24 hours in the life of a digital native (made by Karl Fisch, Arapaho HS, CO) http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f456b8a0423880c3b239

Click here to access Marty's page.  It has a DRAFT of a lesson which incorporates the ideas that we have promoted and incorporated in the network meeting content (21st Century Skills/Vital Results, Daniel Pink, Thomas Friedman, Jeffrey Wilhelm, Kylene Beers, embedded technology, FLOW, engagement, ...) 

Marty is posting a link here to a Phi Delta Kappan article about the importance of visual literacy: http://forumforeducation.org/resources/index.php?page=27&item=464  The article is rather long but well worth the time it takes to read it.  I found this through a video called "Yes We Will" about education, urging Barak Obama to take action on change for schools -- very powerful! You can find it here: http://www.willwereally.com/

Jim Getty: Here is the link for my unit "Short Story Boot Camp" http://ssbcmvu89.blogspot.com/ Also, if you want to see my scafolding work with my Thomas Hardy unit go here: http://hardymvu89.blogspot.com/  I will post the Blog Rubric here as soon as I can. Also, here is a link to the Voice Lessons I was refering to. Also, here are some student essays. Please keep in mind these are timed (45min writings). Del uses wrestling for Woodruff's "Secret to Not Getting Stuck" (Atlantic Monthly); Protagonist in "Araby" by Joyce; and Emily from "Truth or Consequences" by Adams. Benchmark scoring takes place throughout the unit (Scoring Guide Boot camp 2.pdf   and  BENCHMARKING BOOT CAMP2.pdf ) and students score pieces as well as the teacher (Bishop Score Analysis.pdf). 

Teaching Tolerance Magazine has a link on their website with teaching materials for Pres. Obama's speech on race, delivered last March.  When you get to the website, scroll down the contents until you get to "Our Challenges as a People."

G.R.A.S.P.S. a strategy for creating senarios in which students can grasp and wrestle with complex ideas.

or the High School Version

To add materials, click on your name and then " ----'s page."  You will get a blank page that you can copy and paste materials into. Don't forget to click "SAVE."  

Susan's page:

Collaborative Research: Social Bookmarking and Wiki Building support a Middle School Math/Literacy/Research Unit. 

Anne's page:

Relevant, Broad Topic

The human capacity for good and evil and the journey of atonement.

 Essential Question

Why do we commit acts that may not be forgiven, and how do we attain atonement for such acts?

Expanded Definition of Text

Foundational Text: The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

Sandy's page

Suzanne's page

Sue's page is a wiki site itself where she has links to her Refugee Awareness Project and King Arthur Oral Storytelling Project, among other resources.

Sue's resource wiki for the Refugee Project

 Getty's Page has a video of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) talking about creativity and a propoosal for educational Guilds.