Thank you again D for your sharing such an awesome set of resources.
]]>I’d just like to modify two verbal slips in my podcast — one regarding the age of onset of FDR’s paralytic illness and the other about the FSA. FDR actually sustained the illness that paralyzed him not in his early 30’s but when he was 39. Though the illness was diagnosed at the time (and referred to at the Memorial) as poliomyelitis, at least one retrospective study regards a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome as more probable.
As for the federal agency that commissioned the Depression era photography mentioned in the podcast, it was the Farm Security Administration, not the Farm Service Administration. (At its inception, the agency was evidently called the Resettlement Administration. In association with the Depression Era photography, however, it is generally referred to as the “FSA.” The agency is now known as the Farmers Home Administration.)
Thanks for listening!
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t do normally is a very amusing thing. I agree that social groups can have a great effect. It is important for kids to expand their imaginations and to be creative. It is also excellent to be capable of making out unusual observation about things (in this case a turtle trying to fly). We need more books that can challenge our kids†imagination and test their knowledge to things. Kids should know what they can do and what they canâ€t. It is crucial that kids know and appreciate their limitations at the same time be innovative and think outside the box. I enjoyed this intersect t presentation.]]>s literature can create lively discussions about a bookâ€s main idea and other ideas linked to the topic. In a classroom where I work we try to teach students not just read a book and think, “oh I learned something newâ€, but rather to connect the book to themselves and the world and the possibilities the book suggests. Paulo Freire was a great truth-seeker and philosopher. He didnâ€t want information to simply fill the minds of people, but really get people thinking and engaged.]]>Thanks Dean Sarah
]]>s comment that critical literacy is easily overlooked because it is embedded in the mandatory curriculum was a great point. If teachers simply look at texts based on how they are represented in the curriculum and do not step back and look at texts for the message that they really send, how can they expect their students to do so? I think critical literacy is something that should be encouraged in all classrooms and I hope that I can inspire other teachers to engage their students by setting an example.]]>Chrystelle
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]]>Congrats on the continued growth and success of JOMB!!!!
Gretchen mentioned you when she did her talk at Podcamp EDU.
Big Hugs
vivian
Congrats on what seems to have been an amazingly successful podCamp EDU, Vivian.
I’m really looking forward to listening to the sessions. And really looking forward to more CLIP.
I’m soooo glad to hear you again!
]]> hair. This episodeâ€s placement of “hairism†in a historical context was particularly interesting. It is ironic to me that even though so many of my students seem to ascribe to a resurgence of the black pride movement, they fail to understand that “people are not their hair.†I hope that children read books like “Nappy†by Shareece Carney Noon (?) and Natasha Tarpleyâ€s “I Love My Hairâ€, and older students (and adults) listen to (and accept the words of) India Arieâ€s “I Am Not My Hair.â€]]>s important when analyzing any and all media.]]>Thought that quote was absolutely amazing. ‘Bringing out the inequalities ” was especially interesting, as so many children literacy books really try and bring that out, and show the differences between two groups, and the dominant vs. minority group. ]]>
This was a really great podcast. I like the way that you explained the process and how you can about the decision to ban the power rangers, but eventually let them back in. It speaks a lot to the box that educators try and put students thinking in, and how good teachers (like yourself) learn to curb their enthusiasm for the topic, and make it productive. The gender roles in here, with colors and stuff is also really neat.
Bryan
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I’m excited to see you posting on my show site! Thank you for this. I think one way we can help Antarctica is to make CD’s for them once we have enough audio and images. I love the name you chose. Now that you have a name I can create the site. So start thinking of how you want the banner to look. My banner has some kids drawings for example. It’s the heading on the web page.
I wanted to come see you today but the weather is bad and I think it’s supposed to be bad tomorrow. Can I come see you on Friday? By then maybe you can think of what you want to say on our first recording and I’ll bring what we need to record.
So, you’ll need the script to read and an image to post to the site. How does that sound? I think for the first one you should think about how to let your listeners know what you are doing with your podcast. Why are you podcasting? Who should listen to the show? How will you go about doing the show? Does that make sense?
I can’t wait to see you!
I may just have to do a special show on the clip podcast just for all my second grade friends!
