tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43549978757998812922024-03-13T13:53:21.475-04:00Friends School of Portland Parents' BlogQueries, Reflections, and Links from FSP ParentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger929125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-23061933547365067572013-05-03T08:05:00.000-04:002013-05-03T08:05:06.820-04:00Links & Resources from Always On w/ Rob Williams<!--[if !mso]>
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<!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-53854841276086395562013-05-03T06:43:00.000-04:002013-05-03T08:09:53.149-04:00Rob Williams Rocked The House! We had over 75 people attend Always On : Raising Families in the Digital Age and Rob Williams did a great job sharing new information and allowing a rich interchange to emerge. <br />
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Friends School of Portland stresses "Inquiry, Reflection, Action" as our educational mission. In that spirit, here's some of the feedback from the event -- <a href="http://fspparents.blogspot.com/2013/05/links-resources-from-always-on-w-rob.html" target="_blank">resources following</a>.<br />
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Please use comments to add more of your thinking!!!<br />
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->About the actual changes in brain structrure
from always being on (not to mention health risks)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->If the next step beyond google glass is the
google post-natal cortical implant? <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->What is the right trade-off between “privacy”
and “sharing”<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Google Eyewear – Beware! <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->We must all learn to disconnect – and allow others
to do so as well! <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Production vs. Consumption of media – different
kinds of screen time<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->We have NO privacy in the digital age<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->My 14yr old has a reptilian brain</div>
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• Internet / Privacy -- no overlap</div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Media Diet – Share ideas with families of
students<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Use the library! <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Quit Facebook! <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Don’t make your kids compete with your phone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->I will get a book out on the brain and
interpreting reality. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Remind people that while we worry about our
expensive toys/tools, many people in Maine and in the world don’t have enough
to eat, and send my check to org’s that serve these folks. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Bring the “mindfulness project” into schools to
teach students the importance of not (always) being “on”<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Figure out ways to have these conversations in
schools / among parents / ongoing<o:p></o:p></div>
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"Parents: if you constantly worry your kid isn’t safe, you will make the world a fearful place. -- Michael Thompson, <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%2392YParenting&src=hash"><s>#</s><b>92YParenting" </b></a></blockquote>
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Watch the Live Stream <a href="http://new.livestream.com/92Y/ParentingConf" target="_blank">here </a>or learn more at <a href="http://www.92y.org/Uptown-Microsites/Wonderplay/Parenting-Center/Parenting-Center-Conference/Conference-Schedule.aspx" target="_blank">the official site. </a><br />
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Or follow along on <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%2392YParenting&src=hash" target="_blank">twitter</a><br />
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"Summer camp is Hogwarts." - Dr. Michael Thompson</blockquote>
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"Some children come into the world with just a touch of Eyore. Trying to get them to be happy all the time WILL exhaust you." -- MT</blockquote>
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"iPads, iPhones light up pleasure centers of the brain like cocaine" -Joanne Deak <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%2392YParenting&src=hash"><s>#</s><b><strong>92YParenting</strong></b></a> <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://huff.to/12EHhNr" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/UQxPVGwe" target="_blank" title="http://huff.to/12EHhNr"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">huff.to/12EHhNr</span></a> </blockquote>
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<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/DrGailSaltz"><s>@</s><b>DrGailSaltz</b></a>, good enough parenting better than perfect parenting, prepares children reality of external world <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%2392YParenting&src=hash"><s>#</s><b><strong>92YParenting</strong></b></a> </blockquote>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-24635451908559518572013-01-28T12:23:00.002-05:002013-01-28T12:49:40.507-05:00Book Awards Today is a big day for Children's Literature... The <a href="http://www.ala.org/" target="_blank">American Library Association</a> announces it's Youth Media Awards... including the Caldecott and Newbery Awards but also many more.<br />
