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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Noah's Ark Project Continues
10 comments:
- Denise :) said...
Lenna, are you writing patterns for these as you go? I hope so - I'd love to be able to purchase and create my own when you're finished. These are so perfectly darling! :)
- February 28, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- teddieturtle said...
Hi Lenna
I would like to know where the giraffes are. I think you have done a great job on creating these little creatures. Jo
- February 28, 2012 at 5:09 PM
- WoolenSails said...
Wonderful project, I love Noah's arks. I have a banner quilt I made for over my doorway, need to finish it.
- February 28, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- Patty C. said...
Awesome job !
- February 28, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Trudy Lawson-Kelly said...
You are amazing girl!! Coming along beautifully.
- February 28, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- Susan said...
How cute! I love the part with the windows especially.
- February 28, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- Shari said...
Love your darling zebras! Very cute. The ark is looking good. And it very likely had flatish ends as it was designed to just float on the water, not sail.
- February 29, 2012 at 2:34 AM
- Carrie P. said...
the animals are so cute.
- February 29, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Sherry said...
What a wonderful creation. I don't think I have the patience to do su much wonderful work. I wanted to let you know that I have almost completed my A Faithful Friend quilt. I have enjoyed working on it and will share it on my blog as soon as the last border is attatched. Thanks for sharing your talent.
- March 4, 2012 at 7:17 AM
- Christine said...
Do you have patterns for these! If so I'd love to buy them from you!
- April 2, 2012 at 4:57 PM


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I'm not the best worker-from-home, to be honest; I get distracted; the PC's in the middle of the living room, and there's just way too much yarny stuff about and things I'd rather be doing. So today, to focus my mind, I decided to work for an hour and then do something else for half an hour. Mostly, that was spinning - the work stuff was absorbing enough that after an hour, taking half an hour off for the sort of mechanical activity which leaves big bits of your brain free to think creatively, was perfect, and I got loads done (and still finished an hour earlier than I'd have got home on a normal day, due to only having spent 1 hour travelling rather than nearly 4). Wish I could have a wheel in the office!
I'm spinning Jacob, still; this is likely to go on for quite a while as I have at least another couple of carrier bags of it. It's proving surprisingly good fun, despite the amount of vegetation there still is in it - I'd say that I'd be pickier with my picking another time, but these sheep were pets from the next village, rather than animals raised for yarn, and the amount of straw and moss in the fleece was pretty extreme - this is not going to be a yarn for garments. Having said that, a fleece for £5 including delivery is not something you sniff at (previous years' shearings had been burnt or used for mulch). This is the second bobbin; I wound the first one off yesterday:
I'd spun this by Textiles in Focus in February, and took it with me, hoping for something to match it. And needed to go no further than the lovely Alison at Yarnscape (she has links to her shops at Folksy and Etsy, but I think most of her production is going into shows at the moment; and Ely Yarn Shop has some of her batts and dyed yarns) for a couple of plaits of BFL which would absolutely do the job. On the left, Rosewood, and on the right, Denim. It was definitely one of those squee moments - the pinkybrown-ness was just perfect, and the blue was exactly the right colour, too. It was also one of those weird and serendipitous things where yarn given by a friend from Chicago, and yarn dyed by a friend from Cambridgeshire, worked together so perfectly.
So, I have 450m/200g of DK-ish weight yarn; pondering what to make... I might do something geometric-y to reflect the San Marco mosaics...

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Is it just me or has everything on PS suddenly gotten a lot more expensive? I used to be able to download bundled pieces of each kit without using very many of my regular download credits and now everything is costing all of my daily credits PLUS more, as many as 18 more! Alphas that used to be 4 credits are now 8, paper kits that were 8 are now 16. Element bundles are 28!? I donated, I'm happy to be a supporter, but at that rate my extra credits are going to run out really, really fast. I can't donate over and over and over just to keep getting the kits. Just wondering what is the reason for the increase. I feel like I'm being driven away.
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Hi Kristen, thanks for the note. First off, I just want to say thank you very much for your donations, and I'm very sorry that you feel like you're being driven away: that's certainly not how we want anyone to feel.
It is important to realize that the download credit "pricing" on the site is in flux. We are in the (constant) process of trying to balance our two goals of 1) being as generous as we can with downloads, and 2) allowing the site to exist, without going bankrupt. This is something that's going to continue to take experimentation and adjustment for some time. That being said, we try not to change the DC costs too frequently, and we will always announce any changes that we make. To date, we have only changed the DC costs a couple of times, and we have lowered the costs as often as we have raised them.
The current change, along with our motivations, was announced on March 3rd. At that time we raised the price of kits from a 70% discount to a 50% discount over individual item downloads (kit prices are determined automatically based on the number of items in the kit, via an equation that needs to be improved). At the same time, we introduced full bundle downloads, which are available at a 75% discount over individual item downloads. No other costs were changed. As you can see, kits should not have doubled in price... if you are seeing kit prices doubled, please point me to the kits in question, and I will certainly look into that: there may be an error in the code.
Please realize that what we are attempting to do with this site is a challenge: we want to let people choose their own freebies every day, to inspire people and give them freedom in licensing and attribution requirements, and at the same time not go bankrupt. We are currently serving thousands of free downloads every single day, and the unfortunate truth is that currently the percentage of people who are donating to support the site is too low, relative to the number who are taking advantage of all the free downloads. Part of the problem until the recent change was the kit downloads: too many of the kits were available at DC prices that allowed people to download them without donating... adding hundreds of free kit downloads (much larger file sizes than individual items) to all the free individual item downloads was just too much strain on our resources. So we've been trying to tweak and adjust--and we're still trying to do that . The basic idea behind our free download system has always been to provide a certain number of "choose your own freebie" downloads to everyone every day, and then have kit and bundle downloads, with their larger file sizes, as bonuses for those who donate.
That being said, I do think that the system is currently a bit out of whack: a lot of people get a lot of stuff for free, but the rewards for supporters such as yourself are perhaps not high enough. Your feedback is very much appreciated, and please realize that we are dedicated to tweaking, adjusting, and changing the site until we find the best possible balance that we can. So please don't be driven away: if something seems wrong, let us know, like you've done. I guarantee you that we will always listen to your feedback, and do our best to adjust. It's just Marisa and I working on the site, there's a heck of a lot to do, and it's a bit of a bumpy road here at the start, but I do hope that you will stick with us.
So all of that being said, we will be thinking of how to try and fix our donation/credit system. One option that we've considered is a subscription system--again, intended to be as generous as we can make it. What would you think of a system that would allow unlimited downloads (of everything, including full kits and bundles) for a monthly subscription of say, $10? That seems like it may offer a better return on donation than you are currently getting...?
