A request for help disseminating a hopefully meaningful resource to homeschoolers-
Jeff Goldstein
Science Education (http://ncesse.org), a 501c3 non-profit.
In March 2011 I had the honor of delivering the keynote address to
6,000 science teachers at the National Science Teachers Association
(NSTA) National Conference in San Francisco (see http://blogontheuniverse.org/nsta).
It was recently remixed by Symphony of Science as a short 3-minute
music video dedicated to teachers and parents. The video is called
"We've Got to be That Light". Its goal is to provide inspiration in
tough times to those that teach, reaffirm at the most fundamental
level why we teach, and recognize the sacred trust that being a
teacher entails.
For Thanksgiving, to give special thanks to teachers and parents, we
distributed the YouTube link to 54,000 principals and superintendents,
but have little understanding as to how to distribute nationally to
homeschoolers.
I received the comment below from YouTube on 11/30/11 from a
homeschool mom that was touched by the video. It really got me
thinking deeply about the vital importance of homeschooling, and
homeschool moms and dads, as a fundamental element of national
education. I think the video might be a wonderful thank you for
homeschoolers.
I'm writing to see if you can help disseminate the link to the video,
maybe through email listserves, or providing the link on homeschool
Groups or websites. Feel free to embed the video on a website.
There is also a post on why we made the video at Blog on the
Universe.
"As a homeschooling mother, I am a teacher of one child. It is very
challenging, but also full of the freedom to teach the way she needs.
However, I miss the inspiration and support that school teachers get
from the school system. Your video brought me to tears, because it
gave me that inspiration that I need, in my isolation. I also loved
the groove of the musicalization of your speech; it was very artful.
I'll be sharing this with all the homeschooling moms I know. Thank
you."
The links:
http://blogontheuniverse.org/sos
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haUj3qUncOs
Best wishes,
Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Center Director
NCESSE
jeffgo...@ncesse.org
Teaching is the eternal bond between young and old that is at its heart
—joy.
-drjeff