Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder   Chats without Bots “Can I eat this? How far can I throw that? They are motivated by emotions such as desire, curiosity, and frustration. Children are always trying to do something just beyond that ability. Their learning is efficient because it’s embodied, adaptive, deliberate, and continuous. Maybe truly understanding the world requires participating in it.”    Ya Think? Just maybe? And, because understanding requires participation in the w

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder   “Take it LITE”   At yesterday’s BPL board meeting Carlos introduced Leadership Journeys Lite (LJL) and I loved it. Both Brenda Diaz and Jeff Palladino principals at Nashville Big Picture and Fannie Lou Hamer respectively were highlighted. Given the rules set up for Leadership Journeys I won’t talk about the content of their talk but I’ll say that both Brenda and Jeff have built communities of trust that show how students matter as they do

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder   Taken from the Halloween display at our hotel in New Orleans   Hell I’d Go – The Hot Licks   For the past two days our Weavers group met in New Orleans, a city I love to visit. The Weavers group is facilitating work with all of BPL staff around the Impact Campaign. Prior to going to New Orleans I contacted Bobbie Hill and Steven Bingler who are the two principal architects of Concordia, a New Orleans based firm. More than 30 years ago, Stev