Hi Jordan although I already knew about the changes in the DL system/cost I appreciate your full explanation.
I don't want you all to short change yourselves. My question would be regarding the monthly subscription would you pay in advance? Is there a limit to the number of months you would have to keep the subscription? It seems to me that $10 a month may not be advantageous to you and Marisa.
I personally donate $20 usually at least every other month. I am able to use my 10 DCs and then if the kit costs 15 DCs then I use 5 of my purchased DCs. It works quite well.
I would rather you keep the donation costs as they are so that you don't have to eventually close the site down. It is unusual in this day and age to get so much for so little and I would hate to see it end because enough people were not donating.
Just my opinion....
Funny, hard as I try, I miss the really important announcements! Thanks for the clarification. I hope you can find a way to meet a good balance with your system and keep the kits coming, they are amazing!
As for me, I don't know that I would be interested in a subscription. I'm more the type to pay once and then stretch it out as long as possible because sometimes I work, sometimes I increase my stash, but I always have to justify spending the money. I love your system because I'm fairly patient about daily downloads and I don't mind coming back every day to get the goodies. I guess what I'd rather see is the same thing that I wish restaurants would do. Give me the option to purchase a smaller portion at a smaller price. Instead of all the elements bunched together in a huge kit that costs 28 DCs, separate it into two that only cost 14 or three that cost 7. Then I'd be able to use more of the free DCs and not so many of the regular ones. I realize, though, that that really is only a service to me. I have no idea if that's a reasonable system for you to run and I certainly don't want you to go broke and out of business...maybe make the smaller kits available only to those who donate a certain amount? Just a thought.
And as for the kits going up in price, I guess it was just part of that rolling out system that caused the shock to me. I just remember that when the color basic kits first came out the individual colors were about 11 or 12 DCs per and I was totally out of anything but free daily credits. I remember thinking, "well, I guess It's time for a donation again so I can get those" so I donated again, came back a day or two later and they were up to 18. So, needless to say a "what the hey?" went through my mind. Suddenly the credits I just purchased lost a lot of value. It threw me off so bad I didn't even use the daily DC's from yesterday! Maybe I should have taken the time to explain that in the first place, sorry.
Thanks for the amazing site you run. I love the kits, the inspiration, and I drool with envy a little at the travels you take. It really is a great site. Thanks for listening. Good luck working it all out and not breaking the bank.
I feel the exact same way as you, Kristen. And unfortunately, I would not be able to afford a monthly donation, as much as I would like to!
I, too, noticed the great increase in DC required to dl once the changes were made.
I recall when this site was 100% free, no donations, no credits, etc. How was that possible then and impossible now? Too bad I never had a chance to dl anything back then (due to severe illness)!
I thought the "rolling out" method was going to create more affordable bundles, but it is jut the opposite.
Also, I just have to ask, what is the point of community credits once you've reached the max. There is no reward for that, so what is the point of it?
Thank you!
Hi Cindy. I'll try to answer your questions as succinctly as possible:
I recall when this site was 100% free, no donations, no credits, etc. How was that possible then and impossible now? Too bad I never had a chance to dl anything back then (due to severe illness)!
The old Pixel Scrapper site started out as a small hobby site, with relatively few visitors. Everything on the site was free, but there weren't nearly as many items available, and there were no kit or bundle downloads available. The short answer to your question is that it was not possible to keep the site 100% free in the long run... which is why we made the changes that we did (specifically, introducing the download credit system) to help meter downloads.
I thought the "rolling out" method was going to create more affordable bundles, but it is jut the opposite.
As stated in the announcement, kit DC prices were increased, but at the same time full bundle downloads (groups of kits) were made available at a huge 75% discount.
Also, I just have to ask, what is the point of community credits once you've reached the max. There is no reward for that, so what is the point of it?
We have plans for making community points more valuable in the long run... we're working as fast as we can .
As I said to Kristen, please be aware that this site is still in beta: nothing is final. We are working to find the best possible balance that we can to allow the site to exist while providing as much as we can for free.
Is everyone aware that you can still download a kit paper by paper? It is what I have been doing (as I had insufficient credits for a pack or a bundle) and it really does not take much time to download the whole kit. You would certainly end up with far more items per month than any other site offers in their "download a day" free kit.
@Dawn: that is the intention, and thank you for the encouragement
Do you have any clue when the new subscription will be rolled out if it's gonna be rolled out?
Hi Jessica: I'll try to get back to you shortly on that. We're trying to figure out if we can have subscriptions be even cheaper than we were thinking previously...
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"We have plans for making community points more valuable in the long run... we're working as fast as we can .
As I said to Kristen, please be aware that this site is still in beta: nothing is final. We are working to find the best possible balance that we can to allow the site to exist while providing as much as we can for free."
That sounds wonderful! BTW, I wasn't implying the site should be free...I understand you need to earn money like most of us! It's just that when something isn't affordable to some of us, it's kind of frustrating or disappointing is probably a better word!
Thanks for your response!
@Jessica: it looks like, at the soonest, it will probably be a month or so before we can get subscriptions up and running. Unfortunately there are some complications with introducing a new system .


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Aiding the Outcasts
- Investigate the Outcast Radio Signal.
- Find and enter the Outcast base.
- Speak with the Outcast Leader.
- Follow Sibley to the simulator room.
- Put on the Neural Interface Suit.
- Enter the simulation pod.
Neural Interface Suit
Part 1[edit]
Operation: Anchorage will begin innocuously enough. After downloading the DLC to your Xbox360 or PC (sorry PS3 owners -- nothing for you guys to see here), you'll have to walk around aimlessly for a few realtime minutes. Then, a message will suddenly show on-screen (like the screen below on the left), informing you that a new radio signal has been discovered. It's a distress beacon coming from a group known as Outcasts. Listen to the signal and you'll hear nothing but static initially, followed by a plea to come to their location. Naturally, you should do just that.
Their location is a new one known as Bailey's Crossroads. To get there, you're going to have to breach a brief, linear metro station called Bailey's Crossroads Metro. The tiny metro station is located adjacent to the Red Racer Factory, on the far southern end of the map, to the west of the Potomac River. You should have plenty of locations unlocked in the vicinity if not the factory (such as the Nuka-Cola Plant and the Flooded Metro), so you should have plenty of points from which to spring off. You're looking for a metal door leading into the metro next to the more traditional-looking metro station. As usual, follow your Pip-Boy's instructions, setting Aiding the Outcasts as the active quest so that locations can be easily found.
