The "Look at Me" Generation
Mark Oestreicher recently blogged on some interesting aspects of the nexters which is worth a read. The document he refers to highlights some of the trends of technology and lifestyle which differentiates them from other generations who preceeded them. Check out the article here
posted by Mark Dowds @ 11:36 AM Sunday, January 28, 2007
What you see is what you get
things become what we want them to be. take a stormy day, you can look at it from the perspective of it being too cold and wet to go out, that it has upset your plans, or you can get excited about the prospect of venturing outdoors with the feel of the breeze against your face, a chance to get on all your high-tech gear and see if it really works instead of standing under the shower to see if it is really waterproof. it depends on how you look at it. the issue of brillance in each young person is exactly the same, how we chose to look at the individual and what we chose to look for will determine what we see. i remember teaching in a Quaker school who had as one of their core values 'there is something of God in every person'. there was something different about the ethos and culture of that school, a sense of respect, tolerance and determination to look for the potential in students. if you are working with people today realize that the way you look will determine what you see. it is like the gold miner who disgarded a vein of bright coloured stone in his search for gold, not realizing that he had tapped into a rich deposit of diamonds! learn to see the brillance in every individual.
posted by Perspective Coaching @ 5:29 AM Monday, January 22, 2007
How to use this site
We have added in several nifty gadgets to this site that can help gather a community of contributors. You will notive a few tabs on the top right hand side of the page. The community tab will lead you to a place where you can join up and have some chats and meet others. The Wiki tab will lead you to a spot where you can read about or contribute to the development of brilliant and some of the training courses we are pulling together. If you need a little help along the way or if you just feel friendly there is a contact tab to help.
posted by Mark Dowds @ 11:37 PM Tuesday, January 2, 2007
The Big Idea
Adrian Eagleson, Johnny Parks, and myself have known each other for many years as all of us grew up in or around Belfast. We began thinking and planning about doing something great together that could have an influence on youthwork and education.
We met in Scotland in November 2006 at the House of Cantle to get our heads together and dream of what would be possible.
We decided that instead of playing the role of experts in education we would instead gather the experts and novices together for an event and facilitate the dialogue and training. The vision behind the training days and the connecting online will be to stragetise and plan around how we can help every child discover and know they are brilliant.
The first phase is a 3 day event in Belfast in March 2007 where we plan to gather around 25 youthworkers and teachers.
The Journey begins...
posted by Mark Dowds @ 11:21 PM
Ideas
As the community forms and develops this will be a space where we will post some of the great ideas that we can all benefit from.
posted by Mark Dowds @ 11:18 PM
Articles
Here are some interesting articles
posted by Mark Dowds @ 11:16 PM
Events
We are considering gathering everyone together for some dialogue and training once we get some momentum going. There are a lot of us who would like to learn together and discover more helpful strategies and approaches to working with youth.
It would be interesting to hear from folks on the ning site (community tab above) on what you are thinking, what you think is needed etc. We hope that this can evolve to something that has an international reach (although focused) so that we can all learn from what is going on in different places.
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posted by Mark Dowds @ 11:15 PM
About Us
Brilliant is a vision for every person to be able to accept their brilliance by the time they leave secondary/grammar/high school. To help make this a reality we have decided to pool some resources and gather those that share a similar dream. It is our hope that together we can discover new ways to serve the younger generations and relate to them in a manner that awakens greatness and transforms our world.
Our larger goal is to facilitate a community of like minded youthworkers, teachers and other professionals who work with and on behalf of young people who can collaborate and create new tools and approaches to draw out the best of the youth and students we work with.
posted by Mark Dowds @ 11:11 PM
