OK guys…time to spread the word You’ve done a great job putting this blendspace together. Your research and podcasts and essays have certainly inspired me. Now let’s complete the job.
Change is difficult it doesn’t come easy. Martin Luther King once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long…but it bends towards justice.” It is up to us, to the bending. Continue reading
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This week (April 22 to 26) NPR’s Morning Edition is doing a fascinating series on coffee and 
how it brings the world together. The series provides insight not only into the economic impact of coffee in our globalized marketplace, but it also talks about coffee history, and interviews farmers and producers and drinkers from all over the world. We will spend time discussing this series in Economics later in the Spring, however for anybody who loves coffee – if you want to enjoy yourself and learn something at the same time – tune in. I think you’ll appreciate the conversation. First though, fire up the coffee pot.
Introduction – go here for a short interview with the author of Uncommon Grounds – a book about the economic, social, and cultural history of coffee.
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Make sure to direct viewers to slide #2 – so that they can find the individual blendspace productions that take on each separate incident.
We’ve done a really good job on this Assignment. Let’s put a cherry on top of the sundae… We have three days on the computers to create and record (navigate to this web-site to get your system ready in a tiptop shape before you can start on your works). We will also be transferring original podcasts to youtube. So plan time accordingly.
This Assignment will be due posted by Monday February 2 – class time. This is a fifty point assignment, We will vote for the best podcast to represent the assignment…
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Congratulations to the following individuals who earned an “A” in Senior Current Issues for the first semester of the 2014/15 school year.
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Oakridge High School students – You are invited to join us Saturday, January 17 at 5:25 PM at Muskegon Cinema Carousel for a special showing of the Motion Picture “Selma.” Students receive a ticket discount $6 normally $8.25. Students receive a popcorn and pop discount – small $4 normally $8 – medium $5.50 normally $10.
Afterwards you are invited to the Brew House Coffee Joint on Seminole and Seaway…we’ll talk about the movie, drink latte’s and act important.
All are invited to the movie and to coffee. You do not need to be taking the school trip to Selma to join us..all we ask is that you conduct yourselves appropriately at each place.
Talk to Mr. Wood if you have questions.
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