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On <a href="http://www.facebook.com/alayma" target="_blank">facebook</a> & <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards" target="_blank">Web </a><br />
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Recognition for Maine Author/illustrators includes <a href="http://philliphoose.com/" target="_blank">Phil Hoose's Moonbirds</a>, Toni Buzzeo's <a href="http://www.tonibuzzeo.com/booksonecoolfriend.html" target="_blank">One Cool Friend </a>and Daniel Minter's illustrations in <a href="http://www.kellystarlinglyons.com/books/onemillion/EllensBroom.html" target="_blank">Ellen's Broom ! </a><br />
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<span class="userContent">Newbery 2013: “<a href="http://theoneandonlyivan.com/" target="_blank">The One and Only Ivan</a>,” written by Katherine Applegate</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Caldecott 2013: “<a href="http://www.candlewick.com/bookxtras.asp?...Not+My+Hat" target="_blank">This Is Not My Ha</a>t,” illustrated and written by <a href="http://jonklassen.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Jon Klassen</a>, published by Candlewick Press</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Coretta Scott King : </span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">CSK Illustrator 2013: Bryan Collier, “<a href="http://books.simonandschuster.ca/I-Too-Am-America/.../9781442420083" target="_blank">I, Too, Am America,</a>”</span>; </span></span><br />
<span class="userContent">CSK Author 2013: Andrea Davis Pinkney, “<a href="http://disney.go.com/books/hand-in-hand" target="_blank">Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America</a>,” illustrated by Brian Pinkney,</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Stonewall 2013: “<a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Aristotle-and-Dante.../9781442408920" target="_blank">Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,</a>” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz</span> </span> </span><br />
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I think we should find a way to get as many of these books as we can for the FSP library... use comments for ideas!<br />
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Also, check out this <a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?aid=6890&a=1" target="_blank">great resource </a>for learning how to pronounce authors' names and then to dig in about them and their books... and <style><!--
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FSP 7th and 8th graders are learning about Climate Science at the same time that climate activists are moving forward with protests against drilling for Tar Sands Oil and the building of a pipeline that would move that oil from Canada through the U.S. to be sold internationally. And, the 350.Org <a href="http://gofossilfree.org/" target="_blank">project on divestment</a> from fossil fuels is growing...<br />
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For me, mothering provides the impetus and courage to not look away. Still, this video is a bit heart-wrenching.<br />
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There are so many opportunities for action right now.<br />
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Learn more about <a href="http://www.facebook.com/350.Maine" target="_blank">350.Org Maine</a> and actions planned for Wednesday January 23<br />
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<a href="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/276971_107887362715742_1850023672_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tar Sands Free Northeast Day of ACTION - Portland, Maine" border="0" class="pbs fbEventPhoto profile-picture img" height="400" itemprop="photo" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/276971_107887362715742_1850023672_n.jpg" width="310" /></a>See <a href="http://www.space538.org/event_details.php?id=1740" target="_blank">Chasing Ice</a> at SPACE on Friday January 25th<br />
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Attend the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/350.Maine#%21/events/107887362715742/" target="_blank">super-big rally and march</a> on January 26th<br />
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Learn more about <a href="http://idlenomore.ca/" target="_blank">Idle No More</a> and their January 28th World Day of Action<br />
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Ask some 7th & 8th graders about what they've learned Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-30999530069095192552013-01-17T16:57:00.001-05:002013-01-17T16:57:08.242-05:00Share your ideas in comments!
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas (that don’t require cleaning your
house) for Winter Fun as a Group</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Book a pool party or just meet for “open
swim” at a community pool (we’ve had good luck @ <span style="color: #0028f9;">Cape
Elizabeth’s pool </span>- there’s a hot tub and it costs $5.00 for non
residents (or book a music or bowling or gymnastics party and share the cost.)
