just as they went by, the girl, a little one, asked, “Mommy, what’s that smell?”

I inhaled as the mother answered in a lively way that her nose was stuffed up, but that many plants were blooming and making the smells.

As I inhaled again, I smelled lilacs that I would not have noticed.