Your time in the metro facility itself will be brief. What you're looking to do is to get to the other side, where Bailey's Crossroads itself (another new location) can be found. You might run into a stray Feral Ghoul or two in the metro, but these foes shouldn't provide a challenge for you no matter when you're encountering them (whether you're level 20 or lower). Also, getting lost here is nearly impossible. Ignore any side rooms or escalators, as they all lead to dead ends. When you run into a metal grating leading back outside, you know you're on the right track.
The rubble-strewn location that was once Bailey's Crossroads is now a battleground between Super Mutants and Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts. The heavily-armed Outcasts have their guns wholly trained on the Super Mutant threat in the area, and you should help them out -- they need it. Though this area seems vast and open, it's not. Rubble will block you from exploring too much. Generally speaking, the location where the Super Mutants are shooting from at any given time represents the direction you'll want to head towards. Pick Super Mutant bodies for their goods, of course, but just as a warning, what you're going to uncover when you speak to the Outcasts will have no place for any of your worldly possessions.
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When the Super Mutant threat thins, the Outcasts will begin to coalesce into a safer area, where the story of the DLC will begin to unfold. If you hear (or see) any remaining Super Mutants in the area, however, it's worth backtracking and taking care of business before proceeding forward. This will make the scene much quieter, and perhaps save a few Outcast lives as well. And of course, consider scouring the rubble all around you for plenty of items. Remember our warning before about the items having no use during the DLC, but the items will surely have their uses if and when you live to see another day.
When things quiet down, seek out a Brotherhood Outcast named Defender Morrill. He'll have little to say to you, and be surprisingly unthankful for the help you just provided he and his cohorts. However, his interest will be piqued if you inform him of why you're here -- that you heard the radio broadcast the Outcasts sent out, and that you're here to help them out. Intrigued by this, Morrill instructs you to head into the Outcast base itself. Do so via the large red-colored elevator in the basement of the gutted building where you found Morrill. He'll inform his friends inside that you're coming through.
Time spent here will be brief -- the Outcasts will cut right to the chase. The reason Morrill was so interested in your Pip-Boy will become clear enough once you speak with Defender Sibley inside. He's a stern man, and will offer to lead you to their leader, Protector McGraw. McGraw will inform you that they're in need of your services, and that they know you're the right person for the job simply because of your Pip-Boy. The Outcasts believe that their current base of operations holds a store of valuable equipment, weapons, gear and technology. And they need someone that can interface with the VR (virtual reality) simulation within the compound, since it seems to be the key to the loot. Since you have a Pip-Boy, you can help them out.
Take McGraw up on his offer and he'll hand you back to Defender Sibley, who will then lead you to an adjacent room where the VR simulator is set up, waiting to be used. You can speak to the curt woman there, Specialist Olin, for more information on the simulator. The only useful piece of advice she'll really provide is the fact that you need to put on your Neural Interface Suit before examining the simulation pod and getting in. Magically, this item is already in your inventory. Equip it, and then examine the pod to end the opening mission of the DLC. It's time to head to Anchorage, Alaska, and liberate the once-proud city from the Chinese Communists. Just keep McGraw's words in mind going forward! Simulation or not, if you die in "Anchorage," you die in real life, too.
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HOUSTON - Security camera footage from a well-known gay bar has played a key role in a hit-and-run investigation of a former Houston City Councilman, who is now a conservative talk show host, Local 2 Investigates reported on Wednesday.
A Houston man reported to police that KTRH talk show host Michael Berry plowed his SUV into another car outside T.C.'s Show Bar on Converse near Fairview in the Montrose area about 11 p.m. on January 31st.
Tuderia Bennett, of Galena Park, told Houston police that he was working as a bouncer at the front door during a popular cross-dressing 'drag show' that was going on inside the club. He watched the crash happen and told police he rushed up to the car after impact and got a good look at Berry behind the wheel.
"I said, 'That's definitely the guy.' For sure, 100 percent," said Bennett.
Bennett wrote down the license number from the car that he said caused more than $1,500 in damage to his car. Then, when HPD officers traced that license tag to Berry, the victim said he had no doubt it was him.
He said he did not know who Berry was until HPD officers told him and he viewed an online promotional photo of Berry.
"In my statement, I said there's no question, 100 percent. I could line this guy up if he's standing out here with 50 people. I could walk right up to the guy and say, 'That's the guy who hit my car,'" Bennett told Local 2 Investigates.
HPD investigators quickly issued an internal "Significant Event Form" to notify department leaders of the former city councilman's involvement in the hit-and-run.
Titled "Incident Involving a Prominent Citizen," the report spells out that the victim "could identify the driver."
The report also states, "The ongoing investigation indicates that the suspect is Michael Berry, a local radio talk show host."
Managers of the bar then turned over security camera video from inside the club to HPD investigators, and they write in an e-mail to Local 2 Investigates that their video confirms that Berry was in their establishment that night.
The e-mail reads, "Mr. Berry is one of those customers who has been to our establishment. The video in question that shows Mr. Berry in our establishment is in our possession. The local authorities have requested this same video and they are in possession to assist with their investigation."
Bar managers declined to allow Local 2 Investigates to view the video.
"All the information points to you. There is no sort of information that makes you innocent in this," said Bennett.
"Videos don't lie. They don't paint pictures that don't exist," he said.
The HPD accident report states that the SUV headed in reverse for about 70 feet on the street before colliding with the car and leaving the scene.
HPD officers involved in the investigation said that the Harris County District Attorney's office has declined to file criminal hit and run charges in the case, telling officers that no one can positively identify Berry being behind the wheel for the crime.
"I'd say that's the government at work. I mean, that's corruption at its best," said Bennett.
Local 2 Investigates e-mailed Berry for his response to the hit-and-run allegations and the videotape showing him inside the club during that drag show, and Berry replied, "I don't respond to such things."
Houston police said the hit-and-run was still under investigation, adding that Berry was not listed as being charged with a crime at this point.
If additional witnesses are found, or if prosecutors change their minds about the video and the witness account, Berry could be charged with a misdemeanor crime of Failure to Stop and Give Information (FSGI).
The victim told Local 2 Investigates he believes the conservative activist is trying to avoid the issue entirely because of his public stances involving gay people.
"If you're going to stand up and say anti-gay things and be conservative and be Mr. Good Guy, and then when something happens that points you out and puts you in a place with the exact business that you aim to shut down, it kind of makes it seem like I need this to go away and I need it to go away quickly," said Bennett.
A spokeswoman for the Harris County District Attorney's Office said she could not comment on the case.
