The images that make up this video came from my trip to St Helena Island last summer with Troop 4 from Ann Arbor. Troop 4 has been restoring the light house on the island for many years. Animoto allows you make short videos (<30 seconds for free) I have more pictures from this trip to share.

“I don’t want many things,
just a chance to spread my wings.
Don’t know what the future brings,
but I want to be there.”

Lyrics from “Phenomenon” by Threshold

This lyric resonates with me in my role as teacher. I think our primary goal should be to prepare our students for their future. A future that we don’t know much about. We need to give them the learning tools necessary to thrive in the future. Information literacy and 21st century skills are essential for our students and teachers.

Here is a link to the person who tagged me: http://melanielewis.edublogs.org/2008/03/03/tag/

I’m going to tag the following people.

Liz Kolb
http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/2008/03/million-project.html

Brian Van Dyck
http://podpirate.edublogs.org/

Neil Winton
http://nwinton.wordpress.com/

TMAO
http://roomd2.blogspot.com/

Photo Credits: Butterfly photo by Denise Mayumi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denise_mayumi/2227483946/

It’s Future is in our Hands- Live Earth by aussiegall
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/759309122/

Meme: Passion Quilt

The rules are simple.
1. Think about what you are passionate about teaching your students.
2. Post a picture from a source like FlickrCC or Flickr Creative Commons or make/take your own that captures what YOU are most passionate about for kids to learn about…and give your picture a short title.
3. Title your blog post “Meme: Passion Quilt” and link back to this blog entry.
4. Include links to 5 folks in your professional learning network or whom you follow on Twitter/Pownce.