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bring some board games to the top of the
Portland Public Market</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meet for <span style="color: #0028f9;">Friday
Night Open Gymnastics, </span>or at the <span style="color: #0028f9;">Children’s
Museum </span>(1st Fri $1.00) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Take a winter hike / snowshoe @ <span style="color: #0028f9;">Pineland </span>and have cocoa in the visitor’s center. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gather at a <span style="color: #0028f9;">WinterKids
Winter Festival </span>or the <span style="color: #0028f9;">Portland Flower Show </span>(preshow
<span style="color: #0028f9;">essay contest </span>here – maybe a writing party
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Families with younger children – hire
some eighth graders to entertain your kids; they need to raise $ for their trip
to D.C. – and try Parent’s Night Out <span style="color: #0028f9;">ideas </span>from
Maine.Today </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-5277037471729949242013-01-16T08:36:00.003-05:002013-01-16T08:36:23.307-05:00MLK Day Events <br />
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Curious City is planning <a href="http://www.curiouscity.net/mlks-young-citizen/" target="_blank">MLK day events for kids</a>, (as part of the larger <a href="http://www.naacpportland.org/" target="_blank">Portland NAACP breakfast</a>) which is so lucky for kids! <br />
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I'm also reminded, at this time, of the wisdom imparted by Annie Sibley O'Brien and Krista Aronson during last year's "Books As Bridges" program... as much as this is a time to engage around questions of race and racism, poverty and economic inequality, and our capacity for justice, it is an opportunity to create new connections and relationships that honor ways we are similar to those different from us and ways we differ from those who seem just like us.<br />
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Scroll through some <a href="http://fspparents.blogspot.com/search?q=books+as+bridges" target="_blank">old posts</a> for lots of links to book sites... Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-43097588056392529352013-01-02T12:45:00.000-05:002013-01-02T12:45:07.148-05:00ImprovThis comes from David LeGraffe, who helped bring Portland Playback to FSP for the arts intensive last fall... Playbacks happen during First Friday each month - it could be a great parent outing! <br />
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Commentary: Best-kept secret to creating social change is… improv <br />
<a href="http://www.good.is/posts/best-kept-secret-to-creating-social-change-take-an-improv-class">http://www.good.is/posts/best-kept-secret-to-creating-social-change-take-an-improv-class</a><br />Marc Evan Jackson, Good blog, 9/22/12<br /><br />I hold the secret to the fastest, widest ranging, longest lasting, and certainly most fun path to positive, global social change: Everyone in the world should take an improv class. I have never been more serious about anything in my life. If more people improvised, there would be no war. <br />Improvisation is the art of making it up. Winging it. Often used in theatre, it is the creation of a scene or tiny play that arises from a suggestion from the audience, a tiny play for which the script is made up on the spot. If all you can think about right now is "Whose Line Is It Anyway?," then please allow me to elaborate. In order to be good at improv, you must adhere to a few pretty stringent rules. You must listen to others. You must agree with what's going on, and respect those you're working with. You must: Get along. Work together. Be fearless. Show up with energy. Be willing to look silly and even fail. Your job, while improvising, is to put yourself in the other person's shoes, and make them look good, and more than anything you must learn to obey the precept: Don't be a dork. As a result, a completely delightful by-product of improv is a set of unbelievably great skills for citizenship. Those who improvise become nicer, more informed, more interesting, more interested people. Full disclosure: There is a down side. Improv will make you realize how awful we humans are to one another. It will point that out to you every time someone begins speaking while someone else is already speaking, and make vivid who in your life is or is not listening. You will see the fear-driven, selfish, self-aggrandizing motivations behind what everyone is saying and doing as they interrupt one another. Once you are exposed to improv, Thanksgiving dinner with your family will become more unbearable than it has ever been. I am an actor. I make my living improvising. But improvisation's beneficial impacts can and will help anyone, in any profession, of any age, in any circumstance. Seriously. We've taught this to prisoners - prisoners in prison - and they have raved about the good it's done in their lives. Surely it can help you too.<br />David La Graffe<br /><a href="http://www.lightsupimprov.com/">www.lightsupimprov.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.portlandplayback.com/">www.portlandplayback.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://healingmomentswebsite.webs.com/">http://healingmomentswebsite.webs.com</a><br /><br />207-799-3489<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-44000792756228383052012-11-12T07:11:00.002-05:002012-11-12T07:11:46.545-05:00Twitter for Teachers /parents ~ WonderopolisI am constantly swinging from my awe at all the internet brings us and my horror at our collective obsession with screens. As the first generation of parents to really contend with mobile devices, we are left to use some knee-jerk judgement that often expresses itself, in my house, as total capriciousness. I am really looking forward to the spring P4P event on "digital kids, digital families" as a space to ponder more deliberately and with you all!<br />
