Sean Bell Is

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    I elected to read the chapter titled The Murder of Sean Bell "From Pain to Poetry"  The chapter was written by Rene'e Watson.  The chapter begins within a Bronx middle school, PS 279 to be specific. The students were engaged in a poetry workshop. One of the first questions the students were asked was "Are words powerless" .(Pg. 272 paragraph 2 second line) The students were asked this question based upon their response to an earlier question. A vast majority of the students felt as if they were not cared for. The term "us" was used repeatedly. In statements similar to; they do not care about us and they shoot us. Statements like these arose based upon a question surrounding the students fears within their community. 

   The students participating in this poetry workshop steeped in social justice were introduced to Mr. Amadou Diallo via the Perdomo work titled "41 Bullets". Diallo and unarmed black presenting male was shoot and killed forty one times by New York city police officers in the year 1999. Although the students themselves were at the very beginning of their educational journeys the killing of unarmed black men by police was not a new concept. The students were privy to consuming the events of Mr. Sean Bell in real time. Another young black man killed by the New York city police in 2006.

   The co-teachers and lead teacher after introducing the scholars to both events and hosting discussions coupled with meaningful literary activities asked the students to create their own poems. Based on the events surrounding the death of Mr. Sean Bell the 23 year old father who was killed on his wedding day. Although their was much to debate surrounding the details of the Bell case. There were many similarities to the Diallo case. The students could write from a multitude of perspectives to include the fiancee of Bell, to the bullet that may have ended his life. The work produced from the class was extraordinary. Boundaries were pushed and thoughts were lifted provoking action. The fact that ALL 5 officers involved in the Bell case were not found to have committed any crime is simply astonishing. The legacy and story of Sean Bell will not simply fade away in part due to the poems crafted by those scholars from PS 279.

Rocket Man with his Rocketbook

 

 Rocketbook is a free digital application which utilizes scanning technology to bridge physical handwriting and the digital world. It is designed to pair with reusable notebooks. Instantly digitizing and organizing notes. Key features of the Rocketbook tool are listed below:

• Cloud Routing

• Smart Search & OCR

• Snapcast Mode

• Smart Lists & Tags

Setup and Use:

• Purchase a Rocketbook notepad from and authorized dealer ex: Staples

• Download the Rocketbook app from your mobile app or play store

• Begin application profile setup, provide name, birthday,notebook or tool purchased, and email address for account purposes.

• Link cloud of email address provided to Rocketbook profile.

• Customize profile as desired.

• Write a test note within Rocketbook notebook.

• Scan note utilizing Rocketbook application and mobile device’s camera.

• Select the drive you would like your note to be stored in.

• Press send and close application.
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Final

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I have what I believe to be a solid idea for my final project. Recently, I had the privilege of conducting research in support of my Youth Development MA capstone. The project examined the relationship between the youth development values and non-traditional educational spaces in urban settings. The goal of the research was to understand how the values inform learning and affect educator practices. Information gained via the quantitative research process was then organized into an informational pamphlet to aid in the stigmatization of GED programming. For this final project, I plan to convert the pamphlet into digital format and add hyperlinks for the reviewer to complete individualized survey.

AI Feels

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Personally I would describe my relationship with AI as developing and emerging. I do use AI on a consistent basis for a multitude of reasons to include school, work, and education purposes.I have found AI to be useful as a tool. However, with much discussion and controversy surrounding AI and my connection to it I have kept private. I very much feel comfort in Ferlazzo’s points in the support of AI and its benefits. Ferlazzo allowed me to become excited about my connection and thoughts to AI. It also sparked my curiosity, I now want to know just how far AI’s benefits will or can reach. While I found Galland’s points to be very honest and true. Their points resonate with me differently than Felazzo. Galland touched my professional side, while Ferlazzo my personal. As I do believe. It is my opinion AI is here and there are going to be positive and negative aspects of its existence and use. This is the same with most if not all technology in life. The biggest area of discussion surrounding AI for me is not how to use it, It is the conversation and research on the effects it will and does have on our environment and the people who may be affected by it’s production. Tech and evolution are great when personal responsibility and accountability are present.