Apr. 28 & 29

 Apr. 28 (D2) & 29 (D1)

If you want to hear the original presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoUkqNvZQeM 

Here's a more detailed review of the home study component:

Apr. 26 & 27, 2021

Hello, New Media 10 (D1&2)!

Please craft and bring to class your 10-15 sentence mini passion speech. You may use some of the brainstormed strategies below, or any other that come to mind. If you wish to switch topics, that’s fine. If you want to keep some of the phrasing you already used, please do so.

Bottom Line: your writing should be something that you can speak to/ read with passion and conviction. 

• Video transitions to other slides
• Feels like he’s more attached to some words over others
• Clear, logical, convincing
• Chronic condition, nuclear fission: all these separate ideas come together at the end (loose ends brought together)
• Collision to collaborating
• Use of specific examples
• Shift: “but wait”
• Presenting a vision 
• Rhymes
• Rhythm (rap style)
• Questions (rhetorical)  
• Body language
• Enunciation/ stress

Why Schools Should Be About Us and Not Me

Trevor Muir (2019)

 

 

It's like every tweet I read is another sign of our division.

People shouting and screaming, 

CAPS LOCK on so they don't have to listen.

We stare at our phones like it’s a chronic condition.

The dinner table is silent, conversations are had through a wireless,

disconnected transmission.

 

We’re being taken over by a forced individualism.

Leading to social and political combustion,

it’s like nuclear fission.

You want evidence of this friction?

Walk over to Capitol Hill to get a taste of the derision.

It’s collision after collision.

 

There's a crack forming between us, splitting

this vision we had, this ambition to be a people with the

shared commission of succeeding together.

Being together.

Talking together.

Working together.

 

The number one skill sought by employers is collaboration.

And one of the number one reasons people are fired

from their jobs is that they haven't accepted

this invitation to work with one another.

 

At work, there’s this hesitation to step

over this divide between us, a microcosm of

our nation.

And I'm left to wonder if it's because most of us get to graduation after 13 years of

education where you only having to worry about

personal elevation.

 

It’s my grades.

My homework.

My tests.

It's my success.

It's my learning.

Really, this is all just about ME.

 

For many, school is just about you.

Sit in rows, not groups.

Remember when your homework is due.

From Kindergarten on, prepare for standardized tests till your face turns blue.

Teachers know students should be collaborating

but they get in trouble for “not enough rigor”

in the classroom.

 

When there’s a system that only trains you to succeed as an individual

Don’t be surprised by this lasting residual,

where getting fired for lack of teamwork skills

has become typical,

and a staggering amount of people report that

they are miserable.

 

We’ve become a people who lack the ability

to collaborate.

 

But wait- what if we thought of this skill

as a muscle we can strengthen?

And we started working students out now

as an investment in society we are making?

What if the Common Core emphasized how to deal with group conflict as much as how to

solve for X?

And we started teaching giving and receiving critical

feedback as much as remembering facts from a text?

What if the SAT had a whole section on participating in discussion?

 

Think of the repercussions of all 57 million children

in our country knowing how to listen

without obstruction.

 

If our education system emphasized building community

as a primary function.

Do you think social media would be more constructive?

Would our political system be more productive?

A more successful workforce?

Stronger economy?

Less poverty?

 

We can still be scholarly when we learn as a community.

Still teach detailed subject matter.

Only now the result isn’t just a people who are smarter,

But also work better

When they work

together.

Apr. 23, 2021

If you're willing to complete a quick survey, the link is here.   

English and Socials,

Thank you for everything that each and every one of you brought to our space. Like I said on Day 1, I am so sorry you were stuck with me for your entire day for a whole 9 or 10 weeks. Kudos to you all. But selfishly, I can honestly say I enjoyed getting to know you all and the way each of you think. 

Apr. 22, 2021

 No homework today!

Apr. 21, 2021

 English:

Looking forward to seeing your film fest submissions tomorrow!

Socials:

Apr. 19, 2021

 English: No homework. 

Socials: If not already finished, let's aim to have the bulk of our research done for tomorrow. Tomorrow, we're going to learn about treaties and how they were negotiated and formalized. Then, we'll draft our letters. 

Apr. 16, 2021

 English:

Socials:

Upon further reflection, I have decided to hold Saturday office hours again, in case anyone needs drop-in Zoom support. I'll be online from 3:00 - 5:00 if you need help on the research or other clarifications. You should have received the invite via email; if not, it's on your syllabus. 

Otherwise, please start to research at least for the first 2 questions you've recorded. As well, please find one helpful article (ie. one that would contribute to answering 1-2 of their research questions) that you'd like to annotate, and please email the link to me by the end of the day on Sunday. I will be printing these for you in the morning on Monday.