I’ll see you soon.
vivian
]]>Thank you for writing us back. Do you know any way we could help Antartica get in touch with us and see our Podacast? We thought of our podcast name today! 100% Kids. We are REALLY excited. Vivian come see us! We have lots of cool stuff.
Love, Julia
Bailey’s M-1
2nd Grade
vivian
]]>I actually have an answer to your question about the lack of Internet traffic on the CLIP map for Antarctica.
It seems that the Internet connection in the Antarctic is very very slow…in fact the are only able to get “dial-up” speeds…This means that they can only have enough bandwidth to be able to check e-mail and are not able to use a browser to visit any web sites, like the CLIP website.
In fact, a fellow podcaster was asking us podcasters to send CD’s and MP3 files to the only radio station in Antarctica so that the people living down in Antarctica could have something to listen to besides the wind and the penguins.
]]>Thank you for you very thoughtful comments! I too am saddened to think of lack of access to issues and topics such as non-traditional families. We’ve come a long way but we clearly still have a long way to go. I think this is why it’s especially important for us to do what we can to support the work of such people as Heather J.
The Mercer Report video is very funny and really gets at the ridiculousness regarding non-traditional families that we often hear about. The Time article does the same work. Very clever. How do you find these texts? Awesome stuff.
Thanks so much Andrea!
vivian
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]]>Can’t wait to see you!
vivian
]]>All of us in our 2nd grade class are looking at your podcast site. We noticed on your map of the world that Antartica is missing. Do you think there are listeners there?
Love,
Bailey’s M-1
2nd Grade
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1586322,00.html
“Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled….”
Ha!
Andrea
This show left me feeling sad. The thought that anyone, let alone an educator, would believe that children were too young to be introduced to the idea of non-traditional families is so hard for me to believe or understand and it is just such a disheartening reflection on whichever society you were talking about (maybe even my own society — I guess I’ve never asked…).
It seems to me that the only way a child might be confused about the idea of two women having a family or two men having a family would be if the child understood the mechanics behind reproduction. But something tells me that a 3 or 5 year old that is “too young” to be introduced to the ideas of same-sex couples or non-traditional families is going to have a good long wait til they discover they weren’t grown in a cabbage patch.
On a lighter note, I can’t imagine that you haven’t seen this Rick Mercer skit, but if you haven’t you’re in for a treat. It’s not super high tech so you have to choose your video player before viewing it and I can’t send you the exact link so you have to search for and click on “I Believe in a Traditional Family”
http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/backissues.html
Thanks for another great episode of CLIP,
Andrea
Thanks Heather.
vivian
Speaking of consuming particular lifestyles, I couldn’t believe how high-definition TV sales jumped by 30% just because the Super Bowl was being broadcast in HD. Whether young or old, how easily Americans get sucked in. ]]>
Keep us posted!
vivian
A very important point Erin. I think your comment speaks to the notion of what is bought and sold through commercial advertising and so forth. Specifically that when we purchase something we are purchasing something more than the object itself. What we are consuming are particular lifestyles.
I look forward to hearing more from you.
vivian
Thanks for the suggestion Charles. I will definitely work on such an episode 🙂
vivian
]]>I am very excited about the podcast’s recognition and then to hear your book has received more recognition. Not surprised about either!!
I also have to say I am really enjoying “getting to know” the people who follow your podcast and hearing/ reading their comments about the topics that come up. I take away ideas to try with my class and also view points that I need to think more deeply about.
Thanks for bringing us all together!!
Carol
]]>I enjoyed this podcast. It raises interesting questions: why are dinky plastic toys/collectibles so irrestible for kids (and I would argue for adults too, just with different collectibles) ? I remember begging my mom for the most trendy toy, be it a cabbage patch doll or my little pony, and showing it off to others was of the utmost importance. I think its more than clever marketing on the part of individual companies. It’s the underlying value system that we have to examine. How do we judge “success” , “hapiness” or “self-image”? A lot of the time, we gauge these things by what we own, what we wear, etc. I remember what an Australian friend said once, he had already spent several years in the US and he said,” here I feel like a consumer, not a citizen.” Now I’ve never been to Australia so i don’t know what it’s like or how it compares on the level of consumerism. But I definately understood what he meant. Every second of the day, I feel like I’m being told to buy something. I’m told I’m crazy if I don’t buy this or that, or that I wont be “cool” or fashionable. So, it’s no wonder children model those patterns, as they are also being advertised to, and judged by their peers. Parents and teachers have an uphill battle competing with the surrounding environment, that’s why bringing these value topics out in the open for exploration and discussion is essential. Children have to be literate in regards to consumerism and advertising.
