Is too much digital customization limiting your world lens?

What perspectives, ideas, challenges, uncomfortable topics, issues, solutions... might you be missing out on?

The secret to life is not a secret... you just have to swipe!

What better lesson than the lesson of all lessons that is the secret to life that isn’t a secret. .

Honoring Dolores Huerta

#WOMENSHISTORYMONTH

Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and activist whose work on behalf of migrant farmworkers led to the establishment of the United Farm Workers of America. She's advocated not only for farmworkers, but also for immigrants and women in the United States. She was a female voice in the traditionally male-dominated farm workers’ movement. Yet often Huerta’s name and impact are overlooked, including the misattribution of her coined phrase, “Yes, we can!/Si, se puede!” to other historical figures. When most women were still expected to play primarily domestic roles, Huerta introduced new models of womanhood as an energetic picket captain, persuasive lobbyist and unyielding negotiator. Source: Smithsonian si.edu

10 Tips for Moving to Online Distance Learning

#distancelearning #onlinetogetherau

As we navigate online learning environments, it's important to reflect on the opportunities and challenges these platforms bring to your classroom. Here are ten tips to help you and your students have a more seamless transition from your classroom to the cloud full time.

Poster here with all 10 tips > bit.ly/10TipsDistanceLearning

Thanks to collaborators from around the world doing the work and sharing their learning through the process.

What is an environmental microaggression?

#microaggression #antibias #antiracist

Look at the visuals around you at work, in your classrooms, in your neighborhood, in the magazines and books you read... do you see BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color) represented in them? If you don’t, seek representational justice. Make sure that you and your kids see themselves and others in all walks of life.

Why is it important? What we see consistently around us becomes our unconscious bias and our truth.

What is a verbal microaggression?

#microaggression #antibias #antiracist

A comment like, “Wow, your English is so good!” to a person of color or of a different ethnic group may seem like a compliment but under the surface it’s truly an insult... a microaggression. It implies that they wouldn’t speak English well because of their color or ethnic background and more than that, it says that they’re different in a bad way and don’t belong.

EDUCATORS: 🙏 Make understanding microaggressions part of your SEL curriculum and educator PD. Embrace and celebrate diversity!

What is a non-verbal microaggression?

#microaggression #antibias #antiracist

Non-verbal microaggressions are snubs or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership.

Learn how to recognize implicit bias in yourself and others. Do the work.

How are you fighting systemic racism?

#microaggression #antibias #antiracist

What you permit, you promote. What you allow, you encourage. What you condone, you own.

Systemic racism, while baked into the systems and institutions that govern daily life, are nonetheless created by individuals. To fight systemic racism we must take responsibility for the role we play in these systems.

Tips for Tough Conversations w/Kids

#parentingtips #parentingadvice #nprlifekit

I listened to @NPRLifeKit “What To Say To Kids When The News Is Scary.” Here are six takeaways. Great ideas especially for conversations about the insurrection on the US Capitol.

Listen to the podcast at npr.org/lifekit.

Truth

#truthquotes #justice #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforbreonnataylor #justiceforahmaud #blacklivesmatter #blm #malcolmx #malcolmxquotes #equalitycantwait #together #art #blmart #vote #unity #designforchange

"Truth is on the side of the oppressed." Malcolm X

Change for Justice

#angeladavis #angeladavisquote #blacklivesmatter #blm #blmmovement #activist #blmart #inspiration #blackpowermovement #amplifyblackvoices #socialequity #takeastand #fightforjustice #bethechange #humanrights

"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I can’t accept." Angela Davis

Support for BLM

#blm #blacklivesmatter #blmmovement #blmprotest #antiracisteducation #antiracist #domore #standtogether #standforsomething #advocate #advocateforchange #supportblackbusiness #supportblackartists #supportblackart #socialactivism

Action is the best form of support...not just talk. There’s more to do. If you’re wondering how you can support #BlackLivesMatter here are some of the ways I’ve been supporting.

Being Anti-Racist

#AntiRacist #AntiBias #LiberatedEducator

Here are three take-aways from listening and learning from Ken Shelton on topics related to being an anti-racist.

Follow Ken for more > @kshelton

Confidence

#confidence #studentagency #buildconfidence #beanexample #growthmindset

How do we crack the code on confidence?‬ ‪

✔️ Permission bursts confidence ‬

‪✔️ Community nurtures it‬

‪✔️ Curiosity affirms it ‬

‪Great TedTalk by @mspackyetti > Watch here.

Social Distancing Humor

#socialdistancing #socialdistance2020

A little humor in the midst of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. Hint for the fist design: "Solo' in Spanish means "alone"‬.