Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

I made a trip to the mall today. Madness. However, I think the spirit of Christmas has found me, and I am beginning to think about shopping, cards, gift cards and important people. A sure sign of Christmas is finding the couch to watch A Christmas Carol on TV.

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!"
- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

Long Day ...

Critical thinking day.
Refine, re-edit and polish day.
Tiring day.
Happy day as son John is Home for the Holidays. (magic in that phrase)
Daughter Beverly got through a week of English ISU challenges, concept maps and music practice.
I am most proud of the new understandings constructed today - for me.
Lots of learning...

Christmas Concert 2007

There were Choirs tonight. Some were 25 voices strong, and others were 75 voices strong and ONE was over 350 voices. The music was dynamic and rehearsed and uplifting. But there was music of all sorts. Several solos. Singers. Jazz. Woodwinds. Drums. Percussion. Classics.

It was a terrific evening at the Christmas Concert. You can just imagine the hundreds of hours of practice. My spirit has been soothed and rejuvenated tonight at the Christmas Concert. Music. Sharing. Listening. Young people who believe in the power of song and voice and music.

ARTS and Literature

Monday is behind us.
9 school days until the break.
Arts Alive at the school on Wednesday night - and my daughter is playing in her Christmas Concert. The Christmas Concert is across two nights, but we have tickets and amazing seats for Thursday, and she is accompanist for a soloist on Wednesday. Such is life...
I am involved with the Cookie Decorating on Wednesday night, and so my dining room just now has bags of Sprinkles, Digestive Cookies, Icing (on sale at No Frills last Friday) Bulk Barn candies in several types ($56.00 worth), plastic snack bags and wooden craft sticks. I seem to get all the important jobs...
My husband has been talking about this daily LINK he gets information on, and although I have not had a great deal of time to check it out, it seems interesting!

www.aldaily.com

December IS such a wonderful month!

Information Literacy

I have spent the day adding to research and clarifying. Information Literacy is not going to be tamed and put in a box. No more... As a term, and as an action, and as a definition, it changes by the hour. In fact, information literacy varies by the one developing the definition and for the specific group or outcome being evaluated. Isn't that the crux of deeply understanding the term however? Information Literacy can no longer simply be defined. And the definition that may accommodate today, will no longer work by tomorrow. Perhaps there is no possibility of a definition any longer.

Information Literacy is a range of skills and understandings specific to a time, and/or place and/or people and/or problem.

This is a wonderful website. I have only briefly explored it, but the attitude and understanding is exemplary. Check it out!

International Society for Technology in Education

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Educator_Resources/YourLearningJourney/Learning_Journey_21.htm