Tensegrities

The situation in Haiti is rapidly growing much worse, and hunger is now pervasive (leading to rioting and other problems). Please keep Haiti in your prayers, and also Andy and his group as they prepare to be there this weekend.

This is a powerful, interactive, multi-media site created by a poet (Kwame Dawes) to engage people with his journey to Jamaica, and what he learned with the people there about living with HIV. Several times I was in tears, and others smiling deeply. There are laments here, and there is resurrection. (Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan.) It’s this kind of work that helps to showcase what is truly possible in this medium! And it reminds me of Wayne Dunkley’s ShareMyWorld site, another one of my favorites.

Following through on these links also led to the Pulitzer Center’s Global Gateway, something to which I’d like to return.

Back in February I missed it when the NCTE adopted a policy position statement on 21st century literacies. I have to say that I much prefer the New Digital Literacies list, but it’s important that the NCTE works on these issues, too.