22. October 2009 by admin.

Now you can have it all!  You city slickers can have a little bit of country to play with. You can even invite your neighbors to play and to even help you with your garden.Farmville has a little bit of everything.

Seeds for: Sweet potatoes, strawberries, eggplant, wheat, soybeans, squash, pumpkin, artichokes, rice, raspberries, cotton, bell peppers, peppers, aloe vera, pineapples, blueberries, watermelon, grapes, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, coffee, corn, sunflowers, cabbage, green tea, black berries, red wheat, sugar cane, peas, yellow melon, onion, broccoli, asparagus.

Trees: Acai, cherry, apple, orange, plum, lemon, peach and lime.

Animals: Cow, chicken and sheep

Buildings: Haunted house, gazebo, pink gazebo, pink treehouse, manor, red barn, cottages, sheds, workshops, tool sheds, windmills, farm houses, greenhouse, tea house.

Expand with a plantation, or family farm, homestead.

Vehicles: Tractors, harvesters, seeders and even gas. Check out what Washington times says about Farmville.

“FarmVille has become the fastest-growing social game on the Internet since its launch in June. Almost 60 million people are signed up; 21 million play every day. They log on from all over the world, from North America to Europe to Asia. The game started out female-dominated, but now its Facebook fan page is more evenly split, with 59 percent female fans and 41 percent male. Young people love the game: Half of its fans are younger than 25; 76 percent are younger than 35.”

Join Farmville through Facebook. http://apps.facebook.com/onthefarm/

 On the facebook page, underneath Farmville, you will find a list of other games. Here are just a few:

Cafe World

Mafia Wars Moscow

Zynga Poker

Yoville

RollerCoaster Kingdom

Vampire Wars

Create your own Vampire character

I don’t have time to check them all out. I am supposed to be blogging. I am lost in the Vampire Wars. Have Fun

I am Wynter.

The chest creaks open at your touch. Akem Manah smiles. You have won Iron Skin!

Who is Iron Skin?

FarmVille turning hipsters into farmers

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/16/online-game-farmville-turning-hipsters-farmers//print/

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton

If one is out of touch with oneself, than one cannot touch others.  “Anne Morrow Lindbergh”

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16. October 2009 by admin.

Self –advocate; Be Your Own Best Friend. This is very basic — almost intrinsic to our well-being and self-esteem. It is our birthright to be alive and be conscious. It is on this level that we acknowledge our own value, our own self-worth, our right to exist. Yet, we also have in our power to choose to nullify this birthright and deny being our own best friend and having our own self-interest at heart…..

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However, even with the lowest sense of self-esteem, the principle of basic self-acceptance is a life force which propels you to do something, to grow and to change. Being your own best friend, advocating for yourself, allows you to call for help to a doctor or counselor when you are in the depths of self-despair. It is when addicts finally acknowledge to themselves that they can’t take drugs anymore because they are killing themselves that they seek treatment and succeed…..

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There is a song by Mariah Carey called, “Hero,” which says, “the hero lies in you.” You show you’re a hero when you have a healthy sense of self-esteem. However, building that sense of confidence and self-worth often involves a lot of effort and struggle — as you’ve seen in my previous articles…..

To “live” the six pillars of self-esteem takes work. You’ll sometimes fear you can’t do it because it’s too difficult. You may face periods of rejection from your own ego as well as from your friends, family, colleagues or teachers…..

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“Living consciously may obligate us to confront our fears; it may bring us in contact with unresolved pain.  Self-acceptance may require that we make real to ourselves thoughts, feelings and actions that disturb our equilibrium. It may shake up our ‘official’ self-concept. Self-responsibility obliges us to face our ultimate aloneness. It demands we relinquish fantasies of a rescuer. Self-assertiveness entails the courage to be authentic with no guarantees of how others will respond; it means that we risk being ourselves. Living purposefully pulls us out of the passivity into the demanding life of high focus; it requires that we be self-generators. Living with integrity demands that we choose our values and stand by them, whether this is pleasant and whether others share our convictions?”….

