Real life connection to Finn!

I was watching the news and saw this video...it is heartbreaking! Think about how these students fit into some of the discussions we've had so far this semester...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WMTTrOrKVI

Here's the background information for the clip from youtube:

A Dream Comes True! Students meet President Obama on March 19, 2009! In addition, see President Obama's reference to Village Academy in his first speech to the nation about education. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/...Follow up with KCET.org/socal beautiful tribute to this project!This project sprang from discussions held in our Advanced Placement Literature and Composition class during the reading of F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby, says Mr. Steinman, AP Lit. teacher at Village Academy High School (Pomona Unified School District). They opened up, shared deeply touching details of their current travails, and felt compelled to share their sentiments with those who were in a position to not only listen to them, but implement policies in order to make things better for them and the country they love dearly. The sentiments expressed in this project are true, heartfelt and totally unscripted. Students sat themselves down, the camera began to roll, and the resulting footage is as true as it gets. Spoken with innocence, directly, and with the courage rarely seen by teenagers today, the video was totally edited by students and is meant as a means of expression by which positive action will hopefully be inspired to evolve.

Making Connections

Now that we are about half way through Finn's Literacy with an Attitude, think about ways to make connections with your Content Area Methods class and others by sharing ways to MOTIVATE students to succeed in your future classrooms. Be sure to make explicit connections to Finn.

Digital Text Examples Spring 2009 Semester

Here is a list of links to the digital texts done this semester:

IN SCIENCE:

http://rodolfosscienceblog.blogspot.com/

http://thinkwarming.wordpress.com/

http://dyu637.blogspot.com/

http://www.freewebs.com/anju1977/

IN MATHEMATICS:

http://mathematiciansof637.blogspot.com/

http://home.cogeco.ca/~jtadla/



IN ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE:

http://questgarden.com/77/22/3/090302092431/

http://mmemuir.blogspot.com/




IN HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY/SOCIAL STUDIES:

http://gilvesyworldhistory.blogspot.com/


http://zunal.com/webquest.php?user=25060



http://warof1812hist.blogspot.com/



MULTIDISCIPLINARY:

Science/History: http://by2teachers.blogspot.com/

English/History: http://sites.google.com/site/vimyridgeproject/

Please double check that your link appears here - if it doesn't, please email me the link asap.
Feel free to look at others and comment...

Literacy with an Attitude

So, you've already read chapters 1-3 and each section had some interesting discussion...here is where you can post any comments, thoughts, questions, etc. about what you've read so far.
I am unable to upload the powerpoint presentation here, but you can find it when you log into Blackboard.

ALSO, I am compiling a post that will include live links to the newly designed digital texts, so email me your link and/or bring a hard copy of your digital text to class this coming week.