Posted on May 28, 2007 by jjee77
The teach-in went well. The dramatic monologues on intolerance that were presented via iPod (see pic) were really amazing. They ranged from the perspective of a NYC firefighter who watched a fellow firefighter, who was Muslim-American, suffers tremendously after 9/11 to a student whose mother was suffered from other people’s reactions to her appearance after she underwent chemotherapy. The nice thing was that quite a few teachers were interested in doing a similar project with their students.
We weren’t able to get Google Earth up and running at the teach-in, but I’ve been working with the tech person at my school to have it available to every teacher in the building. I’ll give you an update as we slowly but surely make our way to Web 2.0.
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Posted on April 30, 2007 by jjee77
Here’s an update on what I’ve been up to. A group of teachers, myself
included, are planning to have a teach-in this Friday about resisting
intolerance. This will last all day, from periods 1-8, and consist of
workshops, large groups activities, a panel of speakers (including a
survivor from Rwanda), and shared student work. My students are
working on dramatic monologues detailing how they’ve dealt with
intolerance. They also had the option of interviewing someone they
know. We’re recording some of the monologues onto iPods and playing
them at the teach-in. The students are really psyched because they
can share their stories in an anonymous, yet powerful way.
We are also going to try to show the kids the Crisis in Darfur Project
on Google Earth, but I’m not sure if the equipment can handle it. My
classroom desktop kept on freezing after installing Google Earth.
We’re trying to figure it out, but hopefully it’ll be ready by Friday…we shall see!
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