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HeatherOLoughlin started the topic Connections and Reflections Becoming a Holocaust Educator in the forum Becoming a Holocaust Educator 2023 Summer Seminar Responses: due JUNE 18 (or earlier) 10 months, 2 weeks ago
First I would like to start by thanking you for giving us this book to read. I can’t wait to have time to read through the entire book. There were two chapters that stood out to me, chapters 6 & 11. These topics are in my wheelhouse and I enjoyed reading about how I could use these modes of writing, story and inquiry to teach the Holocaust. I…[Read more]
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HeatherOLoughlin replied to the topic Looking at Perl & Krug Together in the forum Looking at Perl & Krug: due JUNE 15 (or earlier) 11 months, 1 week ago
When reflecting on these books together, I found a strong relationship between the two. What stands out to most to me is The power of personal narrative that leaves a reader and the persons in the stories with a feeling empathy, compassion and understanding. Both stories started with a perspective that were challenged and through empathy,…[Read more]
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HeatherOLoughlin started the topic I love that this book was a graphic novel!!! in the forum Belonging 2023 Summer Seminar Responses: due JUNE 8 (or earlier) 11 months, 1 week ago
I want to first start off by thanking you for choosing a graphic novel for us to read. It is so important that educators get exposure to this genre to understand how impactful and powerful images are to a story. That being said, this book needed to be a graphic novel. Words alone could not have told the story. The pictures, letters and colors…[Read more]
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HeatherOLoughlin started the topic On Austrian Soil Reflection in the forum On Austrian Soil 2023 Summer Seminar Responses: due MAY 30 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I read this book a few years ago (pre-pandemic) and I went back to look at my notes and highlights in the book. I realized what resonates with me until this day is two things. First I think of the danger of a single story and second is don’t judge a book by its cover.
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HeatherOLoughlin started the topic Hello from Sunny and Toasty Phoenix Arizona in the forum 2023 Summer Seminar Participant Introductions: due MAY 15 1 year ago
Hello All,
My name is Heather O’Loughlin and I am coming to you live from Phoenix Arizona. I am a transplant here and originally come from the Boston Massachusetts area. I have lived in Phoenix for over 30 years and it is where I met my husband Brian who was born and raised in Limerick Ireland. I have a daughter who graduated from the…[Read more] -
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HeatherOLoughlin started the topic Groundhogs Day in the forum We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 2 years, 10 months ago
What is funny is the fact that I have just written the introduction to my dissertation and as I wrote I revisited my own schooling and how it impacts me as an educator today. I never felt loved, welcomed or encouraged when I was in school. Honestly, I don’t remember anything of interest from my early education. I remember friends, foes and…[Read more]
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HeatherOLoughlin started the topic How can we be a full human being in the classroom? in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2021 Summer Seminar Responses 3 years, 9 months ago
To start I would like to say how much I have enjoyed reading the first half of this book. I’m a little late to the party, but better late than never. From this book I have been able to see opposing, conflicting and similar points of view of on family’s experiences of the Holocaust. I honestly never thought of the families of Hitler’s allies and…[Read more]
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HeatherOLoughlin's profile was updated 3 years, 11 months ago
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HeatherOLoughlin started the topic Greetings from Heather in the forum 2021 Summer Seminar Participant Introductions 3 years, 11 months ago
Good Morning All,
My Name is Heather O’loughlin and I live in Phoenix Arizona. I am a transplant from the Boston area and have lived in AZ for about 30 years. I am married to an Irish man who grew up in Limerick Ireland and I have a daughter who will be a senior at The University of Arizona this coming fall. In addition to being a mom, wife…[Read more]
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