Erin
]]>Nice follow up show. I thought it wrapped up that idea nicely, though after reading these comments it sounds like you could do another show on Mikey D’s.
Andrea, when I ask my kids what they want to eat their responses are McDonald’s, or Subway, and all I wanted to know was whether or not they wanted peas or potatoes. 😉 Diane or I cook most evenings so I’m not sure why the kids always respond with a fast-food joint when asked that question. I guess it’s pop culture conditioning.
Vivian, could you mention simple ways parents could encourage literature, especially a love for books, and pre-reading techniques on a future show? Diane has her own ideas but it would be interesting it hear suggestions from teachers and parents in other geographically locations. The parents of her students ask her for suggestions all the time.
-Charles
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]]>Thank you so much for taking the time to create the transcript!!!
Much appreciated as usual.
vivian
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]]>That’s three weeks in a row CLIP has made me feel virtuous that our girls only whine “Can we go to the pub???”. Seriously.
Thanks!
Andrea
Me: Why do you think McD puts a toy in Happy Meals?
Girl 1: Because it makes you happy?
Girl 2: Because toys make children happy and we can buy more of them if we want.
Girl 3: So that we can tell our Moms to take us to McD (Carmen Luke, you are so right).
Me: Do you think McD is smart about putting a toy in there?
Girl 3: Yep, then we can buy more and collect all 17 things if they have them.
Me: So who benefits from that?
Girl 3: McD–so that they can make lots of money and get richer and richer.
Me: What do you all think about that? And do you think Happy Meals are healthy?
Girl 2: If you take the apples.
Girl 3: No wonder my Mom only lets me eat there once a month and sometimes not-even.
Boy 1 (who has been listening the entire time): I don’t care, I don’t care, I just want the toys and I’m still going to buy them no matter what.
There was more discussion about McD making lots of profit. Hardest for me was not trying to bias/sway them. The girls seemed to have felt wiser and informed but based on Boy 1’s adamant comment, there was no way he would chose otherwise. CHOICE–is that the ultimate end result? ]]>
Go JOMB!
vivian
]]>Thank you so much for your beautiful JOMB book review. It’s so cozy, thoughtful and nicelyproduced it warms me up each time I listen to it!
And thanks for the kind words, above.
Andrea
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]]>Your comments in combination give me more food for thought regarding ways of thinking about the McDonald’s issues!
I love Bayla’s observation and your commentary on it Andrea!
Thanks for reminding me of the toys for purchase Charles, and Anna I’d love to hear about what happens with your students!
Thanks for the thought provoking comments!
vivian
vivian ]]>
Thanks for the thanks! As always, loved the music and can’t wait for more to come. 🙂
]]>Another great show Vivian!
]]>Such a simple suggestion, watching a movie, why didn’t anyone come up with that earlier?
To think of young hungry children just watching others eat, it seems like a punishment for their beliefs. Bravo to that young student teacher!!! ]]>
Another great show. It made me hungry (just kidding)
Thanks so much for including Lucy & Bayla! They loved doing it. They loved hearing it.
A funny related story. This evening, while I was buzzing around the kitchen in a world of my own, trying to navigate my other 3 house-mates, I noticed that Bayla had stopped emptying her lunch bag and was trying repeatedly to tell me something. I finally realized she was saying “Mom, there’s a bad word on this spoon” (the disposable spoon she had had in her lunch bag). I stopped buzzing and focused on the hard-to-read raised lettering on the black take-out spoon: “McDonalds”. Ha! That cracked me up!
I guess she knows how “we” think!
Thanks again,
Andrea
vivian
]]>He was so sick yesterday and we didn’t want him to go out and play in the snow so we brought some snow in to him instead. His first snow-person.
Thanks for missing CLIP!
