Hi Christyna! Thanks for joining our group. Where on the East Coast are you living? And are you planning on staying there after you graduate?

This website was mentioned in a SitePoint newsletter reporting on An Australian Web Developers conference that just occurred in Sydney - the article is here: http://www.sitepoint.com/four-big-ideas-i-took-from-web-directions-south-2012/ So I came to look at it and found you and your mission. I'm passionate about education and live in LA (west side)

Awesome! How are you involved in the education world?

I have taught music, art and technology classed at the high school level as well as privately and have been involved with creating charter schools and alternative learning environments. Also offer online courses in passion based business building : http://www.daniamorris.com/lovelife/ What about yourself - what's your passion surrounding radical pedagogy?

Awesome. I'd love to hear more about your work creating alternative learning environments and the differences you see between in-person vs. online courses sometime! I've taught in many different settings, including after-school programs and adult literacy. I was teaching with an org called Creative Action Project in Austin when I learned about Theatre of the Oppressed -- and have been exploring ways to incorporate that into my work ever since. By trade, I do design for social impact, so that means a lot of community building and capacity building, which is where I see a lot of RadPed ideas and processes coming into play. Still exploring how to combine all these things I love.

Break a leg, Cindy! I'll be tuning in throughout the day as I can!

cindy here--
thanks for getting balls rolling, Christina!
so as an introduction of sorts: i work at various intersections between art, activism and education. i'm interested in community engagement projects, too, and i love to use performance based works and traditional craft and/or art projects (is there a difference?) toward that end. vague? yes. i haven't quite figured out what i want to be when i grow up yet...
as far as affiliations: antioch university is my bread a butter. through antioch, i am the site director for a radical educational program that offers a critical college humanities experience for those who would not otherwise have access to higher education. it's called the bridge program, and it's the cat's meow. here's a link: http://www.antiochla.edu/thebridgeprogram/
i teach art and community engagement with students from homeboy industries, and an alternative school on the westside...
as a learner: well, that's pretty much my whole day, everyday...
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here's the article i found, which we discussed at the last meeting in july (active listening, and a review of Susan Bickford's "Dissonance of Democracy"). if i recall, it gets into it around page 6...

Thanks for posting this, Cindy! Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how to teach and foster global citizen skills in MS students, so I was particularly interested in "listening as a practice of citizenship" and the idea that media constrains and trains different types of listening. How does active listening relate or apply to your current work? And did yall discuss methods of best practicing active listening in July?

Hi Cindy, Just testing out the comments notifications. Did yall discuss methods to practice active listening at the July meeting? Do you mind sharing them here?

hi Christina--
just noticed this post! sorry! october is crazy, apparently...
we did indeed discuss some methods to active listening practices, but we didn't have time to explore any of them in action. that would be a great idea for another rad ped meeting! unfortunately, oct. 28th is out for me (mom visiting--unless she wants to come!)...i'll post something in the main heading about some ideas for the next one, if that works for you!

Cindy - I'd love that! Excited to hear about your ideas for the next meeting--just add a new comment. What have you been reading/thinking about these days?

working on a concept around clowning performance piece at Adam Overton's collective event election day at pomona college. much to think about...

Hello Christina! I do not live in your area, but as a life-long teacher, I am very interested in being a part of your discussion. I did read Paolo Freire's book way back. I will look at it again. I am very curious about your undertaking. Thinking of pedagogy in new ways is always so important.