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I have a thing for twitter, despite the way it fragments my brain, because it provides such a deluge of interesting links and information. Somehow I wandered onto the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%231stchat&src=typd" target="_blank">#1stchat</a> which allows first grade teachers everywhere to gather once a week and share ideas. One of the most popular apps/websites mentioned was <a href="http://wonderopolis.org/" target="_blank">Wonderopolis</a> and it really is super-cool, even for adults. Featuring a new "wonder" everyday, it provides a nudge for non-fiction reading and provides excellent content - noncommercial, as far as I can tell (screen shot of some wonders, below) -- would love to know others' favorite apps/sites for kids -- use comments!<br />
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Also on twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23kidlit" target="_blank">#kidlit</a> where great books and literacy ideas are shared, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edchat" target="_blank">#edchat</a> where general education policy is discussed, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23plpnetwork&src=typd" target="_blank">#plpnetwork</a> for conversations about digital learning, and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23meschools&src=typd" target="_blank">#meschools </a>for issues relating to Maine education policy / opportunity (you do not need a twitter account to read these threads, just to post). <br />
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For general thinking about media and education, <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/" target="_blank">KQED's Mindshift Blog</a> is excellent and provocative and <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/" target="_blank">Commonsense Media</a> is good for some grounding.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-79113514082070317932012-11-06T12:14:00.000-05:002012-11-06T12:14:08.199-05:00Article Round-UpPeople have sent me some lovely reading / links for the blog over the past week or 2... here's a collection:<br />
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<a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/embracing-children-for-who-they-are/" target="_blank">Jane Brody on treating kids as individuals</a></h4>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/sports/too-fast-too-soon-young-endurance-runners-draw-cheers-and-concerns.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">NYT article exploring running programs and the effects of pushing kids really hard</a></h4>
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<a href="http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=5136" target="_blank">"Are You As Busy As You Think You Are?"</a> Wall St. Journal/Daily Good piece</h4>
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<a href="http://courageinschools.org/" target="_blank">Courage in Schools Blog</a> -- Parker Palmer is a Quaker Ed Guru! </h4>
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YES! Magazine on the <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/its-your-body/the-hazards-of-manhood?utm_source=octnov12&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mrHazardsManhood" target="_blank">Hazards of Manhood</a></h4>
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Harvey Melnick on "<a href="http://www.aucociscocoaching.com/blog" target="_blank">Parenting: My Life Is My Message</a>"</h4>
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and finally, Maine's own Zoe Weil on "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t4uSi1OwQ0" target="_blank">Educating for Freedom</a>" <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2t4uSi1OwQ0?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-3044421458260054042012-10-30T08:53:00.002-04:002012-10-30T08:53:57.366-04:00A VLOG (video blog) that desribes sexuality diversityIf you missed Jennifer Bryan's talk, this 3min take on sexuality and gender diversity provides the basic context :<br />
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For more in-depth information about sex diversity, check out the resources on the now defunct <a href="http://www.isna.org/" target="_blank">Intersex Society of North America</a> site - the 12min <a href="http://www.isna.org/files/xxxy.mov" target="_blank">online video</a> is particularly poignant and useful. <br />
