April 2021 – Storyworth question too – Seeing a seed I planted grow.
What brings me JOY is starting from nothing, helping it grow, and seeing it bloom 🙂
Answer to a question I am asking for a WeTeachCS Summit panel.
Creative Thinking and FINDING WOWS brings me joy!
Discovering new happenings and helping them grow brings me joy. Such as a bulb in my backyard that surprises me with a beautiful flower. The Rosie the Riveter Roses that produced beautiful blooms one month after planting. Connecting with others that value my ideas such as Warren Hegg founder of the Digital Clubhouse Network and now Spirit of 45 director. Teachers who have a passion to change the world one student at a time. While doing my breathing exercises discovering TedTalks such as Jay Silver’s when I was searching “Digital Clubhouse.” Helping grow the work of Michael Temple of the Logo Foundation who teaches what Jay Silver talks about. Discovering more connections such as Michael’s and my 3 year old grand-daughters who bring smiles to our heart as they grow.
And finally blogging, as you can post your moments of joy and over time you will build a happy life. I started on this journey in 1985 when I coded and FTPed my first website. What brings joy is when someone uses my idea to bring joy to others.
How do you know what brings you joy? Look to your decisions on where you spend your free time. In the Happy Planet? Look to what motivates you to give more time. Look to what you do in your moments of time.
Fixing something – bringing a brighter future and beyond.… Joy is finding inspiring stories like this on CBS Sunday Morning – A solution to education is starting every week with these stories in every classroom. And how I start my week every Sunday!!!  Together is better so I enjoy this joy with my family from Austin to London, and Houston.
“Sing the story in your heart!” – Scott Pelly Truth Worth Telling
Who knows, maybe journalism is my next story. This book sure inspired me.
… Four months later, inspiration turns to need. At the RUSMP Networking event Ellis Wyms shared about his passion that turned to action to inspire athletes to learn about computer science. I shared about my passion for CSforAll, but more than that, my goal to make this a priority in the allotment of time in the classroom. Reporter Pete Hamill in the CBS October 2019 special brought back the need for classroom reporters, those students who tell the truth. Young Verse message from his Fish in a Tank video is an inspiration to both of us. This was posted January 2017 and as I discovered with the teachers in the October 2019 conference we need to do more to spread the word about NCWIT whose goal is to inspire young women to learn about computer science.  And that more can be aspirations.org reporters from the classroom. Please help find one high school student and encourage her to share her passion.