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Helen Esterman, c. 1948
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Born in New York, Jacob Epstein studied at the Art Students League and then at the Académie Julien in Paris before moving permanently to London. In London he became close friends with Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncu?i, and was influenced by their approach to the physical qualities of their art-making materials. Epstein was one of the founding members of the London Group in 1913, leading to his interest in Vorticism. Though originally entitled Deirdre, the WAG sculpture is believed to be a portrait bust of Helen Esterman, a post-war poet who was married to Lucien Stryk, a poet and literature professor. As is characteristic of much of his work, this bust is developed through an expressionistic handling of the material, showing Epstein's interest in both modelling and carving.
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Blue Ribbon Schools
ESEA Flexibility
Race to the Top
Twitter Town Hall
Stopping Government Waste
Odds and Ends
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
Blue Ribbon Schools
Last week, at an awards luncheon in Washington, D.C., Secretary Duncan honored 315 schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools. "America's long-term economic prosperity and civic engagement depends on our children receiving a world-class education," the Secretary said. "Blue Ribbon Schools are committed to accelerating student achievement and preparing students for success in college and careers. Their success is an example for others to follow."
He also recognized seven Blue Ribbon School principals as Terrel H. Bell Award recipients:
- Karen Daugherty (Rose Tree Elementary School, Media, PA)
- Deirdra Gardner (Piedmont Open Middle School, Charlotte, NC)
- Nichole Heyen (Lincoln Magnet School, Springfield, IL)
- Lauren Kinney (Sundance Elementary School, Beaumont, CA)
- Traci Jackson (Shirley Hills Elementary School, Warner Robins, GA)
- Karen Noble (Hillcrest Elementary School, Nederland, TX)
- Jack Spatola (Beacon School of Excellence/Public School 172, Brooklyn, NY)
These awards, named after the former Secretary of Education and presented by the Department in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Association for Middle-Level Education, honor exceptional leaders who overcome challenging circumstances and maintain committed to providing an excellent education for every student.
Also, as part of the event, the Department's Teacher Ambassador Fellows facilitated roundtable forums with teachers and principals, helping them to collaborate on issues such as implementing college- and career-ready standards, measuring student learning, improving family and community engagement, and engaging teachers in school improvement efforts.
ESEA Flexibility
Seven weeks after President Obama announced a plan to offer greater flexibility from key provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in exchange for a firm commitment to core reforms that boost student achievement, 11 states submitted official requests for waivers. Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Tennessee filed requests based on locally-designed plans to implement college- and career-ready standards; develop rigorous accountability systems that include a focus on low-performing schools and schools with persistent achievement gaps; and create better systems for developing, supporting, and evaluating teachers and principals. The 11 waiver requests are posted online, along with the names of the peer reviewers who will convene immediately after Thanksgiving to review them. States seeking flexibility in the first round will be notified by mid-January or earlier.
Since the President's announcement, 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have signaled their intent to seek flexibility from NCLB. The next deadline for requests is in mid-February. States can also make requests later in the spring.
The flexibility package was developed with input from state education leaders across the country under waiver authority granted to the Department in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). More comprehensive reforms, as outlined in the Administration's Blueprint for Reform, await Congressional reauthorization of ESEA.
Race to the Top
The nine finalist states that did not win grants in the first two rounds of Race to the TopArizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolinawere recently invited to submit applications for a share of $200 million in funds tailored to support a portion of their Race to the Top plan, including a meaningful investment in advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. States are applying in two parts. First, seven states (all but South Carolina, which opted out, and California, which submitted an incomplete application) submitted portfolios of assurances confirming their commitment to comprehensively reform education across their states. These assurances include information such as state funding for education and efforts to raise academic standards, enhance data systems, improve teacher evaluation and support systems, and implement school interventions in under-performing schools. Next, by December 16, the seven states will submit a detailed plan and budget explaining how the selected reform effort will have a broader impact in supporting student learning and improving STEM. The states can expect a proportional share of the $200 million in available funding, depending on their population. The Department has adjusted amounts based on the number of participating states and notified states of new estimated award amounts, to inform Part 2 applications. Final awards will be announced in late December. The Administration's Fiscal Year 2012 budget requests $900 million to continue investing in education reform through a district-level Race to the Top competition.
Also: Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge state applications for initial funding are here.
Twitter Town Hall
If you missed the second #AskArne Twitter Town Hall last week, you can watch the archived video online. You can also see a comprehensive list of questions and answers through the Department's Twitter page. To recap, the event's moderator, veteran journalist John Merrow, asked the Secretary some tough questions covering a range of topics, including respecting teachers, charter schools and choice, and student loan debt.
Stopping Government Waste
On November 15, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that the Administration cut wasteful improper payments by $17.6 billion in 2011, as part of the Campaign to Cut Waste. The results were driven by successes in specific programs, where results are improving because federal agencies are increasing scrutiny of payments by initiating more robust audits, leveraging new technologies, or building partnerships with states focused on improved program integrity. For example, the error rate for Pell Grants fell to 2.7%, avoiding about $300 million in payment errors compared to prior to the President's directive. In 2010, the Department implemented a process to allow Federal Student Aid (FSA) applicants filling out online applications to go to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) web site to retrieve their income information and transfer it directly to their application. This reform simplified the aid application process and will continue to reduce improper payments further as more students use the system in the future.
Odds and Ends
The October 2011 edition of "School Days," the Department's monthly video journal, features President Obama's "Pay as You Go" proposal to make higher education more affordable, as well as Secretary Duncan's visit to Puerto Rico, higher education summits with India and Indonesia, and West Coast town hall meetings with parents and teachers.
Four superintendents from different parts of the country spoke on camera at last month's Council of the Great City Schools' fall meeting in Boston and agreed the American Jobs Act's proposed funding for teachers and modernizing facilities offers real hope to urban schools.
Philadelphia music teacher Jay Chuong discusses the impact of the economic downturn on the learning environment of his students in a new video: "Keeping the Beat: A Teacher Talks About Schools, Music Education, and the American Jobs Act."
In a blog entry on International Education Week, Secretary Duncan said the Department will be joining the All Children Reading Challenge, a multi-year effort that seeks to improve early grade reading outcomes in low-resource settings.
Speaking of international study, "Open Doors 2011," published annually by the Institute of International Education, reports on Americans studying abroad and international students in the U.S.
The first in a series of blog posts on the Green Ribbon Schools' pilot year (highlights how state agencies have taken "bold steps" to achieve the vision the award sets, reaching out to peer agencies with critical resources and enlisting help in designing processes for selecting and rating schools for submission of nominees to the Department.
The Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), has published new reports on who receives education tax benefits and the effect these benefits have on the price of college attendance, the characteristics of GED recipients in high school, finance data on education at the district-level, and postsecondary employees and salaries.