Until tomorrow!
vivian
That cute little snowman is just like Harry’s Snow King (the first of Ian Whybrow’s Harry and the Bucketful of dinosaurs books). Even your son’s snow sculptures inspire geat text sets!
That little snowman is so cute that I am not even going to mention how disappointed I was to learn there would be no CLIP tonight!
Andrea
]]>Ross, thanks for your comment. I went over to listen to your episode and really appreciated what you had to say. It is infuriating how our children are being socially ‘schooled’ with such innocent appearing texts like the Happy Meal.
vivian
]]>It’s funny, I mentioned this topic on a recent Dry Shave (#95 – Happy Meal)…I asked for the Pet Shop toy for our son, the people working there still got it wrong and gave him Yugi-whatever-the-thing-is. Oh well, at least it creates work for our waste management company.
]]>This gender segregation at McDonald has always irked me. There have been many times where we either wanted one toy or the other or both. I find the girls toys in general to be of a more supportive and cooperative nature than the boy toys. Those usually follow themes of war, fighting and competition. Their most recent toy, the Littlest Pet Shop which was the girl toy, is an uni-sex one that either boys or girls would enjoy, our kids certain have.
Sadly this is just another way to hook the next generation of consumers into buying their product.
Great show Vivian, I enjoyed it during our show day today.
Charles
]]>Thanks Andy
vivian
]]>I too find the McD Happy Meal toys to be quite problematic for me as a Dad and for my son. Thank goodness he’s to young to really “get it” so for now we’re ok. Heaven help us one he makes the distinction between “boy” and “girl” toys.
I laughed out loud at the McDonald’s Think Tank.
What a riot!
Andy Bilodeau
http://www.andycast.net
Charles
]]>Anna, your comment regarding the transformative nature of taking action to help others is right on!
Thank you for your ongoing support and encouragement. It means so much to me!
Hugs
vivian
Thank you also for the support to Kamehameha Schools through your podcast. The 9th Circuit Court affirmed our admissions policy as a way to remedy the socioeconomic disadvantages suffered by the indigenous people of Hawai`i. Over time, the mission of the school is to ameliorate the negative statistics of Native Hawaiians and to increase social indicators in education, health, and well-being.
In this season of giving, I am grateful to your generous spirits working towards a just and equitable society. Mahalo nui loa!
]]>I just ordered the books and I look forward to incorporating them into my 2nd grade classroom soon or after our winter break. The class is involved with their thoughts on if zoos are okay and if animals should be kept in cages and if so, what size cages. They are making ppaintings and writings of their thoughts and I think these two books could help them see some other examples. Thank you, Andrea, for offering these ideas. And Vivian, thank you as alwasy for bringing this to our attention.
Carol
PS Yes, sad that we will miss the podcast for a bit. I agree.
PPS Congratualtions to the Hawaiian schools that are feeling some progess in their favor. I will be sure to send what thoughts I can to them.
]]>Andy has a really fun show he’s putting out on Wed. so keep an eye and ear out for it! 🙂
hugs
vivian
Charles and Andy, thanks for the kind words. (I will be suffering from CLIP withdrawal over the break too, Charles)
Happy Holidays to all and to all a great 2007!
Andrea
Yes – I plan on having a family oriented break!
See you in a a few weeks right?
Vivian
]]>I hear what you say re. educators, jealousy and a broader audience. The whole issue of accessibility and the ways in which podcasting is such a powerful medium for making accessible forms of knowledge to a much broader audience than ever before is fascinating…maybe we need to do a research study on this!
I’m actually incorporating CLIP into my syllabi this winter so we’ll see how that goes 🙂
Thanks Charles
vivian
vivian ]]>
Enjoy your holiday break (heaven knows you need it) and I can\’t wait to see where CLIP goes in the new year.
