Archive - May, 2010
honor your wild – zip line baby!
First Story: about 5 years ago i met an interesting young man named Xan Hood. we became friends. Xan and his partner Cory Smith have been doing some great Kingdom stuff. Training Ground has impacted the lives of literally dozens of young men who are finding their place in the larger story. Now they’ve stepped off with an another impacting ministry called buffalo and company.
Second story…I have an amazing job. part of the job is walking with students to encourage them. two of these students Ian and Cotie and I spent part of our afternoon doing some volunteer work at Pleasant Hill Outdoor Center…just a way to wrap up the school year.
After a good time of working, for the sake of working…doing good, we all got a chance to try out the new 500 ft zip line that PHOC just installed. Thought it was a perfect way to begin what will be a few ways that i get to help students find their place in the Story. So enjoy the video.
For both Ian and Cotie it was their first expereince (and mine too) on the zip line.
i didn’t see the zip line on Xan’s list of their new challenge called Honor Your Wild…but the three of us stepped off in a whole new way…literally…i think its exactly four steps off the launch platform…fun stuff. so check out Honor Your Wild and see what adventure you can step off on.
web 3.0 – the movie
this is really fascinating stuff. i find it intriguing that this about…relationships.
turning all of the data on the web into structured data so as to define relationships between it and derive meaning.
Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo.
ht tony steward
waiting for superman
there’s a great quote from this movie…”when you see a great teacher…you are seeing a work of art.” i’ll admit i’m married to a teacher and i may have a bais, but i know the heart of my bride melinda and she indeed is a work of art.(so glad she received the 2010 teacher of the year and you can read about her amazing program here). but there is a larger crisis that we are in the midst of and this movie, coming out this fall may help to spread some much need conversation.
i talk to many parents and so many of them feel trapped in trying to provide a good education for their children. and i know the issues here in the rural area not as difficult as those in the metro centers, yet the whole system is a mess. I was shocked by this statistic…
26% of this year’s graduates will not graduate with a regular diploma in 4 years. Dropouts from the class of 2008 will cost the state of Ohio $9.8 billion in lost wages over their lifetime.
there’s a lot here even this week i sat with one mom who just doesn’t know where to turn. her child, who has some learning disabilities and has gotten pulled into the court system because of a episode at school just shrugged her shoulders and said it just her lot in life. for her and her family she says the american dream has disappeared. waiting for superman looks like a great start to public discourse. visit their website and make your pledge to see the movie. follow them on twitter , check them out on facebook too so you can keep informed. edmund burke said awhile ago…All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women ) do nothing. well…what something can you do?
vote for atomic toasting
josh miller, a good friend, teaches science in a local high school. he blogs regularly about their exploits here. today he had some fun with his students. Josh reminds me a lot of bill nye, with his creative approach to teaching science.
josh needs your help. he’s submitted the photo as part of morning’s with brant photo contest for an Ipad. so hop over and offer your vote.
check this out