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) recently announced a partnership with the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers to create the National Student Poets Program, the country's highest honor for youth poets whose original work exhibits exceptional creativity, dedication to craft, and promise. From a group of national winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, a jury of literacy luminaries will choose five teen poets. Each teen will receive an academic award of $5,000, work with poet mentors, promote the importance of poetry and creative expression through readings and workshops, and serve as a resource for the Department and the Library of Congress.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports tuition-free summer programs for school and college and university educators. Participants receive stipends to help cover travel and living expenses. These one- to five-week study opportunities are held across the nation and abroad. They focus on major topics, texts, and questions in the humanities; enhance the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; build a community of inquiry; and promote connections between teaching and research in the humanities. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.
To learn about the history of Thanksgiving, find interesting food facts, and get tips on how kids can help with the meal, visit the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) web site's Thanksgiving page.
Quote to Note
"I join the President in his disappointment that the [Congressional] supercommittee has failed to reach a final deal. We must reduce America's debt. But we must do so in a thoughtful and deliberate way that protects national priorities like education at such a critical time. Because the committee failed to live up to its responsibility, education programs that affect young Americans across the country now face across-the-board cuts.... We need to ensure that every child has access to a good teacher and a high-quality public education and that students who want to pursue a college degree can count on federal loans and grants to help them achieve their dreams. That requires Congress to do important work in the coming weeks and to show some real leadership. I stand ready to work with them, and I know the President does as well."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (11/21/11), in an statement on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
Upcoming Events
On a weekly basis, the Secretary's public schedule is posted online.
On December 7, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) will release the results of the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) in reading and math. These results will compare the performance of students in grades 4 and 8 from each of the 21 participating school districts with the performance of public school students in the nation and in large cities (cities with populations of 250,000 or more). A panel of educational experts will discuss the results via a live webcast.
Over the next two weeks, the Department will exhibit at the National Council for the Social Studies' Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. (December 2-4) and Learning Forward's Annual Conference in Anaheim (December 3-7). If you are attending either of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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Dear Facebook,
I know I haven't been a faithful follower lately, but I used to be addicted to you. I decided that I should let you know that I'm still here, but my reasons for logging on have changed.
I am no longer looking to find old friends. I just like to spy on people. That's right, spy. I don't like to look at stranger's profiles or anything, I just like to look at people's pictures that I used to know and who I am not in touch with anymore. Some of them I like, some of them I don't. But I surely appreciate that I can look into these people's lives and decide if getting re-acquainted is a good idea or not. And usually, just looking at their pictures is enough. And I like that.
So thank you, Facebook. For helping me find closure in some cases...and on certain days when I really need it you help me laugh when I find out that I'm not the only one who's gained 20 pounds since high school :) Good work Facebook. Good work.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
My Friend, Facebook...
Dear Facebook,
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Alright, already...
I know, I know, I haven't written anything in a LONG time. But I am just following the ol' saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."
Now I don't mean that I have un-nice things to say. I mean, I don't have anyone to rip on or anything (might I add that I love people, in general. So hopefully anyone out there who's reading this doesn't think that I would rip on someone, especially in writing :)...but, I don't really have anything really interesting to talk about. And I have been sicker than a dog. Yep. That's right. I guess people have been frustrated lately that I don't tell them when I'm sick and when I need something. Well, here we go...I am sick. Sick, sick, sick. No, I don't need anything. But I did tell my sweet brother the other day that what I could really use is some slack. If I am not my talkative-self, please forgive me. If I see you out and about and I don't look too happy to see you please don't take it personally. At the moment I can't handle much. Even the slightest thing puts me over the edge...I even get overwhelmed when my phone rings...
Anyway, that's enough of that. The point of that whole last paragraph was to let you know (does anyone even read this blog?) that I haven't been posting because I can't think of anything of note to say. But, I was reading my cute friend Julie's blog and she had her "Crazy 8's" posted so I thought, "There's something I can do." So here we go:
CRAZY 8's
8 TV Shows I Love To Watch:
1. Better Off Ted
2. The Bachelor/Bachelorette (I always tell myself at the beginning of the season to remember that it's not a big deal who the person chooses in the end, but I always end up caring...sad, I know, but true...)
3. Glee
4. Community
5. Parks and Recreation
6. The Deep End
7. Big Bang Theory
8. The Office
8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Zupas
2. Jamba Juice
3. Mikado
4. Blue Fish
5. Winger's (but only because I go there with my favorite people...you know who you are...)
6. Mimi's
7. 5 Guys Burgers and Fries
8. Hire's Big H
8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Work
2. Pharmacy
3. Ate :)
4. Played Majong
5. Watched "Better Off Ted"
6. Watched "Glee"
7. Did the dishes
8. Slept!!!
8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1. The Wilstead's coming here for the Summer!
2. Leaving work :)
3. Eating the cake-bites my cute Mom brought me from The Sweet Tooth Fairy. She's so good to me!
4. Deciding which pictures to put up in the new picture frames in my room
5. Hanging out with Meg...
6. Hanging out with Jesse...
7. Seeing Toy Story 3!
8. Sleeping...
8 Things On My Wish List:
1. Get feeling better!
2. Get cast in another show...I need something to distract me...
3. Sleep
4. Sleep
5. Sleep
6. Go to Disneyland (I know, I know, that's the story of my life, but I really need to go again soon!)
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It's been a quiet month here at Appetite for China. I must apologize. The past few weeks have been stressful, to say the least. I finally turned in my manuscript in late September (yay!), only to fly to China bright and early the following morning for a two-week stay. My dad, unfortunately, is in the hospital, and I wanted to spend as much time with him as I could. If you've never met him, rest assured he's an incredible person, not to mention a wiz in the kitchen. He's the man responsible for teaching me, among life's many important lessons, how to make the best Cantonese roast pork ever and some equally drool-worthy scallion pancakes. I really hope he pulls through.
Between my book and extended travels, I haven't had time to develop new recipes for the site as I had hoped. But I do want to share with you a terrific recipe for stir-fried collard greens from The Essential New York Times Cookbook. (I love flipping through the book on whim, especially right before bed.) It's good to know that even when your mind is too exhausted for cooking ideas, the bookshelf still offers trusty recipes to fall back on.
