All kinds of working ideas for what’s working to change the climate

Holiday pics, a great link to inspire us and kids, starting TAP at our church Sunday school.

TAP by the numbers – the sum of our efforts.

$19,079.88….

Fanfare for Failure – the big TAP learning experience…

Setting up kids to fail, then try again is key to taking risks, persistence and resilience. And creativity.

Poster-Children for Change

Cool and creative stuff, problems and solutions students had, illustrated with lots of pics…

How to grade a million posters…

After the euphoria of getting it done, how high was the quality of their work? What do we need to change for next year? Is it rigorous enough for a science class?

Pros and Cons of Collaboration from Kids on TAP

The jury is in – was it worth the extra effort to work with a partner? Kid quotes from their journal reflections.

TAP Poster Celebration Day!

“If I can do somthing in two months, then what could I do in years, when I get older?” “I learned that there is stuff going on all over the world, not just here.” “One act can have a ripple effect.” and more reflections from students on what they took from the Take Action experience…

First TAP Posters Coming in – the home stretch.

What’s the mood with the kids? How and why moderate the grading of the posters? Karen and I duke it out…

TAP goes to Collage – Modifying TAP for Youth Groups!

How can TAP be modified to keep the fun, the sense of purpose and the effectiveness without making Sunday School seem like, well, school? Collage might be part of the answer…

TAPping on the dominant paradigm!

A quiet sea-change may be underway as students are finishing taking action for their projects…