Comments for Stepping Stones http://brentmack.edublogs.org One at a Time Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:18:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Dave’s Valentine List of Love by Brent http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2008/02/24/daves-valentine-list-of-love/#comment-269 Brent Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:31:28 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2008/02/24/daves-valentine-list-of-love/#comment-269 I like your distinction between what the author (and others) says about his criteria of love and how by defining criteria you are creating a barrier to feeling love as a never ceasing experience. Thanks for sharing your perspective Tricia. Your take is as always refreshing and provokes more reflection in me. I initially thought his list was meant to be a positive message but seeing his article through your lens, I am seeing the limitations of looking at love in this way. I like your distinction between what the author (and others) says about his criteria of love and how by defining criteria you are creating a barrier to feeling love as a never ceasing experience. Thanks for sharing your perspective Tricia. Your take is as always refreshing and provokes more reflection in me. I initially thought his list was meant to be a positive message but seeing his article through your lens, I am seeing the limitations of looking at love in this way.

]]> Comment on Dave’s Valentine List of Love by Trish http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2008/02/24/daves-valentine-list-of-love/#comment-268 Trish Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:24:55 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2008/02/24/daves-valentine-list-of-love/#comment-268 Thanks for sharing this article Brent. I respect the author's perspective but it does not match mine. It seems to me that love is what we are, not what we do. I see the criterion that we use to define varying degrees of love as a way to construct barriers to who we really are. It’s just not how I FEEL about love. I can honestly say to anything I meet—whether it be a person, place or thing—that I have always loved you, I love you now and I will love you always. I can say this because love is what connects me to all—it is my reflection in everything that I am responding to. I love family, friends and strangers the same because we are all (equally) human and thus perfectly flawed, and to love everyone is to love my own humanity and flaws. I love art on the same level because I love my inner artist. I love beautiful things on the same level because I love my own beauty. I have found that as I choose to remove the barriers that obstruct my inherent nature (infinite love), the more I feel love in everything. God is Love and to love me is to embrace MY god. Thanks for sharing this article Brent. I respect the author’s perspective but it does not match mine. It seems to me that love is what we are, not what we do. I see the criterion that we use to define varying degrees of love as a way to construct barriers to who we really are. It’s just not how I FEEL about love.

I can honestly say to anything I meet—whether it be a person, place or thing—that I have always loved you, I love you now and I will love you always. I can say this because love is what connects me to all—it is my reflection in everything that I am responding to. I love family, friends and strangers the same because we are all (equally) human and thus perfectly flawed, and to love everyone is to love my own humanity and flaws. I love art on the same level because I love my inner artist. I love beautiful things on the same level because I love my own beauty. I have found that as I choose to remove the barriers that obstruct my inherent nature (infinite love), the more I feel love in everything.

God is Love and to love me is to embrace MY god.

]]> Comment on 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies by Cindy http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2008/01/10/10-brilliant-social-psychology-studies/#comment-263 Cindy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:31:10 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2008/01/10/10-brilliant-social-psychology-studies/#comment-263 Thank you for sharing this. I am, always have been, intrigued by the workings of the human mind! Thank you for sharing this. I am, always have been, intrigued by the workings of the human mind!

]]> Comment on Reaching Out in a Web 2.0 World by Emma Rooney http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/11/01/reaching-out-in-a-web-20-world/#comment-258 Emma Rooney Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:32:19 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/11/01/reaching-out-in-a-web-20-world/#comment-258 This gives me some food for thought before tomorrow's panel at Quest. I am sure ICT will be a topic of great discussion. I also like Jason's advice about matching information with emotion. This gives me some food for thought before tomorrow’s panel at Quest. I am sure ICT will be a topic of great discussion.

I also like Jason’s advice about matching information with emotion.

]]> Comment on Serendipitous Discoveries by Brent http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/07/29/serendipitous-discoveries/#comment-257 Brent Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:26:53 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/07/29/serendipitous-discoveries/#comment-257 Thanks for your comments Tim. Nice to hear from you and the work you are doing with the National Youth Agency. The Anecdote blog is a great place to learn about story telling and sense making. Good luck and I will love to hear more from your work. Brent Thanks for your comments Tim. Nice to hear from you and the work you are doing with the National Youth Agency. The Anecdote blog is a great place to learn about story telling and sense making.

Good luck and I will love to hear more from your work.
Brent

]]> Comment on This is an Awesome Post by Julian Fisher http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/06/01/this-is-an-awssome-post/#comment-256 Julian Fisher Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:25:14 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/06/01/this-is-an-awssome-post/#comment-256 Totally inspiring. As a school, we practise possibility! Totally inspiring.
As a school, we practise possibility!