Andy Bilodeau
http://www.andycast.net
Podcasting brings, back to light, some very interesting choices and concerns. Since listening to podcasts is so easy and convenient students will soon have a choice, if they don’t already, of whose class they will listen to on their mp3 player. Imagine educators having a world wide audience instead of just 20 or 30 per class and while this choice is wonderful for students, educators are fearful of the new competition. Though personal I think, those instructors who adopt the technology have nothing to fear, there is more than enough students to go around. These concerns are nothing new, they have been around since students had the choice to attend a private school instead of a public one. ]]>
vivian ]]>
Dave ]]>
As educators , we really do need to find ways to better capitalize on the opportunities afforded by new technologies. Imagine the network we have begun to create through this one show 🙂
Powerful stuff!
hugs
vivian
The comparison of other classrooms learning Letter of the Day vs. students positioned as change agents and learning how letters can change the world was MARVELOUS! Keep up the great work Vivian! ]]>
vivian
]]>Your podcasts have become an inspiration and support for me! Some of the literature showcases critical literacy instruction with school-sanctioned texts, but your teachings have shown me how it is so much a part of our everyday practices. It is sooo important to help our teachers and students negotiate all texts (print, electronic, live) and recognize the discourss that construct us in particular ways in particular contexts. Thank you for your insights and being there for us! ]]>
Thanks C.
vivian
You have brought back memories for me also….ugh..typing class. I remember it well GGGG HHHH GGGG HHHH…and all to some really ridiculous music that I can still hear in my head! Even these seemingly ‘neutral’ mundane exercises are in fact exercises in control , uniformity, and sameness, that is not much different from the mundane type activities young kids have to suffer through with prescriptive mandated curricula.
I love your idea of using the typing class for more than just clicking on a keyboard. It’s such a shame that in education we’re often forced to think inside the box. Imagine learning to type by creating real text 🙂 for real reasons…
Thanks Andrea
vivian
Thanks so much for sharing your inspiring and informative talk. Just think of the airfare I saved!
Your talk and the comments above, made me think: It’s funny how often people equate bland with neutral — or “what I’m used to” with neutral — and just can’t see the implicit bias. Like not being able to hear our own accents, I guess.
In my former life, while I was doing a teaching practicum at a local highschool, I brought in a number of pamphlets that had been published and distributed at my university to define and give examples of sexual harrassment. Although these pamphlets were written for people two years older than those in the keyboarding class, they were not explicit in any way and I figured the information might be at least as valuable to hormone-filled kids living at home with their parents as it would be to hormone-filled kids living away from home and without externally-imposed boundaries. My idea was to use the pamphlets in a keyboarding exercise for a grade 10 class, just for something to type instead of the bland supposedly neutral keyboarding text.
The teacher with whom I was partnered just about died on the spot at the idea of replacing the neutral typing text with such completely inappropriate content. As though choosing not to use this esteem-saving, if not life-saving, information was itself not proving that the bland keyboarding text was far from neutral.
Boy. You stirred up some ancient memories tonight.
Thanks for a great show,
Andrea
Having a voice is then about being able to change the position from which we speak and are able to participate in the world. This is why it’s important to make accessible to our students, especially those students who have been marginalized, disenfranchised, and othered, more powerful discursive practices that could help create space for them to participate differently in the world. These powerful discursive practices include literacy tools such as ‘arting’ which Anna, Meleanna and Miki talked about in their presentation on transformative inquiry. These practices also include naming, knowing,understanding, and disrupting the systems that oppress. As Manulani Meyers reminds us “If knowledge is power, understanding is liberation.†And it is understanding that helps us “wake up to the depth of our own identity”, and thereby position ourselves differently in the world.
Aloha to you two!
vivian
My oldest told me this morning that she had created a car game while riding in the car with me. She stated it was a “reality based game” where you get points if you find certain things, like a person talking on a cell phone. She and her brother came up with a whole list of items and as each one thought of some to idea they would explain why they thought that item should be added to the list. By the time we reached our destination the oldest had the complete game written down with a purpose, directions and rules. I was so in awe of her completeness and both of my children’s cooperation and imagination that I just had to share. ]]>
Anna, your comment “–and most importantly, NOT neutral” reminded me of Manulani Meyer’s talk! She stated that the focus on literacy and READING will be our downfall if we treat reading as being NEUTRAL. We cannot be concentrating on teaching decoding skills and fluency and simple comprehension skills such as retelling and answering the “comp questions” at the end. There is a message in everything we read in books and in the world. It’s important that we view all of this through the lens of a critical analyst…and as teachers, supporting our students’ views AND helping them to see that THEY have a voice, THEY have the power to CHANGE the world! As do we. Let’s remember to exercise that right ourselves.