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This <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny.html" target="_blank">TED TALK </a>by Alice Dreger (Is Anatomy Destiny) opens up a bigger conversation about what it means to maintain or deconstruct sex categories, knowing that they are not actually fully inclusive, descriptive, or "real" but that they do serve social, political and personal purposes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-52879770776398256632012-10-26T12:43:00.000-04:002012-10-26T12:43:11.817-04:00Post-Jennifer BryanJennifer Bryan's workshop and public talk on gender and sexuality diversity raised so many questions and provided a strong and clear mandate to adults that if we want our children to have the fullest possible humanity and to include all children in our schools and communities we must become more educated about our potential differences. Bryan used modifications of Kinsey's spectrum of sexuality development to offer a schema that helps us understand that individual sex, gender and sexuality potentially changes over time and place and involves an infinite number of ways of being, not just 2. Sharing interviews with kids, in the evening program, Bryan asked us to be more empathetic to the hurts that come with being forced into a sex/gender binary system and then to be more thoughtful about the stereotypes that describe each type.<br />
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Some follow up links :<br />
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Jennifer's web site is <a href="http://www.jenniferbryanphd.com/" target="_blank">here</a> -- many reported wishing for more time with her; perhaps a school district could organize a whole-day training? <br />
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If nothing else, we should all pledge not to buy into the horror of super-sexy halloween costumes!<br />
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ABC did a story on the gendering of costumes / of kids in the choosing of costumes<br />
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"<a href="http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/01/lego-gender-part-1-lego-friends/" target="_blank">Feminist Frequency</a>" examines the ways that legos' markets gender norms and sexism; Lyn Michel Brown's book "<a href="http://www.packaginggirlhood.com/" target="_blank">Packaging Girlhood</a>" provides even more data on this and <a href="http://www.hghw.org/" target="_blank">Hardy Girls, Healthy Women</a> offers a lot of strategies for resistance including a <a href="http://www.hghw.org/content/tip-sheets" target="_blank">Halloween tip sheet!</a> <br />
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Maine's <a href="http://www.transyouthequality.org/about.html" target="_blank">Trans Youth Equality Foundation</a> offers resources for families and supporters of kids whose gender expression doesn't "match" their assigned sex.<a href="http://equalitymaine.org/" target="_blank"> Equality Maine</a> offers political support and resources for safe schools.<br />
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<a href="http://www.maineboystomen.org/" target="_blank">Boys to Men</a> offers trainings for schools interested in addressing gender stereotypes and the ways that they can support violence, and also support for parents wanting to help boys build a masculinity not centered on "Battle" (the biggest word in the <a href="http://www.achilleseffect.com/2011/03/word-cloud-how-toy-ad-vocabulary-reinforces-gender-stereotypes/" target="_blank">"boy toy" word cloud</a>).<br />
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In Portland Saturday! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-82367745260763449272012-10-23T05:59:00.003-04:002012-10-23T05:59:35.685-04:00Alone Together by Sherry TurkleThe topic of technology and kids lives is a big one, and we had a great conversation about it last week at our middle school parents meeting. Listening to Sherry Turkle, though, I was reminded that the topic of technology and adults is as much the story and that I should be more mindful and intentional about how I use my device. Live-Tweeting the debate has advantages - advantages that outweigh the cons, for me -- but Live-Tweeting the x-country meet, not so much. It is challenging to parent well about tech use, because we're almost all struggling to live well without collapsing under mountains of information and interaction or staying slightly Luddite about the whole enterprise.<br />
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We are excited to share this as the theme of our Spring (May 2012) Parenting for Peace event! More details TBA.<br />
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In the meantime, I thought the <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/10/18/163098594/in-constant-digital-contact-we-feel-alone-together" target="_blank">Fresh Air with Turkle</a> was well worth a listen and more conversation among us!<br />
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And, as a bridge between our P4P events, check out this <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/gender" target="_blank">Common Sense Media Guide</a> to exploring gender stereotypes online and these <a href="http://www.hghw.org/" target="_blank">Hardy Girl</a> webinars:<br />
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<strong><a href="http://hghw.org/content/webinar-beyond-media-literacy-empowering-girls-through-media-activism">Beyond Media Literacy: Empowering Girls Through Media Activism</a></strong><br />Emily Brostek, MPH, CHES<br />Wednesday, November 7, 2012<br />Noon-1:30 pm Eastern Time<br />$29.95<br /><a href="http://hghw.org/content/webinar-beyond-media-literacy-empowering-girls-through-media-activism">Register Today!</a><br />
