Letter to Mr. Obama
by beccaborrelli
Per a recommendation to do something different from one teacher, I am rallying courage.
The primary New Year’s Resolution for 2011 was to stop blogging anonymously. For six months I’ve linked my personal facebook to this blog, and was overwhelmingly relieved happy to discover that people didn’t think I was a complete nerd liked it.
On an unrelated note- this year I applied for a workshop that required me to make a video bio. I had an absolute blast learning to use Garage Band, and iMovie. Yay MacBook.
On unrelated note number two- I’ve been festering over President Obama’s Race to the Top reform plan for quite some time. Not a fan. When I read this article my political frustration, New Year’s Resolution, and intrigue with iMovie came together.
This post= WAY out of my comfort zone.
Fingers crossed.
This Brazen Teacher 
**Correction in the vid: “OVERCOMING functional fixedness is a dainty academic term for creative problem-solving.”
Three words: Differentiation learning training.
Fucking brilliant.
Thank you.
via @harto : “RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=share ”
Echoes what you are saying. 🙂
Brazen Teacher,
I work at a charter school in Chicago. My colleagues and I are meeting next week to discuss DRIVE, Pink’s book. I’ve shared your video with them and look forward to it making our discussion more robust. Thanks, it’s GREAT to see that there are many educators that are starting to address this reality and what it means for our students/schools.
wow, good work.
ahem. paraphrasing harvey milk.
oh! you!
gotta give ’em hope
gotta give ’em hope
gotta gotta gotta give ’em hope.
gotta-gotta-gotta-gotta,
gotta-gotta-gotta-gotta,
gotta-gotta-gotta give ’em hope.
be, cause, you!
gotta give ’em, gotta give ’em,
gotta give ’em, hope, you
gotta gotta give ’em give ’em
gotta-give’m-hope, you!
….
(repeat with variants ad lib
until long after everyone leaves)
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