]]> Comment on The 31 Day Challenge to Build a Better Blog by 31 day blogging challenge: Days 7 - 10 at VisualsSpeak http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/08/05/the-31-day-challenge-to-build-a-better-blog/#comment-255 31 day blogging challenge: Days 7 - 10 at VisualsSpeak Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:22:35 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/08/05/the-31-day-challenge-to-build-a-better-blog/#comment-255 [...] other people who are participating in the 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Michele Martin, Alex Miller, Brent Mackinnon, Cammy Bean, Frances McLean, Kate Foy, Kate Quinn , Laura Whitehead, Nancy Riffer, Smoke Free [...] [...] other people who are participating in the 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Michele Martin, Alex Miller, Brent Mackinnon, Cammy Bean, Frances McLean, Kate Foy, Kate Quinn , Laura Whitehead, Nancy Riffer, Smoke Free [...]

]]> Comment on The 31 Day Challenge to Build a Better Blog by Learning from an impromptu online community | BlogCascadia http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/08/05/the-31-day-challenge-to-build-a-better-blog/#comment-254 Learning from an impromptu online community | BlogCascadia Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:21:15 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/08/05/the-31-day-challenge-to-build-a-better-blog/#comment-254 [...] other people who are participating in the 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Michele Martin, Alex Miller, Brent Mackinnon, Cammy Bean, Frances McLean, Kate Foy, Kate Quinn , Laura Whitehead, Nancy Riffer, Smoke Free [...] [...] other people who are participating in the 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Michele Martin, Alex Miller, Brent Mackinnon, Cammy Bean, Frances McLean, Kate Foy, Kate Quinn , Laura Whitehead, Nancy Riffer, Smoke Free [...]

]]> Comment on Serendipitous Discoveries by Tim Davies http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/07/29/serendipitous-discoveries/#comment-253 Tim Davies Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:17:22 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/07/29/serendipitous-discoveries/#comment-253 Hello Brent Serendipity indeed. I've just been writing some notes about needing more bloggers in the youth work world - and I come across your blog! We're just about to start a big learning journey with The National Youth Agency in the UK (www.nya.org.uk) to look at the role social media has to play on modern youth work - so I'm really interested to hear your ideas hear - and I'm keen to hear more of your learning as things progress... Capturing stories of change through social media tools is one avenue I'm hoping we'll be exploring too. We have a team of 'young trainers' (under 19) who work with us promoting youth participation, and we're training up members of the team as peer-interviewers able to capture short video clips (just on cheap digital cameras) which we can use to help share stories of change - and which we can use as leads for capturing more in-depth '<a href="http://www.nya.org.uk/Templates/internal.asp?NodeID=95691" rel="nofollow">What's Changed</a>' stories that we publish fortnightly extracts from in a national youth work magazine (Young People Now). I think connecting the online social media world, with the offline paper-media world many youth workers are currently consuming information through is going to be a key part of supporting their transitions to new ways of working and sharing... Hello Brent

Serendipity indeed. I’ve just been writing some notes about needing more bloggers in the youth work world - and I come across your blog!

We’re just about to start a big learning journey with The National Youth Agency in the UK (www.nya.org.uk) to look at the role social media has to play on modern youth work - so I’m really interested to hear your ideas hear - and I’m keen to hear more of your learning as things progress…

Capturing stories of change through social media tools is one avenue I’m hoping we’ll be exploring too. We have a team of ‘young trainers’ (under 19) who work with us promoting youth participation, and we’re training up members of the team as peer-interviewers able to capture short video clips (just on cheap digital cameras) which we can use to help share stories of change - and which we can use as leads for capturing more in-depth ‘What’s Changed‘ stories that we publish fortnightly extracts from in a national youth work magazine (Young People Now). I think connecting the online social media world, with the offline paper-media world many youth workers are currently consuming information through is going to be a key part of supporting their transitions to new ways of working and sharing…

]]> Comment on The 31 Day Challenge to Build a Better Blog by Tim Davies http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/08/05/the-31-day-challenge-to-build-a-better-blog/#comment-252 Tim Davies Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:08:50 +0000 http://brentmack.edublogs.org/2007/08/05/the-31-day-challenge-to-build-a-better-blog/#comment-252 Hello Brent Welcome to the 31-day challenge. It's great to see a fellow youth-work related blogger on board. Subscribing to your blog now... and off to browse through some of the interesting looking links in your blog-roll... :) Hello Brent

Welcome to the 31-day challenge.

It’s great to see a fellow youth-work related blogger on board.

Subscribing to your blog now… and off to browse through some of the interesting looking links in your blog-roll…

:)

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