Information Age Education

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The Story of Stuff - a New Video for a New Paradigm

Tonight I went to the US Premiere of The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard. It’s a fabulous educational video about stuff. It’s important to examine where stuff comes from and where it goes and all of the seen and unseen pieces in-between and this video short does a great job of outlining the process. The Story of Stuff website has numerous resources, including some generic educational materials, drop down menus for the different aspects of the production-consumption cycle and a well documented source list for the facts sited. Share the video with your students, colleagues and friends. We’re watching it tomorrow in my classroom. I was thinking about also showing the artwork of Chris Jordan and his collection called Intolerable Beauty. If you haven’t seen his stuff, I highly recommend it.
The project is the result of a collaboration between the Tides Foundation, GAIA, Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption and Free Range Graphics. My dear friend Erica Priggen works for Free Range Graphics and was the Producer of the video. Great work Erica and all of the people who worked to make The Story of Stuff!

Afformations YouTube Video: Ask Better Questions in Your Life

Dr. Noah St. John has created a way to help you change your life. It’s called afformations. It’s a method of asking questions that focuses on what you’d like to create. Most people, including teachers and our students, ask lousy questions. Questions such as “Why am I so broke?” and “Why is math so difficult?” are rampant. The problem is that when you ask lousy questions, you get lousy answers, and hence create a less than desirable life circumstance.

I taught my students a little about how to use afformations at school and at home to change their lives and many had incredible shifts. Some of my colleagues also used it in their classrooms with delightful outcomes.

Dr. St. John explains a little about afformations in this YouTube video on Afformations vs. Affirmations.

For more about “Afformations”, read Dr. Noah St. John’s book:

The Great Little Book of Afformations (All-New, Expanded Edition)