Inspiration from a Coffee Cup in a Hospital Room

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Sitting here in Mom’s hospital room, chatting away about this week’s Flat Classroom Conference in Doha, Qatar… my eyes focused on the steaming Starbucks coffee cup sitting on the cold, speckled cabinet beside my chair.

“The Way I See It #130
It will do us little good to wire the world if we short-circuit our souls.
There is not delete button for racism, poverty or sectarian violence.
No keystroke can ever clear the air, save a river, preserve a forest.
This transformational new technology must be an extension of our hearts as well as of our minds.
The old rules still apply…”
Tom Brokaw, American Journalist”

There it is… the summary of the purpose of this week’s conference on the side of a steaming hot cup ‘o joe.

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and telling your friends about the work we do here! - Vicki

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3 comments

tom in St. Louis January 19, 2009 - 4:00 pm

I came across this from 100 Best Education Blogs. Then I see that your mom is sick. Just about this time last year, I was in the same position as you, and in fact on MLK day my mom went into the hospital, never to come out. she died Feb. 9 2008. I hope the outcome for your mom is better, and my prayers are with you all.
Then your post of today… I wish my mom were here to say hello to.
So nice job.
I am a St.Louis teacher and have written a novel about a veteran middle school teacher’s fun adventures over one school year. It is to be published within the next six months. I invite you and your readers to check it out at http://www.tomsboomertimes.blogspot.com.
Take care of mom.

Musing Azrael January 25, 2009 - 12:33 am

This was a great inspirational post. The sentiment expressed in that quote is one of the things that makes me continue to work towards becoming a great teacher, because I feel that changing and inspiring our culture is one of the central purposes of education and teachers. I hope your Mom gets better very soon and that everything else goes very well for you too!

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