Delightful, Ashley! I especially love the wisdom of calling for a transcendence of personality. * If you are shy talk * If you are a chatterbox let others have a chance to speak Thanks so much for sharing. Warm wishes from a chilly and breezy Phoenix morning, Christine
Christine Whitney Sanchez CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85048-8990 480.759.0262 http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez> http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez <http://christinewhitneysanchez.myplaxo.com/> http://christinewhitneysanchez.myplaxo.com/ Please consider the environment before you print this email _____ From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ashley cooper Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OSLIST] OS with students after Obama's inauguration Ready 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 Kopp 1 person to a small group to a large group opportunity and ideas and change together we can make a difference And 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-differenc e-open.html And 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 * * ========================================================== [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
