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Transformation

Soldier, Ask Not

Soldier, ask not now, or ever, Where to war your banners go. Blood and sorrow, pain unending, Are the portion of us all. Source: Gordon R. Dickson's [Hymn of the F

Let's Land This Ship

Hurtling through space, on a journey towards a new Earth, supplies running low, tempers frayed, technology failing, innovating with old equipment nigh impossible...that's not a vis

Why We CAN Get Along

"The attitude of “why can’t we all just get along?” has no place in the academic community: validity of arguments come from questioning and the constant, rigorous challenge of de

Simply Consistent

We often wonder how we can simplify our lives, and this reminds me of my favourite quote on simplicity: If you don’t spend time wondering how you can simplify your life, you are

TLT Continuum

This past week, highly esteemed colleague Jonathan "DataMan" Hulbert dropped by the office for a chat. It was a wide ranging conversation focused on Jonathan's interests for bringi

The Uh Uh Approach to Risk

"Why aren't we integrating technology into teaching, learning and leadership more? Nothing we do seems to get through to teachers. It's like they just don't care and no one is will

Go Crucial

Trying to summarize what I know, make it easier to share with others, I found myself playing extensively with Haiku Deck earlier tonight. What started out as a short play session t

The Other Kind of Regret - A Lesson

An anonymous comment found its way into my inbox, which seemed out of line given the topic originally written about. The blog entry the comment was offering ideas on was not mine,

Finding Balance

Dick Westley writes, there are two Adams in the Bible, and these perspectives shape our entire culture and civilization. They reflect the divided state always at war. He describes

Human Sojourn

Let me tell you, of all the confessions I have listened to, I have not heard...nearly so much as I have heard discouragement. Discouragement of themselves, and of life. Discour

ReAssert Yourself

"I have an idea!," my daughter (between 2 and 3 at the time) would proclaim on long road trips, "Let's sing ABC!" What would follow would be a cute rendition of the ABC song. It ne

Comparte Mas!

"Share more!" is advice I like to share with people I work with, and advice that I have to keep in mind during MY work. By sharing it, I remember. I was so enamoured of the term th

Engage in Political Acts

Work in an urban school district, and you quickly realize the reality of these words: Economically disadvantaged students, who often use the computer for remediation and basic sk

Stop Doing Lists

What's your "Stop Doing List?" Do you have one? Thanks to an article James O'Hagan shared, I stumbled across a quote from Jim Collins that I'd underlined, highlighted, promised to

Redemptive Conversations

Today, I stumbled across 4 blog entries that seemed to relate to the same theme Change. Sure, there were tons more to wade through, including mine, but I found myself drawn to the

YouTube Liberating Force

One of the videos that I immediately downloaded from YouTube was the UCLA Police incident involving a student in the library who was hit with tazer blasts. It is a powerful video c

Treeing the Coon

One of my favorite books and my daughter's, too, a fact I take credit for since I introduced her to it is Where the Red Fern Grows . by Wilson Rawls. I remember reading it sever

Creativity Burns

Before I allowed myself to acknowledge my creativity, my particular brand, it burned in me...I carried it around like a hot brick, too dumb to slap it down, to dumb to know that I

Dante's Inferno

Recently, I was reminded of Dante's Inferno...and the inscription: "Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs

Essence

The newspaper has to learn what its real value is and that is, indeed, reporting and its editors have to stop defending raw numbers of bodies. They need to boil themselves down t

Jesuits in MySpace

My first exposure to the Jesuit order was in the movie Shogun, which was based on the book by James Clavell. I was fascinating by the priestly order that appeared to have milit

Transition Techie

i remember now the value of constant movement. It allows one the illusion of progress without actual change. As an ed tech administrator, I live with these questions: Unrated Wha

Unlocked

This conversation reminded me of the "set yourself on fire" post I wrote some time ago but now can't find...sigh. [Abject Learning](

Absolute Surrender

It's only by surrendering that we win, you know. Jesus surrendered himself. Gandhi and Bonhoeffer did. Mother Teresa surrendered. Anyone who has had something to lose (don't we all

Powerful Beyond Measure

We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds. We have been drenched by many storms. We have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretense... Are we still of any use? [D