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Gerrymandering Texas
Image Source: KVUE Gerrymander is a fancy word for mak
Ten Minute Reflection: Upcoming Workshop
Note: This is a "10 minute" write, where I respond to blog entries in 10 minutes or less. It's meant to be quick, brief, and on occasion, error prone. Of course, I NEVER publ
MyNotes: CRT and the Brain, Chapter 6
In this entry, I continue sharing my notes of Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. In this entry, I share my takeaways from Chapter Six.
MyNotes: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Chapter 5
In this entry, I continue sharing my notes of Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. In this entry, I share my takeaways from Chapter 5.
MyNotes: CRT and the Brain Chapter 4
As I continue my exploration of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, an amazing 2017 book by Zaretta Hammond, I’m continuing to also dig into my own experience (or l
Discovered Ignorance
As I take the time to read the history of my Panamanian roots, I realize how much I don't know. But I do have threads to cling to, that I can grasp and pull greater truths closer.
MyNotes: CRT and the Brain, Chapters 2 and 3
This continues my exploration of Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. You can read all preview entries in reverse chronological order
Giveaway: Salsa Caliente!
Giveaway Alert!!! I saw this, entered it, and hope you may find it of interest.
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Force Delete That File
One of my favorite features on Mac? The ability to force delete a reluctant file. You may remember the option. You try to empty the trash on a Mac, but you get an error. What can y
Wakelet's New Feature - Columns
What a delightful bit of news to see that Wakelet has made Columns available as one of its collection layout options. For fun, I thought I'd re organize one of my bigger Wakelet co
Surviving the Panic Pundits
We've never taught critical thinking as well as our students needed. You may have, but given my own experiences with "critical thinking" as a student, I can say I barely spent time
Info Literacy and...
When I saw this article at The Golden Hammer , I found myself remembering Doug "Blue Skunk" Johnson's recent blog entry, Information Literacy and COVID . I…
MyNotes: CRT and the Brain, Foreword and Chapter 1
This continues my exploration of the ideas Zaretta Hammond shares in her book, shown below. The Foreword was quite interesting, as was Chapter 1. I'll share some of my notes from t
MyNotes: CRT and the Brain Prelude
In a powerful book, Zaretta Hammond (@ready4rigor) connects Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Songs of Hope and Belonging
As I get older, the more history I read, the longings for the country I spent my first ten years of life grow stronger. I have often felt like the young lady who cooked, cleaned, a
Books to Read: Culturally Responsive Teaching
I stumbled on Joe Truss' website earlier this evening, and ran across his 40+ books for antiracist teaching. Let'
Periphery of Memory - MyNotes: How the Word is Passed
Since I read differe
Ancient Revelations
"Historians say that, after Columbus and his crew landed in what would become the Bahamas more than 500 years ago, the sailors kidnapped and enslaved the…
Reflections on Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain Webinar
Want an introduction to Culturally Responsive Teaching, not to be confused with Critical Race Theory? You need to watch this 2017 webinar via Corwin. In…
MyNotes: Corwin Webinar Featuring Zaretta Hammond
As I mentioned in another blog entry, I had the opportunity to watch this webinar featuring Zaretta Hammond. Wow, what an amazing presenter and incredible insights with implication
Exploring History and Culturally Responsive Teaching toxicpositivity
"Sure, have a bite, Adam, it's OK to eat," said the fantastical character, Eve, in that book all of us have read at some point or another. Of course, it was…
Protect Yourself from Data Breach Consequences
Update: Wes Fryer has some Technology Fear Therapy for you. Watch his TEDx talk on the topic.