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<strong><a href="http://hghw.org/content/webinar-gender-and-early-childhood-world-according-marketers">Gender and Early Childhood: The World According to Marketers</a></strong><br />Emily Brostek, MPH, CHES<br />Wednesday, November 28, 2012<br />4-5:30 pm Eastern Time<br />$29.95<br /><a href="http://hghw.org/content/webinar-gender-and-early-childhood-world-according-marketers">Register Today!</a><br />
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<strong><a href="http://hghw.org/content/webinar-girlfighting-goes-online-cyberbullying-and-what-we-can-do-about-it">Girlfighting Goes Online: Cyberbullying (and What We Can Do About It) </a></strong><br />Emily Brostek, MPH, CHES<br />Wednesday, December 5, 2012<br />4-5:30 pm Eastern Time<br />$29.95<br /><a href="http://hghw.org/content/webinar-girlfighting-goes-online-cyberbullying-and-what-we-can-do-about-it">Register Today!</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-12339085925846348052012-10-12T11:30:00.001-04:002012-10-12T11:30:22.753-04:00Telling Room Events<div class="block block-delta-blocks block-page-title block-delta-blocks-page-title even block-without-title" id="block-delta-blocks-page-title">
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Super Famous Writer Series</h1>
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Every
year, the Telling Room organizes a series of events aimed at
introducing students and the community at large to successful, working
writers. Whether held in a school auditorium as a panel discussion or in
the more intimate confines of our studio space, our Super Famous
Writers Series offers burgeoning authors a chance to ask questions of a
few successful scribes and to imagine themselves as a literary
superhero.<br />
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<img alt="" src="http://www.tellingroom.org/sites/default/files/images/Paul-Tough.jpeg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; width: 200px;" />Paul Tough</h3>
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November 7th, USM's Hannaford Hall</h3>
The prevailing wisdom has it that success in life depends on getting the best grades in the best schools. Paul Tough, author of <i>How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character</i>,
offers another model, arguing that lasting achievements depend on
character traits such as perseverance, self-discipline, and optimism,
skills not necessarily measured on standardized tests. Join him for a
lecture at USM's Hannaford Hall on November 7th at 7pm. He is the author
of a series of acclaimed articles about character and childhood in the <i>New York Times Magazine</i> and <i>The New Yorker</i> and a regular contributor to the public-radio program <i>This American Life</i>. Seating for this free event requires an RSVP. Visit <a href="http://paultoughportlandme.eventbrite.com/">paultoughportlandme.eventbrite.com</a> to register.<br />
<i>Sponsored by Portland Public Schools, Breakwater School's Parent
and Professional Enrichment Program, USM Department of Teacher
Education, Portland Education Foundation, Longfellow Books, Friends
School of Portland, Olympia Companies and Hilton Garden Portland
Downtown Waterfront. </i><br />
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November 15th, Space Gallery</h3>
<b><a href="http://www.tomperrotta.net/">Tom Perrotta</a></b>, author of New York Times bestsellers<i> The Leftovers</i> and <i>The Abstinence Teacher, </i>will
read at SPACE Gallery on November 15th at 7pm as part of The Telling
Room’s 2012 Super Famous Writer Series, a slate of literary events that
showcases the working lives of talented fiction, nonfiction, and student
authors. His novels <i>Election</i> and <i>Little Children</i> were both made into acclaimed movies, and Perrotta received an Academy award nomination for the screenplay of <i>Little Children</i>, which he wrote with director Todd Field. He's currently adapting <i>The Leftovers</i> into an HBO series along with Damon Lindelof, the co-creator of <i>Lost</i>.
Perrotta has taught writing at Yale and Harvard, and published essays
and reviews in Rolling Stone, GQ, and The New York Times. He also edited
the 2012 edition of Best American Short Stories. Seating for this free
event is first come first serve.<br />
<i>Presented by The Telling Room in partnership with Space Gallery,
Olympia Companies and Hilton Garden Portland Downtown Waterfront. </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-52256353934498322012012-10-12T11:30:00.000-04:002012-10-12T11:30:02.821-04:00Eric Carle - Portland Ovations<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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<span>New
friends and classic characters come to life with the Family Series
performance, Treasured Stories by Eric Carle on Saturday, October 20th
at 11 am at Merrill Auditorium. This new work by Mermaid Theatre <span>brings together old favorites from <em>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</em> and new friends drawn from the pages of <em>Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?</em> and the poignant story of a young girl's unusual quest, <em>Papa, Please get the Moon for Me</em></span>
for a fantastical hour-long production that will entertain and educate
the next generation of theatergoers. Featuring innovative puppetry,