Have a beautiful day, Aloha…
Liana ]]>
Exactly. I think this is especially true for rhetoric around teachers’ work…that teachers take theories from some higher power and translate that into practice. What this implies is that teachers are not theoretical as they imagine what to say and do in the classroom or as they make decisions about how to say and do things when in essence every move we make is done from a particular position/perspective. I suppose what we haven’t been so good at in our teacher ed programs is helping our students articulate the theoretical tools with which they operate. Always lots to think about!
Thanks Anna…
vivian
Tonight is podcast catchup night so I look forward to Mostly News two nights in a row!
Hugs
vivian
Can’t wait for the next show. Welcome back! ]]>
I truly believe who we are has much to do with the company we keep and I am certainly very thankful for having had the opportunity to get to know you better, to feel your passion and to call you my friends. Mahalo to both of you! I look forward to when we meet again 🙂
Salamat to you both!
hugs
vivian
Take care and see you soon!
Liana
Mahalo for all you have done to promote and support CLIP!
hugs
vivian
Another completely inspiring/defeating, energizing/exhausting CLIP episode. Just knowing there are teachers with your brains and heart and that there are young lives in the good hands of unbelievably talented and dedicated teachers like you fills me with hope. Meanwhile, my kids have me, and their teachers, and their Star Wars movies at school — Yikes!!
Thanks for another juicy, warm and thought-provoking episode of CLIP.
Safe home,
Andrea
I’m having a coconut for you Andrea!
hugs
vivian
It sounds like a great episode and I can’t wait to hear it!
It is drizzling and cold here. I really pity you having to go to Hawaii…
Looking forward to CLIP — the Coconut Edition,
Andrea
A great find Andrea…thank you!
vivian
I just came across the About-Face website:
http://about-face.org/aau/our-story.shtml
About-Face aims to combat negative and distorted images of women. And its Gallery of Offenders names names.
Great posters & slogans etc. Worth a look.
Andrea
Thanks Charles. I’m excited to see what happens with Lucy’s project also. Andy now, Bayla is getting in on the act. So double the fun at the JOMB household!
Thanks for always listening C! Catch you on the news…Mostly News that is…
]]>Looking forward to more!
vivian
Another great show! Thanks for including us in it.
We’ll keep you posted,
Andrea
I’m sure I’ll have more to say later…
I think this is one of those shows I could write and unpack over and over again in a number of different ways…
ttyl
vivian
vivian
]]>The Dove video in combination with the blog Andy suggested, Andrea’s comments and Karen’s story make up yet another terrific multi-modal text set…I’ll have to keep building on this.
Great find Carol!
]]>I always enjoyed getting a closer look at this topic especially because of my past work with research on girls and their development (Pipher and Gilligan especially). I can\’t remember if I gave you this link, but I think I told you about the work that Dove is doing to demonstrate what girls want to live up to, but truly how it is done.
Check this out:
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/
You\’re great. And I love that the podcasting is spreading. I need to go read the article Andy wrote in!
Chat soon,
Carol
vivian ]]>
;o)
Andrea
]]>Happy Belated Halloween Birthday!! My gift to you was letting you bump my comment out of first place! ;o)
Andrea
]]>Belated Happy Halloween Birthday Andy!
Hugs
vivian
Thank you for the thoughtful comment and the compliment(s) too! A friend and colleague, Peter Johnston, in a book he wrote on ‘choice words’ talks about how we arrange the discursive (ways of being and talking) histories from which our children speak. That is so true. As we construct and choose the words we use, we simultaneously position our children in particular ways making accessible to them certain ways of talking and certain ways of being. That’s why it’s so amazing to listen and think about what our children are saying because what they say often teaches us about ourselves.
Lucy’s Shakes Festival , which I’m excited about working on for next week’s show, is a great example of how you, as a parent have made accessible the discourse of reaching out to others and making a difference in the world.
I’m glad you have continued to enjoy the show!!! It continues to be a lot of fun to put together especially now that I am able to build on and build from listener input 🙂
Hugs
vivian
Another fabulous thought-provoking show! Thank you.
Thank you too for all the fabulously productive questions you provided.. You are amazing — how lucky for the children in your life.
