I like to think of new #literacies in terms of DNA, humanity and the chimpanzee. Just 2% of our DNA seperates us from the chimpanzee. Ain't much, but wow does it matter.
@joshmock Get a family domain and talk to each other through webmentions, no extra service needed. Everybody gets their own website to own their own story. I just did this with my 9 year old son: https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/05/28/hey-here-is-the-info-about
Really tight rhymes and the political lyrics remind me of so many who have come before. Laying these effectively over synth drums palying with the concept of long delay followed by a bit of snare... I really dig this album.
#poemsofpresence Peppered moth OG survivor of nights outstretched from London to Atlanta peppered speckles dance on air As a child survival required pretending you were not there Stiff as tree, unseen London late 1700s Soot of Revolution stained trees Black one by one birds picked off white moths leaving streets devoid of form typica Today Yyur Blackness Bro
Hey @readycted if any of your member orgs want a great project to support check out what we are going with CfAL https://jgregorymcverry.com/tech4teens we could scale this across Connecticut with a bit of support.
Mantras, a sanskrit word , derives from meditation practices of Hinduism and Bhuddisum. These short phrases, represent universal truths people use to focus their minds away from the material. "Mantra" by A literacy mantra repesents your worldview to how we and children learn to read and write. Your epistemological views , what you think about knowledge, and
Hey #edu407 next intro prompt: Listen to LL Cool J clip https://jgregorymcverry.com/videos/LLCoolJClip.m4a Be metaphorical think about last prompt and lit or get literal find lyrics, compare to how you think children may feel about #literacies in school.
#edu407 today's #DesignStudio vieo https://media.southernct.edu/media/Open+Design+Studio+Time/1_87ghhefp assignment workflow Use Blackboard journals Use Blackboard wiki Navigate Microsoft Teams Set up a Google Sites website How to set up a Google Blogger site
When I student taught I worked with a wonderful group of children in Waterbury, CT in a transitional first grade. The class provided more sheltered instruction for students, many learning English, who did not meet Kindergarten readiness benchmarks...after Kindergarten. "5senses-015" by atsukosmith is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND I had them write poems about ca
@anjalifp I have planned many remote retreats and conferences, happy to help anyone think through their planning and share some of the tools as options. Feel free to share my contact info
@simaleerbg You got lyricist skills. Heard a lot of Talib Kweli influences too, especially in the cadence of your rhyming schemes on the four bar and the near rhymes in multi-syllabic words...Good stuff...Need it now...
Published today's #poembox #poetry. Today's work "Atone" https://jgregorymcverry.com/mypoetry#audiopoems #writingcommunity #clmooc #nctevillage #saytheirnames George Floyd Trayvon Martin Breonna Taylor Ahmaud Arbery Tamir Rice Oscar Grant Eric Garner Philando Castile Samuel Dubose Sandra Bland Walter Scott Terrence Crutcher Tony McDade
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