dazzling visual effects and evocative music Treasured Stories This </span><span>performance is recommended for children ages 3 to 8 and tickets are only $10. <a href="http://webmail.nyc.rr.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fr20.rs6.net%252Ftn.jsp%253Fe%253D001AruyhPpKXHQbL9c6_Kp3ExN8Q-hQw9XL54Doox02Zeq_TZUBBzZHS_2GQY3dyUGNwCTZcNIV8OCTx6RdhnTzEfOnysUD0LpkKVrnDaK-r28Wct0fwxvvaN2-xG6QH-3bgp26vajrInwnxz7YKQpL_43tzmmqLQsr" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Click here to get them today</a>.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-2247531619553731442012-10-11T06:30:00.000-04:002012-10-11T06:30:12.848-04:00 in the interest of children -- <a href="http://mainechildrensalliance.org/publications.php" target="_blank"> A Guide for Voters and Candidates</a>, published by the <a href="http://mainechildrensalliance.org/" target="_blank">Maine Children's Alliance</a> is now available.<br />
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-- Today is the first <a href="http://dayofthegirl.org/" target="_blank">International Day of the Girl</a> : If you're in Portland, join <a href="http://www.hghw.org/" target="_blank">Hardy Girls / Healthy Women's</a> Press Conference : Stand with girls in Maine and around the world tomorrow at our Day of the Girl event. Mayor Michael Brennan will join girl advocacy groups, teen girls, and supporters on Thursday at 10:00am on the steps of Portland City Hall to proclaim October 11th as Day of the Girl. <br /><br />-- October 16th : Debate moderated by Candy Crowley... it is hard to imagine wanting to watch this, but she is the first woman moderator since 1992 -- here's hoping some questions are asked about women's health, economic security, and children! <br /><br />-- October 18th :<a href="http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org/" target="_blank"> Love Your Body Day </a><br />
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Children's Theater of Maine Auditions on 10/25 - <a href="http://www.kitetails.org/theatre/auditions/" target="_blank">more info here</a>!<br />
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We're looking for talented young actors to join the cast of our holiday production, <i>A Seussified Christmas Carol</i>. No experience is required, and newcomers are welcome! Please arrive between 3pm and 5pm with a one-minute monologue prepared.<br /><br />
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audition.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-74032202555045401202012-09-21T10:44:00.001-04:002012-09-21T10:44:33.694-04:00Maine Senate Candidate Debate on October 4th Several organizations are coming together to sponsor a Senate Candidates Debate on October 4th, with a focus on issues especially effecting women and girls... More info and RSVP <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/138215556315659/" target="_blank">link here</a>! <br />
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And, on <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81467.html" target="_blank">October 16th</a>, Candy Crowly will serve as the first woman to moderate a Presidential debate in the past 20 years! This came about because of some <a href="http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/08/how-small-town-jersey-girls-sparked-a-national-debate/" target="_blank">activism of HS girls</a>... inspiring when I think about what our kids might make happen! <br />
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<i><br />"Where is there a meeting point between being connected, and being well?" (from DML Research Hub)</i><br />
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millions of young people who will be shaping tomorrow’s world deserves
addressing. We’ve created this tacklebox-like <a href="http://presence-project.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Toolbox-Contents1.pdf">toolkit</a> to help families reconnect around their passion projects:" </blockquote>
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And where I learned about it : the <a href="http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/presence-project-and-be-here-now-box-digital-media-and-family-attention" target="_blank">DML Research Hub blog post / video </a><br />
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------------------------<br />What items would you add to your own Be Here Now box? Share your<br />thoughts with others by:<br />(1) Leaving a comment on the blog post at <a href="http://bit.ly/Qx6xvD">http://bit.ly/Qx6xvD</a>, or<br />(2) Adding a comment to DML Facebook Page at<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/DMLResearchHub">http://www.facebook.com/DMLResearchHub</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-29504198026972737882012-09-17T10:58:00.004-04:002012-09-17T11:00:01.439-04:00Books as Bridges / Silent RacismThe Bangor Daily News recently posted a <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/09/14/politics/understanding-why-maine-is-so-white/" target="_blank">brief story</a> about Maine's legacy as the "whitest state" and the experience that people of color have as "the only" in primarily white spaces. This story - and the comments and blog posts that followed - made me think about our program last fall on kids, race and racism and the challenges of teaching anti-racism at FSP. The cycle of inquiry, reflection, action is at the heart of FSP's educational philosophy and so important for our shared queries about what justice looks like, how we create racial amity and equity, how we honor individual differences and create strong communities, and how we challenge our own inner-voice by hearing the truths' of others in a setting that encourages divergent thinking and dissent as well as harmony and unity. <br />
