Monday, April 12, 2010
Finally Budging
After many attempts of trying to make some progress with local and state associations, I have received an email back! :) Basically what I am asking you guys and what I wrote back to her was that I would be interested in meeting up with some of the older youth players (to avoid consent laws) and organise some free clinics or 3 on 3 tournaments. Any other ideas??
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Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeletei agree it is probably quicker and simpler to do something with young people who are not under aged. But it doesn't mean that in the fututre that can not get legs and grow into something. So start with what they offer you and get in the door and work your way around from there.
The three on three comp sounds like a great idea- it is quick and fast and likely to attract the interest quickly.
Karen
hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI came accross this article which talks about how the use of out of class room activities can contribute in many ways to the learning of young people.Basketball can be used as means to teach maths, something I know myself can seem hard, but put into another context it can be easy to understand.
'I wondered how out- of- school settings provided opportunities for young people to learn and develop in ways that some classrooms seem to struggle with (Everyday Pedagogy: Lessons from Basketball, Track, and Dominoes
Na'Ilah Suad Nasir
The Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 89, No. 7 (Mar., 2008), pp. 529-532).
Thought this might be really useful in your project.
Karen
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteJust checking in to see how things are going with organising the basketbal 3 person comp tournament.
The legalities of ensuring all adults safe has certainly become a stumbling block in recent years for getting things happening quickly.
Whilst nothing is a garenteed certainity I do believe that it is a vital an necessary protection step, and our inconvience is worth the cost - to keep the children safe.
Let me know how you are going.
Karen
Hi Karen,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay. I am still struggling unfortunately, but I still have hope. Thank you for your referral to the article referral I will have a look. It's been tough to maintain my blog now. We just moved house and are still waiting on our connection to be activated. So fogive me if I'm slow! :) How is your project going??
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay n getting back to you. My project I guess I was lucky in that one activity was already planned and I sloted the young people into that process. The second part hasn't worked- YET. We were a bit ambitious I think with a short time frame and us all being so busy, me with uni, them with school and Christian my artist was in Blackall on a project with the young people out there.
We have decide that it would be best for me to lead it as soon as the semester ends as I will have more time to dedicate to the art workshop for the young people.
The rest we will leave till this is done.
Keep your chin up- and I get the computer thing- mine has shut down on me several times today- I am sure it is over loaded with videos and photos I am storing, but I need them for this project on the laptop. The issues we face.
If you need some inspiration I found a video that is exceptionally hopeful and inspiring. I think I also sent it to someone else- but watch it it is nice and very hopeful.
Karen
Sorry Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't find where I had saved the link and I was logged into my works site and that won't allow me access to search these kinds of websites- in case it is something doggy, so had to log out, then do a search- but here is the link. Check it out I loved it.
Karen
http://vimeo.com/1938546