I'm used to collard greens stewed Southern-style, so I was curious how the greens would be different as a Cantonese stir-fry. According to the headnote, the recipe comes from the Chow family in Clarksdale, Mississippi, whose ancestors settled in the Mississippi Delta in the early 1900s. As I previously wrote in my post on Chinese Grocery Roast Pork, the Mississippi Delta is home to quite a big group of Chinese-Americans, who settled there after heading east after the Gold Rush. The family started stir-frying collard greens because bok choy and other Chinese greens weren't available in the earlier days. But that's not the only ingredient they put a creative spin on. In this Times article on the Chows, the family also makes delectable-sounding crayfish, catfish, and fried rice with bacon.
The challenge here was how to get tender collard greens with the shorter cooking time of inherent in stir-frying. I made the greens twice over two days. The recipe in the book specifies stir-frying the greens alone for one minute but is a little ambiguous about how long to cook it after adding the seasonings. The first time I followed the Times recipe exactly, but the greens seems a little too rough and chewy. The next time, I decided to trim the leave smaller and extend to cooking time a smidgen. I also diluted the oyster sauce, since it's a little thick right out of the bottle.
The result was great. I went back for seconds, then thirds. They're still not as tender as stewed Southern collard greens, but delicious in their own right, with oomph in the body like lightly cooked kale. Try it just once, and you'd be hooked too. And if you like your greens spicy, add a bit of crushed red pepper flakes.
Do you have another favorite way of cooking collard greens?
Stir-fried Collard Greens
Serves 4
- 2 1/2 to 3 pounds collard greens
- 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 3 to 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, mixed with 2 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Wash the collard greens and trim the hard ends off. Cut the leaves into small pieces, approximately 2 inches by 2 inches.
- Prepare a large bowl of ice water and set aside.
- Bring a pot of water to boil. Working in 2 or 3 batches, blanch the greens for 1 minute (begin counting after the water returns to a boil.) Immediately transfer the greens to the ice water to cool. Drain well, then squeeze out the excess water with your hands. Spread the greens on kitchen towels and pat them dry, as the excess water will cause the oil in the wok to spit. Repeat with the remaining batch(es).
- Heat a wok over medium-high heat until a drop of water evaporates on contact. Add the oil and swirl to coat the bottom. Add the garlic and stir-fry until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Add the greens and stir-fry for 1 minute. Stir in the oyster sauce mixture, sugar, and optional red pepper flakes. Lower the heat to medium-low and allow the greens to cook for another 3 to 4minutes, stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer the greens to a plate and serve.
Adapted from The Essential New York Times Cookbook.


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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
28 comments:
- Patty said...
I love this stuff! I made Pico de Gallo and Guac dip for the Super Bowl. Yum!
- February 9, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Oooh! We just had this for the superbowl, yum.
- February 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Susie from Bienvenue said...
I could eat this stuff everyday! Love it that much~
- February 9, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Misty said...
Canned diced (I prefer petite diced) tomatoes are great in a pinch. And if you have garlic powder and cilantro on hand, you can make up a tasty little salsa with the rest of the tomatoes that don't go in the guacamole. (Just use the tomatoes, chopped onion, chopped cilantro - not too much - garlic powder, salt and pepper.) Yum!
- February 9, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Mel said...
Add a little fresh garlic and olive oil for taste and a superb texture! YUMMY YUM!
- February 9, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Jess :) said...
I meant to tell you...
You and Scott should try making it with some softened cream cheese. It just adds a little something extra that makes it that much creamier!!! I've been doing that with my last couple of batches and it's totally YUMM-O!!! :) Just in case you get a desire to try that way, as well!!
- February 9, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Vicki said...
My husband makes great guacamole, and his recipe is almost the same as yours. He adds a chopped chipotle pepper or two, and people really like the smokiness.
- February 9, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- Rachel said...
I like to use seasoning salt instead of the regular salt, and either garlic powder or fresh garlic, depending on what's on hand.
Aside from that, your "recipe" and mine are the same!
- February 9, 2010 at 5:26 PM
- Shelley said...
I add a little sour cream to mine. It's always interesting to see how different people make it. Guacamole is definitely one of my favorites!
- February 9, 2010 at 7:15 PM
- The B's said...
add garlic salt...mmmm...it tastes so good! Emma and I ate a big plate of it Sunday night. She loves it just as much as me!
- February 9, 2010 at 8:03 PM
I do it the exact same way but I prefer lemons to limes, try it! Yep, very addicting, I prefer when its first made, not as good after it sets in the fridge so usually eat it all up the first day/nite! :-)
- February 10, 2010 at 12:38 AM
- D said...
Yum, this looks great!
By the way, I made your recipe for Chicken Supreme for my husband this week as an early Valentines gift and he LOVED it!!
- February 10, 2010 at 5:51 AM
- Marianne said...
I make a Guacamole dip:
mix 1 pack cream cheese with a tub avocado dip (it's in the frozen food snacks at my store)
spread in a 9x13 casserole dish.
top with 3-4 green onions, 3 roma tomatoes and 1 green pepper (all diced)
pour one small jar of taco sauce over it and top with cheddar cheese
This is our latest addiction.
- February 10, 2010 at 6:42 AM
- Kacey said...
Yummy! Everyone in our house loves guacamole!! We will be making this soon! I'm having a giveaway on my blog for "What's for Dinner Wednesday" I'd love for you to stop by!
- February 10, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- The Carters said...
I LOVE guacamole dip!! My husband makes a great dip and uses a recipe similar to yours. I too crave it a lot. My husband just laughs when an avacado just randomly appears on the counter :)
- February 10, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Nancy B. said...
Sea salt taste amazing in guacamole! I too am obsessed with guacamole...last year at my old school, I had daily request from other teachers to make it for the lounge! YUM!!! I'm making your famous poppy-seed chicken tonight...can't wait! :)
- February 10, 2010 at 3:17 PM
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- February 13, 2010 at 6:07 AM
- Mrs. Bierschenk said...
My recipe is very similar but I don't get too fancy.
Avocados (I use 5 but I normally have a bunch of soldier eating everything!)
Limes (3)
Pico de Gallo (the big jar you get at sam's)
Garlic Salt (to taste)
Mush avocados. Squeeze limes. Add Pico, Sprinkle Garlic salt to taste.
And a little trick from Texas, if you leave the Avocado pit in the guac it should keep it from turning that yucky brown color as quickly.
And mix!
- February 13, 2010 at 2:44 PM
This looks great! Thank you for sharing, I'm going to try it out!
- February 14, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- A Lil Story (Bilslands) said...
Me and my hubs are obsessed with guacamole! We put a ton of cilantro and lime... my hubby uses minced garlic.
All 3 boys love it too~ I didn't think they would, but they gobble it up!
- February 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Jenni said...
My secrect ingredient:
Try adding some Goya "Adobo" seasoning, found in the ethnic aisle at the grocery store. it adds a lot of Mexican flavor!
