Category Archives: Connecting

10 Ways to Make 2011 a Year of Learning

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

One of my life goals is to continue to learn as much as I can about the world and how it works, about myself and my limits, and about how to make the world a more sustainable place for the … Continue reading →

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Can Images Create Value?

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

Cross-posted on realmenreadwithkids.wordpress.com – Oct. 21, 2010 During the past few weeks I’ve been combing through our family photos – both print and digital – looking for images of men reading – my son, my husband, my dad, cousins, friends, … Continue reading →

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Thanks Hendry County Library Folks

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

I had a great morning presenting “Real Men Read with Kids: Inspiring Boys to Read for Life” to librarians and volunteers with the Hendry County Libraries. We talked about boys and reading, what key factors it takes to engage boys … Continue reading →

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Prezi – why you should move beyond slides

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

I’ve been working on several presentations lately using Prezi – exploring more of its new capabilities and playing with the desktop version – trying to hone my own skills. In my rummaging around on Prezi, I found this presentation by … Continue reading →

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The Power of One:One

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

There’s been a lot of buzz about 1:1 learning/classrooms/environments in education circles during the past few years (One-to-One K-12 Information Resources, Anytime-Anywhere Learning Foundation). The one laptop:one child or one learning device (of some technological kind) per child concept is … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Get Kids Outdoors This School Year

Posted on August 21, 2010 by

“Time in nature is not leisure time; it’s an essential investment in our children’s health.” – Richard Louv, author Last Child in the Woods There’s been a lot of news coverage lately about the crisis of childhood obesity and its … Continue reading →

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Report to Congress: Media literacy, not fear, can protect youth online

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

Back in June, The Online Safety and Technology Working Group finished their government-mandated report to Congress, entitled “Youth Safety on a Living Internet.” The report “points to the growing importance of online citizenship and media-literacy education, in addition to what … Continue reading →

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Are You Tapping Your Brain’s Potential?

Posted on June 29, 2010 by

In 1968 Pyotr Anokhin, student of Ivan Pavlov, published his research showing the minimum number of thought patterns the human brain could make is the number 1 followed by 10.5 million kilometers of typewritten zeros. It’s hard enough to wrap … Continue reading →

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