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First we decide that our self-esteem and our happiness matter more than short term discomfort or pain. We take baby steps at being more conscious, more accepting, responsible and so on. We notice that we like ourselves more. That inspires us to push on and attempt to go further. We become more truthful to ourselves and others.

“Self-esteem rises. We take on harder assignments. We feel a little tougher, a little more resourceful. It becomes easier to confront discomforting emotions and threatening situations. We feel we have more assets (which will help us) cope. We become more self-assertive. We feel ￂ? Stronger.

“We are building the spiritual equivalent of a muscle. Experiencing ourselves as more powerful, we see difficulties in a more realistic perspective. We may never be entirely free of fear or pain, but they have lessened immeasurably and we are not intimidated by them. Integrity feels less threatening and more natural.”….

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Pillars of Self-esteem: Principle Two - Self-acceptance….

http://www.esight.org/view.cfm?x=648&room=n&id=0….

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Pillars of Self-esteem: Getting It Together ….

  http://www.esight.org/view.cfm?x=1138&room=n&id=0….

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Walt Disney:
Our heritage and ideals, our codes and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feeling…..

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.. ..Amelia Earhart:….

Adventure is worthwhile.

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2. October 2009 by admin.

I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place. Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do… Ultimately, we must synthesize our understandings for ourselves. The performance of understanding that try matters are the ones we carry out as human beings in an imperfect world which we can affect for good or for ill. (Howard Gardner 1999: 180-181)

The seven intelligences documented by Gardner.

Linguistic intelligence involves sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain goals. This intelligence includes the ability to effectively use language to express oneself rhetorically or poetically; and language as a means to remember information. Writers, poets, lawyers and speakers are among those that Howard Gardner sees as having high linguistic intelligence.

Logical-mathematical intelligence consists of the capacity to analyze problems logically, carry out mathematical operations, and investigate issues scientifically. In Howard Gardner’s words, it entails the ability to detect patterns, reason deductively and think logically. This intelligence is most often associated with scientific and mathematical thinking.

Musical intelligence involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns. It encompasses the capacity to recognize and compose musical pitches, tones, and rhythms. According to Howard Gardner musical intelligence runs in an almost structural parallel to linguistic intelligence.

Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence entails the potential of using one’s whole body or parts of the body to solve problems. It is the ability to use mental abilities to coordinate bodily movements. Howard Gardner sees mental and physical activity as related.

Spatial intelligence involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more confined areas.

Interpersonal intelligence is concerned with the capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and desires of other people. It allows people to work effectively with others. Educators, salespeople, religious and political leaders and counsellors all need a well-developed interpersonal intelligence.

Intrapersonal intelligence entails the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciate one’s feelings, fears and motivations. In Howard Gardner’s view it involves having an effective working model of ourselves, and to

Gardner claimed that the seven intelligences rarely operate independently. They are used at the same time and tend to complement each other as people develop skills or solve problems.

Seven kinds of intelligence would allow seven ways to teach, rather than one.

Mindy L. Kornhaber (2001: 276), a researcher involved with Project Zero, has identified a number of reasons why teachers and policymakers in North America have responded positively to Howard Gardner’s presentation of multiple intelligences. Among these are that:

… the theory validates educators’ everyday experience: students think and learn in many different ways. It also provides educators with a conceptual framework for organizing and reflecting on curriculum assessment and pedagogical practices. In turn, this reflection has led many educators to develop new approaches that might better meet the needs of the range of learners in their classrooms.

It has helped a significant number of educators to question their work and to encourage them to look beyond the narrow confines of the dominant discourses of skilling, curriculum, and testing.

 (all content from website listed below)

howard gardner, multiple intelligences and education http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

 I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things…. I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
Leo Buscaglia Quotes

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