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While within larger society there is a pull toward emphasizing stereotypes about racial difference or naturalizing patterns that we name "racism", there can also be a push toward asking people to assimilate to the extreme, to refuse to "see" difference as a way of maintaining dominant norms. The sweet spot of dynamic inclusion is easy to wish for, harder to always know how to practice. <br />
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Check out the resources from our Books as Bridges event <a href="http://friendsschoolofportland.org/parenting-peace-0" target="_blank">here</a> (scroll down) and the latest work being done by Anne Sibley O'Brien and Kirsten Cappy on the <a href="http://imyourneighborbooks.org/" target="_blank">I'm Your Neighbor project</a> (many book recs available!) <br />
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If you have an idea for an after school activity.... talk to <a href="mailto:billy.maley@gmail.com" target="_blank">Billy</a><br />
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If you have an idea for development / fundraising... talk to <a href="mailto:rob@roblevin.net" target="_blank">Rob</a>, <a href="mailto:jenny@friendsschoolofportland.org" target="_blank">Jenny</a> or <a href="mailto:john.marble.fsp@gmail.com" target="_blank">John</a><br />
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If you have an idea for a class get-together... talk to your point-parent or just throw it out to the group<br />
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If you have an idea for a whole-school event... talk to your point-parent, <a href="mailto:parentingforpeace@gmail.com" target="_blank">Kim</a> or <a href="mailto:stacieb@maine.rr.com" target="_blank">Stacie</a>, <a href="mailto:jen@friendsschoolofportland.org" target="_blank">Jen</a> or <a href="mailto:jenny@friendsschoolofportland.org" target="_blank">Jenny</a>... big ideas usually cycle through to the administrative team and are checked against the school calendar and require that the initiator have some ummph for enacting the event. <br />
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If you have an idea for an item to be included in the ebulletin, newsletter or for admissions or media for FSP... talk to <a href="mailto:jen@friendsschoolofportland.org" target="_blank">Jen</a><br />
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If you have an idea for an all school assembly... talk to <a href="mailto:leechisholm@comcast.net" target="_blank">Lee</a>, <a href="mailto:jonathan@friendsschoolofportland.org" target="_blank">Jonathan</a>, <a href="mailto:cmchute@maine.rr.com" target="_blank">Christina</a> or <a href="mailto:pete@friendsschoolofportland.org" target="_blank">Pete</a><br />
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If you have an idea for a field trip, an awesome addition to the classroom, etc. ... talk to your teacher<br />
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In the past, parents have initiated a holiday "hat sale", a kids craft making party, a Matt Loosigian concert, Stories by the Garden, the Parenting for Peace lecture series, Contra Dancing at the potluck (or perhaps that idea came from a teacher), the blog (and it wasn't me :), the summer program, food for teachers at the end of the year, parent forums, Wolfe's Neck trip on October in-service day, Tea Parties on the Cricket sidelines, parent-kid soccer tournaments, X-Country Team, Close Buy... Within classrooms, parents have done so much more... so if you have an idea and a little organizing ummph please feel hugely invited to make it happen! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-9299190201849953732012-09-12T06:59:00.002-04:002012-09-12T06:59:49.175-04:00Outing ClubThe meeting for <a href="http://www.outingclubfall2012.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">Outing Club</a> takes place in Nicole's room after school today... OC has been a highlight for many FSP families... come check it out!<br />
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Primary fall projects include putting on the Harvest Dinner -- a local-food-fest that raises $ for OC and is really fun... ticket info to come!<br />
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Here's a little info about the upcoming rescheduled Rangeley Camping Trip -- it was rained out in the spring, but we're hoping for a beautiful (and mosquito free) fall weekend! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354997875799881292.post-71200169624285688092012-09-10T15:26:00.000-04:002012-09-10T15:26:35.374-04:00After SchoolFSP's after school programs are <i>awesome</i> but sometimes there is a need to leave the island... The Telling Room just posted their <a href="http://www.tellingroom.org/programs/workshops/fall-workshop-schedule" target="_blank">fall workshops</a>... none work for my family, but I sure wish they did - and they are free / by donation!<br />
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Also, several of us are coming together for a <a href="http://www.portlandpottery.com/studio/studio_index.html" target="_blank">Portland Pottery</a> class on Wednesdays... if your child might be interested in joining in, send <a href="mailto:parentingforpeace@gmail.com" target="_blank">Kim</a> an email. <br />
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