I wanted to mention an obvious point that many adults, based on my experience, completely forget. We adults need to use our words wisely around young ears. In the seven years I have been a parent I have been stunned over and over again by the sloppiness of mothers, especially, in their casual and constant criticism of their own bodies (and other aspects of themselves) with absolutely no regard for the little listeners.
Believe it or not, I am not a person who corrects or contradicts people if at all possible, but many times I have quickly shot a finger to my lips and motioned toward a little person when a mother started into this in front of a child. It’s shocking how confused the other mother looks when this happens. They don’t seem to have any idea why it might not be a great idea to cut themselves up in front of her (or my) daughter. I find this sad.
Ok. This turned out to be a depressiong comment.
Andrea
Great show as always…how can you miss with a song about boobs!
I was reading the Washington Post Express this morning which has a section devoted to local bloggers. This morning was an excerpt from a blog that talked about the very points raised in this weeks show. Here’s a link to the blog post.
http://labellanoire.blogspot.com/2006/10/problem-with-pretty.html#links
Again, great show!
Andy Bilodeau
http://www.andycast.net
Thank you for being so supportive! I promise to bring you a box of tissue when we meet up so you’re prepared for future episodes :-). I’m honored that you would use my show as an example of a quality podcast. That is awesome. Thanks for that!
Handy Manny also has a female Latina Mayor! 🙂
I’m looking forward to next week’s Mostly News Podcast!
Have a great weekend.
vivian
I’ve been using CLIP as an example/recommendations of a quality podcast for higher ed teachers. Lastly, my two kids, ages 5 and 10, both love Handy Mandy and after only sneaking a few glimpses at it I can see why. It encourages problem solving, mutual respect, and kindness as well as about 30 other positive qualities, in a fun and engaging cartoon. ]]>
Yes – do please pin my Frappr map. The link was in very small text..I’ve since had Andy replace it with a much more visible button. Thanks for pointing that out.
The Selsted Song brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it. Like you I still get goose bumps when I hear it. Thank you for your kind words and support Charles!
vivian
]]>BTW, this computer science professor couldn’t find your Frappr link. I thought it was very ironic! 😉
]]>Aren’t kids amazing! They can do so much more than we sometimes imagine. And we, as educators, can do so much more with them in the classroom if we take the opportunnity to build on what they know and construct learning experiences that have importance in their lives.
Thanks so much for the comments and for listening.
vivian
]]>OH MY GOSH! I cried when I heard the song and even harder when I saw the video!!!! What a great podcast! I thought last weeks was amazing, but this one was great!
Laura
]]>I have to agree with your closing notes not only of Bravo! to the students and their incredible efforts towards saving their school, but also how music can create change and how technology is an international source of change. The lyrics of the children worked to create change and the ablitiy to spread their words through the podcast world demonstrated how various mediums can be used in so many different ways. I am so glad to hear they saved their school. I have such strong admiration for all that their school community did.
Carol
]]>around with stuff – listening to the song \”Save our school\” and your
reports. It\’s wonderful! I had no idea that you were doing this
kind of sharing. It will take me a while to figure it all out – so
many links to different things. Thanks. ]]>
Thanks for the ongoing support J.
vivian
]]>Thanks Vivian.
Jeffrey
]]>Thanks Wayne
vivian
Thank you so much for drawing my attention to these podcasts. They are such thoughtful nudges that help to remind me that education is about dialogue focused on the question of how do we live a “good life” with others.
I plan to share these podcasts with teachers and teacher candidates here in Manitoba.
I really value what you are doing.
Best,
Wayne
]]>Charles, Andy was telling me about your podcast, Mostly News at http://www.mostlynews.net What a treat to hear from you now! I appreciate the support 🙂 I’ve just started listening to your show and I’ve actually subscribed…so we’ll be listening to one another. I’ve been looking for a good news podcast so I’m glad to have been introduced to yours.
ttyl
vivian
Great show.
Thanks for the plug.
]]>Thanks for your question!
vivian
]]>Another thought-provoking podcast. Thanks so much.
I was wondering if you could provide some more information on the ‘art cards’ that you were talking about to help open critical discussions with children.
