Maya Angelou: Teachers Are 'Rainbows in the Clouds' In some cultural circles we say the South lost the war, but won the peace since Jim Crow was imposed on citizens of color. Sometimes in trying to help we educate them for the past. This is the idea of the future. http://www.slideshare.net/WashingtonExec Legacy and lack of meeting the need are a problem. from ASCD's annual conference in Chicago Renowned poet Maya Angelou finished a moving keynote address in front of a packed … [Read more...]
Preparing Teachers to Teach Digital Citizenship
HISTORY OF THE GRANT Original Announcement from Facebook Facebook Awards $200,000 in Digital Citizenship Research Grants by Facebook Safety (Notes) on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8:52am Last August, we unveiled our inaugural Digital Citizenship Research Grants program, a $200,000 initiative aimed at improving understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with how kids are growing up in a world of social media and technology. Today, we are pleased to … [Read more...]
The Tapia Conference- Celebrating Diversity !! Overcoming the Achievement Trap
For the first time, I attended the Tapia Conference. It was a meeting of true diversity. The presenters, panelist and participants represent the kind of diversity that is America. The conference will become a yearly conference from now on. It is a gathering of students , professors, and people who can inspire them to do great things. EXPECTATIONS When you read in the literature how hard it is to reach many of the very diverse groups of students, it is easy to become … [Read more...]
Is America Really a Digitally Literate Nation?
Recently a lot of articles and workshops have come to us about the digital divide and that it still exists. It is a relief that people are coming back to the realization that we have an uneven learning landscape. Here is a whole article. The following is an excerpt. This is a lot of information, but it is very important to understand the challenges in education. “For children in the U.S., their homes, their communities, and their schools both represent and perpetuate inequity. In fact, … [Read more...]
Broadening Engagement with a Little Help from Friends
We all talk about broadening engagement. FCC Chairman Genachowski shared this data with us.He acknowledges the Mobile Divide at a conference at the New America Foundation in January. Barriers to Use Affordability: 36 percent of non-adopters, or 28 million adults, said they do not have home broadband because the monthly fee is too expensive (15 percent), they cannot afford a computer, … [Read more...]