- February 17, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Jacqueline Utley said...
I look at your recipes frequently; thanks for sharing and bringing variety into my kitchen!
- February 18, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Shannon said...
We are having enchilada's so I bought all of this stuff to make your quacamole.....but instead of cilantro I think I bought parsley instead! Shoot!
- February 20, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Daisy Path said...
love your recipes! have had fun going back and looking through the archives. thanks!
i have an award for you if you check out my latest post on my blog. you always brighten my days with these yummy treats!
- February 20, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- The Disheroons said...
All I put in my guac is avocadoes, tomatoes, garlic, red wine vinegar. The vinegar makes it super yummy. I don't measure either.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:52 PM
- Paige said...
I bought all the ingredients today and plan to make this tomorrow! I love guacamole! Thanks for sharing your recipe. Have a great week!
- March 7, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- kanishk said...
I could eat this stuff everyday! Love it that much~
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- May 7, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- tracy said...
I just made your guacamole and oh my word...it's the best! I might tell everyone it's horrible so I don't have to share. :)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Hall of Famer Jerry Rice has no interest in a back-and-forth debate with Randy Moss during Super Bowl week about who's the greatest NFL wide receiver of all time.
``This is not about Randy and Jerry,'' Rice said Thursday. ``It's OK. I don't need to talk about being the best receiver. I don't need to do that. I don't need to pat myself on the back.''
Rice has a strong opinion on the matter, yet insists he won't come out and say he is the best ever. The former San Francisco 49ers star turned television man will offer one thought to Moss: Check the stats.
``I know he says you can't bring the stats into the scenario, but I think that's part of being the best receiver to play the game,'' Rice said Thursday. ``I'm just having fun with it right now. I think the thing is, I never took any plays off and I always gave 100 percent. Also, you put my numbers up against Randy's and my body of work compared to his, and there's a big difference.''
During media day Tuesday at the Superdome, Moss declared himself ``the greatest receiver ever to play this game.'' The 35-year-old Moss, who returned to the league this season after a year off, Moss made 28 catches for 434 yards and three touchdowns this season. In 2007, he broke Rice's single-season record for touchdown catches with 23. Rice had 22 in 1987.
Rice had 14 1,000-yard seasons. Moss is second with 10.
Rice, who played the first 16 of his 21 NFL seasons with San Francisco from 1985-2000, holds virtually every significant receiving mark. That includes most career receptions (1,549); yards receiving (22,895); total touchdowns (208); and combined net yards (23,546) in his career with San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle.
Rice gives Moss the nod for pure talent and athletic ability, but that's not all it takes.
``The thing about me guys - and I still say this today - I think Randy Moss was the most talented,'' Rice said. ``But along with being the most talented, you have to work hard - every season, every play. I was not the most talented, but I was going to outwork you. He probably could have been the greatest player ever to play the game. He's 6-5, could run a 4.3. Could outjump you. Struck fear in the heart of the defense. But you have to have it here, in your heart.''
Rice later pointed out that he wasn't questioning Moss' heart, just emphasizing his own and the passion for the game.
``This is how I impacted the game,'' Rice said, holding up the sparkly 1988-89 championship ring on his middle right finger, ``with Super Bowl rings. I'm hoping he can go out there and win his first one and be a big factor.''
Before Rice spoke, during a media session for several in the lineup of ESPN commentators, he was announced as ``arguably the best wide receiver ...'' The woman couldn't finish before Rice interrupted.
``The second best,'' he quipped, laughing.
Let the debate continue.
Online:http://pro32.ap.org/poll andhttp://twitter.com/AP-NFL


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Marianne bless her little cotton socks set the ground rules of our attendance such as no clapping Cinau until his tutor clapped and no Murray, there is to be no sing along however moved you are. Cinau was pacing about in his ill-fitting blue business suit and we inquired as to if he was nervous to which he replied that no, he wasnt nervous. In due course Cinau sat down at the piano and began to play and play he did for 40 minutes with a small break between pieces. The sound emanating from the grand piano was wondrous, filling the auditorium and. our souls to the max, lilting at times, passionately aggressive at others. Our emotions flowed and our hearts moved, we remembered lost loves, friends absent and those we love. and all things beautiful in this crazy world. And then too soon... it was over. We sat stunned and satiated in the after-glow of this extraordinary sensual encounter we had had. 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I've been thinking about advice this week. I've been thinking about the good advice I have been given in my life, and the advice I would give to a young person if I were asked, and the advice I would give now to my twenty-one year old self.
The two best pieces of advice I ever heard came twenty-five years apart.
The first was from an older and much wiser friend. I was twenty-two, painfully in love with the wrong person, and flailing. She looked at me, very gently, and said: 'Would you rather be proud? Or would you rather be happy?'
One could parse this and unpick it and examine it from all angles. One could put nuances on it and argue with it. But at the time, it made immediate and profound sense to me and I think of it still, every single week of my life.
What I think it meant was: misplaced pride will only make you miserable. Pretending you are untouchable when you are not, or able to do something without help, or doing fine when you are falling to pieces, will not bring you peace or joy. Humility and vulnerability might seem like hard and painful things, but in the end, being humble and vulnerable will make you a much happier human than being proud ever could.
The second piece of stellar advice came from one of my best beloveds, one who goes back all the way. We have been friends since we were eighteen, and I can't imagine my life without her. Only last year, she introduced me to a new theory she had carved out. It was, whenever faced with a confusion or a difficult decision or just sheer raw pain or fear, think of what is the worst that can happen in that specific scenario. The answer often comes very quickly, rising from the subconscious like a trout to a fly. It often goes something like: I will fail, people will laugh, I will be left alone, I will be heartbroken. Then, you ask yourself if you can deal with it. Most often, the answer is yes. It will be hard, but the worst will not sink you. This makes taking the decision or facing the fearful thing much, much easier.
I also think you need a really good friend to go through this with. I remember mapping out one such disastrous scene with the very beloved who invented the theory. We were riding together. Over our heads, there was a bright spring sky; under us, the good horses were moving easily and kindly. In my head, all was darkness and bafflement.
'What is the worst that can happen? she asked.
I told her.
I faced it. I contemplated it. I examined the worst from all angles. I thought I could weather it. She thought so too.
And you know the funny thing? The worst did happen, in that particular play. The final curtain did not ring down on triumph, but on messy failure.
It was difficult. It did hurt. The ramifications rippled on for months afterwards. (They can catch me still, on a bad day.) But because of that ride with that good friend, because of contemplating the crash with another sympathetic human heart, I damn well did get through it.