Thanks,
Charlotte
Windsor, Ontario ]]>
Have a great day…catch you (or me) later!
vivian
Hope you are well.
vivian
Thought you should know
Judith ]]>
Thanks Andrea.
vivian
Great discussions this week! I especially loved hearing the discussion of student’s reactions to the book. Maybe I’m missing the obvious, but I don’t see any mention of the book in question in your show notes and (because I’m a book addict) I’d love to be able to look it up.
Andrea
ps. I just reached the juicy booklists at the end of your book “Getting Beyond ‘I like the book'”. Thanks for highlighting some great looking picture books to add to our repertoire!
If either of you hear of any other indy type publications please pass the info on to me.
ttyl
vivian
Sarah ]]>
I loved the podcast.
Mitzi ]]>
I think our exchanges are important in pushing all our thinking so I appreciate very much the time you’ve taken to post comments! 🙂
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for Just One More Book to broadcast again soon Andrea!
Thank You!
vivian
Another great, thought provoking show. Tuesdays are always so tough because I can see the show notes (at work) but have to wait till after 8pm to actually listen!
And thank you so much for the birthday wishes! What a treat for Lucy and me!
Once again, I’m out of the pop culture loop and hadn’t even heard of Handy Manny so I don’t have an opinion on this week’s topic. Being a software designer by day, however, I know how much more difficult it can be to troubleshoot a problem, pinpoint the cause and piece together a workable solution than it is to build an entire system from scratch. As Rosary mentioned, above, this fixit work requires high levels of creativity, intelligence, persistence and problem solving skills and yet the people who do this valuable work are often in the shadow of those who produce huge volumes of code (which the fixit people will later fix!). We are aware of this, yet we continue to value those who build from scratch more than we value those who solve our problems. I wonder why that is.
Thanks again for CLIP! It keeps me thinking.
Andrea
Thanks for including this vivid example for critical literacy support. ]]>
I too look forward to keeping connected!
]]>I look forward to further podcasts.
]]>Thanks a million for your help.
Mark
]]>Now that’s encouragement…thank you. It’s up now…too bad I didn’t read your comment unitl after recording…I’ll be sure to catch you in show 9 though!
hugs
vivian
We vote that you post at 9pm because it’s bad enough having to wait till Monday without having to wait till 10:30.
Andrea & Mar
]]>vivian
]]>Sarah, what stands out most for me in your commentary is how it doesn’t matter where we go or what type of literacy form is being used, we are always influenced. No text is neutral. The more I study and keep my eyes and ears open to all that surrounds us, the more I feel a responsibility to myself and especially children who are trying to make early sense of the world, to question and to remember we are being positioned to believe someone else’s ideas and thoughts. That’s hard! Wouldn’t it be great if every day wrapped up perfectly –all lose ends tied together just right? Then again, that would take away from the great challenges that life presents us.
Thanks for your words, Sarah and Vivian. And I really liked that song too!
]]>vivian ]]>
Mark
]]>Thank you for your comments. I have so appreciated your support. Although I understand your worry, as a regular listener of your show I have grown to know and trust your response and reaction to books. I think the way you go about sharing your wondering about the kinds of conversations you are having or want to have with your girls demonstrates that you see yourself as a reflective learner in the process of talking about books. You aren’t claiming to be an authority but someone who enjoys talking about books and that comes through nicely in your show.
I think it is wonderful that we have grown this friendship through this world of podcasting!
Always looking forward to more JOMB!
hugs
vivian
Another great topic. Another thought provoking show.
I missed your show last night and have to admit I was scared when I read your shownotes today at work — hoping none of our favourites were on the “to avoid” list. We have a large number of books in our collection which feature aboriginal families and it would be sad to learn I was doing more harm than good by including them regularly in our girls’ lives. Also, although some of these are among our family’s favourites, I’ve been very hesitant to include them in JOMB, just in case we were laughing in the wrong places or in case they were somehow representing aboriginal people poorly. The good news is that none of them on the “to avoid”, and most of them on the “suggested” list. The not so good news is that,after listening to your show today, I am actually more scared than ever to discuss these books in our podcast. An interesting quagmire…
On a much lighter note, thanks a tonne for mentioning us in your show and in your show notes!
Congrats on one month. Keep on keeping on!!
Andrea