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Tuesday, January 27, 2014
An Affirmation of Faith (on International Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Based on the writing of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I refuse to believe that we are unable to influence the events which surround us.
I refuse to believe that we are so bound to racism and war, that peace, brotherhood and sisterhood are not possible.
I believe there is an urgent need for people to overcome oppression and violence, without resorting to violence and oppression.
I believe that we need to discover a way to live together in peace, a way which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of this way is love.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. I believe that right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.
I believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.
I believe that what self-centered people have torn down, other-centered people can build up.
By the goodness of God at work within people, I believe that brokenness can be healed. "And the lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and everyone will sit under their own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid."
What It's Like to be a Student Today
Below is an interesting infographic from NEA about the youth experience today.
Link to larger image: http://neatoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/StateofOurStudents-copy.jpg
Tweets from the Past
Twister is a new fun tool from Classtools.net. Twister allows students to imagine what historical figures would have done if they'd had access to social media. Twister is a Twitter-like tool, where students create fake tweets as if they were a famous person in history.
STEM for Elementary Kids/Tweet with Astronauts
I originally visited Dr. Fryer's site to learn more about a curiosity lessons he offered for STEM. I found much more than what I expected! In the right hand corner of the
curiosity page are links to a ton of resources for all things STEM for elementary kids!
Link: http://stem.wesfryer.com/home/curiosity
Dr. Frye also posted a list of 39 astronauts who will chat with students on Twitter!
16 Attributes of the Modern Educator
Link: http://bit.ly/1xbu3GR