Where I'm From, a poem by George Ella Lyon, writer and teacher. In response to the fear- and hate-mongering alive in our country today, I have joined Julie Landsman? A writer, teacher, and activist based in Minneapolis? To create the I Am From Project. Through our website (iamfromproject.com) and Facebook page, we? Re collecting art from around the country prompted by that theme. You can listen to our interview on the National Writing Project radio here: We want to gather the diversity of our voices, and we plan to archive the results online and to present them, in some form, in D.C. The Kentucky Arts Council has wrapped up my Where I'm From? “Where I'm From” grew out of my response to a poem from Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet (Orchard Books, 1989; Theater Communications Group, 1991) by my friend, Tennessee writer Jo Carson. In the summer of 1993, I decided to see what would happen if I made my own where-I'm-from lists, which I did, in a black and white speckled composition book.
Digital Storytelling. Bitly | Basic | a simple URL shortener.
Live Binders. Glog-7220: nwp, plwp, technology, writing, writing | Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students. Home | NWP Communities. Tell A Story in 5 Frames - Kids. FRONTLINE: digital nation: watch the full program. I wanted to wait a bit because it seemed like it'd be more interesting to listen to all of you. There used to be a name for what I was doing, "lurking" -- it dates back to a very different time in the net's history, when usenet and mailing lists were the main forms of communication. It was hard to talk about lurkers then, for the obvious reason that no one knew much about them; it hasn't gotten much easier since. The idea of lurkers has all but vanished now, buried by a succession of ways to try and slice and dice them: "eyeballs," pageviews, users, subscribers, friends, followers, etc, etc.
I think these changes are relevant in this context because Doug's initial questions put a lot of emphasis on expression: participation and activism on the one hand, and a concern that "social networks" (as if there were any other kind) might be diminishing the quality of people's engagement, on the other. That's good and bad. But it definitely has downsides, too. So the problem is simple (ha!). Book Spine Poem. Queen Anne's Lace.
NETS for Teachers 2008. Symbaloo - How to Create, Edit and Search for Tiles. Symbaloo Introduction. Welcome to My PLE! Shifthappens - home. Quiz: What Kind of Tech User Are You?