PRAISE
Don’t we all love praise? Alfie Kohn warns against the dangers of praising children–that it will actually keep them from putting effort into their work. I can see the danger, but I would make a difference in terms of the … Continue reading
Amy
THE AMAZING WORLD OF YOUTUBE
I uploaded a new 3 minute teaser to Youtube last week. I’m getting a bit more savvy about how one goes about using social media. Of course everything is relative. I should probably be moving this blog to a better … Continue reading
BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN
After months of spending the majority of my work time searching for funders (all right guys: “come out come out wherever you are!”) and learning more about what other educators and film makers are contributing in this area, today I … Continue reading
MISTAKES
Tom was recently editing a scene where two girls confront a third about saying something mean. There are many levels present in the scene, including the social pecking order that tempted L to say the mean thing: wanting to ingratiate … Continue reading
WHY ARE WE STILL HERE?
I have been corresponding with Howard Katzoff, who has a website called Mr.Katzoff.org He reprinted there an article that was published in Newsday in April of 2008, about the exciting middle school that he taught in in the 1970′s http://mrkatzoff.org/2009/09/once-upon-a-time-in-shoreham, … Continue reading
REJECTION
Got another rejection letter in my effort to find funding yesterday. That makes three recently. Mostly they remind us that times are tough and there are lots of people hoping for money from shrinking pots. ITVS (the Independent Television Service, … Continue reading
BACK ON THE (WORM) FARM
In a few minutes I’ll leave the windowless workspace where Tom and I edit, and head down the road to the school I taught in for decades, to volunteer. Fridays are still Campus Care time, an outgrowth of cleaning out … Continue reading
A VOICE IN CONGRESS
Congressman Joe Baca has taken a principled stand on an issue dear to my heart, as you will have gathered if you have been following this blog. High stakes standardized testing threatens to at the least eviscerate the kind of … Continue reading
ALL TOGETHER NOW
It’s already more than a week since I drove down to Fresno with 3 dynamic women to join the Freedom in Education meeting the father and son team of Rog and Joe Lucido had put together. Rog is a retired … Continue reading
A BUNNY ON A BUSINESS CARD
After several sometimes enjoyable, sometimes frustrating days of designing business cards for Tom and I to hand people after answering the question “What are you up to?”, I just finished slicing them apart. The day is slowly approaching when I … Continue reading