Dear Ashley.What a lovely read on a gray monday morning.I especially loved the input by the teacher. What an opening from the teacher. That really created OST within the teacher. What an impact it can have for both the teacher and the kids.Inge Struck JørgensenPsycotherapist Denmark
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:20:23 -0800From: [email protected]: [OSLIST] OS with students after Obama's inaugurationTo: [email protected] to be inspired?!I opened space with 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders after President Obama's inauguration last week. These kids are amazing.Their questions (designed by the three 3rd graders on the planning team): What is something that a group of people working together can change? What is something that you think is important in our school or in our world that you would like to discuss?The event started with a poem written by one of the students on the planning team:Our Speech by Mila Kopp1 personto a small groupto a large groupopportunity and ideas and changetogether we can make a differenceAnd here are some of my favorite comments: STOP Globle Warming (happy voice) in ten years (Deep Voice) make a complante to the president Invent vical that runs on trash or sun, rain Nicely tell others to be nice Help stop war by traiding reciorses If you are shy talk If you are a chatterbox let others have a chance to speak I agree with (another student) that you don't need that many people, you only need like 5, you don't need like 15 or 20 or 50. You don't need huge numbers like that. I learned that when everyone pitches in just a little bit, it can make a giant difference. I discovered how pollution can make the air dirty and hurt people and animals I discovered a lot of people have ideas too. I discovered that once you think about it, there is a lot more waste I learned it can actually be pretty fun to work with other people Teacher: I learned that you all can have important conversations by yourselves and that you don't need the adults there. I also learned that you can self-organize what you want to talk about. I discovered there is a lot of things to change and like President Obama, we should start.You can read more details about these events at : http://educatingtheheart.blogspot.com/2009/01/together-we-can-make-difference-open.htmlAnd see pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996625142@N01/sets/72157612937722591/I hope to have a video to share some day too... but I have to get permissions to show their beautiful faces!!with gratitude,Ashley* * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
