Educators Archives - Sky's Blog https://blog.red7.com/category/people/educators/ Communicating in a networked world Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:23:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.red7.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/skyhi-wind-icon-256x256-120x120.png Educators Archives - Sky's Blog https://blog.red7.com/category/people/educators/ 32 32 My First Computer https://blog.red7.com/my-first-computer/ https://blog.red7.com/my-first-computer/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:17:17 +0000 http://blog.red7.com/?p=3898 Well I don’t have a photo, but my first computer was an IBM 709. My next computer, for a very short time, was a CDC 3400, which was soon after replaced by the CDC 6400 that served  for roughly 7 years as “my” mainframe. Me and many other researchers, of course.   Because of my job, and my […]

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]]> Well I don’t have a photo, but my first computer was an IBM 709. My next computer, for a very short time, was a CDC 3400, which was soon after replaced by the CDC 6400 that served  for roughly 7 years as “my” mainframe. Me and many other researchers, of course.

CDC6400

 

Because of my job, and my grad school research, I had privileged access to this computer, and pretty much “run of the farm” after midnight many nights and on weekends, along with the crew who programmed “Chess 1.0” and other delicious software at Northwestern University. Our sponsor, Ben Mittman, was Director of the computer center. Once we had  dial-up (“modem” look it up!) computer terminal access, my nights were spent more via remote access, but this computer still has a special meaning for me.

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]]> https://blog.red7.com/my-first-computer/feed/ 0 3898 Listening and Learning, a conversation with Amy Krantz https://blog.red7.com/listening-and-learning-a-conversation-with-amy-krantz/ https://blog.red7.com/listening-and-learning-a-conversation-with-amy-krantz/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:41:45 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/?p=324 Amy Krantz is a special education teacher who studied at Bank Street College of Education. She taught for almost 30 years in New York City schools. Her Master’s thesis dealt with her experience teaching young severely-language-impaired children, using a method that utilized reflection and self-expression thru writing and poetry. I met Amy Krantz almost by […]

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]]> Amy Krantz is a special education teacher who studied at Bank Street College of Education. She taught for almost 30 years in New York City schools. Her Master’s thesis dealt with her experience teaching young severely-language-impaired children, using a method that utilized reflection and self-expression thru writing and poetry.

I met Amy Krantz almost by accident about two years ago. Introduced by a Buddhist nun in Pasadena. Amy was looking for someone to share a cab from the airport. We have had occasional conversations ever since – somehow karmically connected as we seem to just “run into” each other from time to time in places like Dharamsala (India) and San Francisco (California). Amy has an adopted daughter who lives in Dharamsala and spends a lot of time there.

A couple of months ago, I suggested to Amy that we sit down and discuss learning and teaching. She is one of those people who has a special approach, and that’s always worth paying attention to. In this interview, we focus a lot on the relationship of “listening” to “expression” and learning. I intend to expand this into a series of interviews with educators who have special messages to share.

Play the interview:

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