A great collections of blogs written by Youth Voices or about Youth Voice in Education. Powerful writing!
Youth Converts Culture - A MANIFESTO (by Daniel Whitt)
Via (the IDEA BLOG)
“”Oh they’re young, what do they know?
Well, a lot, if you listen.
We only have one shot.
Here we go, don’t miss it.
We know how it feels to be overlooked.
So we’re taking a flight to the world’s ear, piloted by the youth.
Are you listening, now?”
“If our youth are going to invent the future, we have to start re-inventing the way they learn.”
IDEA Organizers Jonathan Carlisle, Javarius Johnson, and Beth Sanders were involved this past summer with Youth Converts Culture. You can see them in this and other videos on the Youth Converts Culture site. “
“Listen To US” - “Creating A Collective Voice of Young People on Education”
via (Imagining Learning)
A great collections of blogs written by Youth Voices or about Youth Voice in Education. Powerful writing!
What is an Imagining Learning Listening Session? (by cwk4328)
“Imagining Learning is creating a national collective voice of young people on their wisdom about transforming education through Listening Sessions with teens all across America. Help us by bringing a Listening Session to your community.
Find out more at www.imagininglearning.us
Imagining Learning is committed to emerging a space for a national collective voice of the wisdom of young people on the reinvention of education. We are a “hollow bone”, providing a structure and experience in synthesizing information, through which the voices of young people can be heard in a manner that is unmistakably clear and forthright.
We are doing this by leading Listening Sessions around the United States with teens, ages 13 – 19, from all walks of life. A Listening Session has been designed to be appreciative in nature, so there is no conversation about what is wrong with education. A Listening Session creates a space that is safe, free from judgment and empty of anyone’s voice, except those young people who are participating. They encourage young people to tap into their inner knowing – into a voice that has been there all along – and emerge a new set of ideas and beliefs about what could be achieved if given a blank slate from which to hold all young people in the future.
As we slip into summer at TTT, we invite you to be reminded of the importance of starting with youth voices when we consider what to do next as educators. This week on http://edtechtalk.com/ttt at 9PM ET / 6PM PT / World Times http://goo.gl/7JEsR our guests will be:Our conversation will be about how important it is to listen to students, and on David and Charlie’s methods of doing that. David Loitz writes:
- David Loitz, a passionate lover of education, film, basketball, food and life. He is currently working towards his Masters in Holistic Elementary Education at Goddard College. He writes and organizes at Adventures In Learning and on the Cooperative Catalyst, @dloitz .
- Charles Kouns, @Penthias, the Founding Steward of Imagining Learning, an educator and the father of three. Imagining Learning is creating a national portrait of young people’s wisdom on the reinvention of education.
- David and Charlie have invited a few students to join us as well.
Charlie’s focus is in helping to bring the voices and visions of youth people to a national stage. He is both a teacher and an visionary. He is a dear friend and mentor. He created Imagining Leaning four years ago, and has traveled up and down the west coast and as far as New Zealand to host listening session with groups of young people.Please join us if you can. Let us know what you are thinking about the wisdom of youth. We’ll see you at http://edtechtalk.com/ttt at 9PM ET / 6PM PT / World Times http://goo.gl/7JEsR —
Paul Allison, Monika Hardy, and Chris Sloan
2yr. year old Mic Check @ Occupy Boston “I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD!” (by ncftTV)
Pretty amazing and pretty awesome!
I think that kids shouldn’t be in groups or crud, But be able to make a stand and go where they want to learn in school.
I am 8 and I #occupyedu.