I think now, what would I tell someone of the Younger Niece's generation, if they should ask for some of my aunt-ish advice? What is the most important thing I have learnt in these forty-seven years?
I have nothing very pithy. I think I might say something like: don't disdain the unshowy virtues. Brilliance and wit and talent are all very well, but what really gets you through are the quiet virtues, like reliability, and gentleness, and dogged determination, and consistency, and patience. I would recommend my old friends, kindness and stoicism.
I think I would say: not everything is about you. Don't make it all about you.
I may add: the things you think are the end of the world almost always are not.
There are the very obvious ones – don't be afraid to fail; don't be frightened of being wrong; risk falling flat on your face and be the first to laugh at yourself if you do.
I would say: empathy is an awful word, but a lovely thing to be able to do.
I would obviously tell them never to dangle their modifiers.
I would insist that human beings have much more that unites them than divides them, and that most divisions are mere constructs, hardly more than flickering shadows on the cave wall.
Something like that. I admit it needs a little work.
Everything I know comes from somebody or somewhere else: from humans I have loved, books I have read, unexpected voices on the radio, the plays of Shakespeare, the poems of Yeats and TS. I think the only original idea about existence that I ever came up with is not really original at all, it is just that I thought it for myself rather than pinching it. It is quite recent, and I like it.
It is: are you living a life or proving a point?
I suspect this says more about my own flaws than revealing any great wisdom, but still, it is useful in my own mazy mind. I think I may have spent quite a lot of time trying to prove a point. Look at me, with my step ball change and my jazz hands. Now, I don't want to prove anything. I am too old for that, too chipped around the edges. I want to live a quiet Scottish life, a life that is useful in some small way, a life that adds rather than subtracts, with these trees and these blue hills and this red mare and this lurcher dog and this good earth.
Will you tell me yours? The best advice you ever got, the best you ever gave, the best you give yourself?
Only if you have time, of course.
As I finished this, I went next door. The kind Sister has given me a delightful chair. It is upholstered in very pale colours, and since I live a life of animals and mud, I put a blanket to protect it, in case the dog sat on it. The dog, it turns out, is sitting on it. I think Stan the Man has found his new favourite place.
It's not for everyone, but some of my best advice ever would be, of course: get a dog.
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I was so excited when I was selected to be a Featured Blogger for the Edmodo community. I have always tried to find as many ways possible to share and connect with other teachers especially around the topic of integrating technology. When I first began teaching, I was in a classroom where there was 1 donated computer that all of my students had to share. The two weeks in the year that I got to take my students to the computer lab were the highlight of the year and the best feature in my classroom was a chalkboard that had multiple sliding panels. I couldn't have imagined that just 12 years later, I'd be working in a 1:1 laptop school and that instead of a chalkboard, I would be using an interactive white board. I realize how lucky I am and that there are many classrooms that are still challenged with little or no access to technology. I hope that by sharing about my own journey, I can offer some insight into what is possible when it comes to integrating technology.
To tell you a little more about myself, I currently teach 7th grade science at Kamehameha Middle School in Honolulu, Hawaii. I have taught in both public and private schools and spent 2 years as a technology resource teacher. Kamehameha Schools is a very unique private school. The mission of our school is to provide education to children of native Hawaiian ancestry. Our campus services students in grades K-12 and we also have 2 campuses on the neighbor islands. Our students come from a range of backgrounds, academic abilities, and geographic locations. We accept students from the neighbor islands and have a boarding program that begins in the 7th grade. We are lucky to have a lot of resources that allow us to be innovative in our curriculum and integrate technology. When I first began teaching here 9 years ago, we had 5 desktop computers in every classroom and were in the initial stages of using mobile iCarts that were shared among various classrooms. Four years ago, we started the 1:1 laptop program with our 7th grade students using MacBook computers. Since then, this program has expanded through the 12th grade.
Teaching in a 1:1 environment has completely changed the way that I see learning and instruction. I am always looking for ways to integrate technology so that it truly aids in developing students as creative critical thinkers. I see technology as a way to extend the learning beyond my four walls, to utilize the abundance of available online resources, and to bring new opportunities for my students to connect with others. I also see how technology has allowed my students to become creators of knowledge and be active in their learning instead of just being passive consumers of information.
I know that my personal growth with technology has only come with the help of my Personal Learning Network (PLN). I didn't know it then, but even when I had limited access to technology, I was building my PLN. Until recently, I never formally used the term PLN. A PLN is just another way to express the network of people that we share, learn, and collaborate with. My PLN started with the people I worked with or those I met at conferences and workshops. At the time, I only utilized the Internet as a knowledge consumption device. However, I realized that the real power was in using the Internet to truly connect with and learn from other educators and experts. That is when I began to use tools like Facebook and Twitter to communicate and share ideas with others. My PLN now includes my fellow ADE's (Apple Distinguished Educators), STEM fellows, and various educators across the globe. I give credit to my PLN for helping me to transform my classroom and for inspiring me with innovative ideas for my students. It is a vast extension of knowledge and creativity that I couldn't imagine myself without.
The professional growth and success I've had with my PLN made me think about how I could transfer this to my students. Using social networking tools in school has been controversial with many teachers. Some see it as a distraction and would prefer to block it rather than embrace it. Since I teach 7th grade, I knew I needed to capitalize on my students' love for socializing and technology. Some of the high school teachers were using tools like Facebook and Ning. Unfortunately, many of the students used the tool primarily for socializing. Because of this, social networking is still viewed negatively by many of my colleagues. I admit that even I was hesitant at first. However, I began to think about how I could use these tools to motivate students around my content and connect them for learning instead of just socializing.
I first learned about Edmodo last summer when I attended the Siemens STEM Institute at the Discovery headquarters. The teachers at this institute came from all across the nation and Edmodo was a great way for us to connect, communicate, and work collaboratively on STEM related ideas and projects. I instantly knew that it was the tool I was looking for to use with my students. I decided that I would use Edmodo in my classroom in an attempt to create a student PLN. I still remember the excitement of my students when we first started using it. The friendly interface and the teacher controls were key features that made implementation successful. Now it is a big part of our learning environment and there are several of our teachers using it on a regular basis.
Over the next couple of months, I look forward to sharing more about how we have been able to use Edmodo to create a student PLN where students and teachers are networking and learning from one another. I also look forward to further expanding my PLN and learning how some of you have successfully connected with your students. Until next time…Aloha!
Liz Castillo is a 7th grade teacher in Honolulu, HI. The opinions shared in this blog entry are her own.
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That's quite a turn around-my first classroom was also chalkboarded, but without the sliding panels-that still sounds pretty cool 🙂
Hey Liz! Great job! Aloha, Shareen


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