Hey guys…please take some time and answer the questions to the attached Close Up survey. Your answers are anonymous. They are important in order for me to present a positive experience for future Oakridge students. I had great time traveling with you all…despite the duck lips, selfies and the endless idiotic theeeeesssseeeee nuttttsssss questions. Phil however likes the duck lips.
2015 Oakridge Close Up Evaluation
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Close Up Reflections – Oakridge in DC
Finally – all those video interviews over the past two years – I hope you enjoy them – we’ve had some great times in D.C. over the years.
Thank you specifically to our 2013 and 2014 travelers for putting up with all the questions.
Hope you all have a wonderful 2015!
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Riding the DC Metro with Oakridge Close Up
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Blendspace Examples for FAME
Below are listed various Blendspace example. I’ll provide the link and post a bit about the reason for, and guidelines surrounding each one. Please contact me if you have any questions concerning Blendspace. I think it is probably the best website I’ve come across for organization of units. Its best feature by far, its just soooooo simple to use.
1 – Single Issue Blendspace – Third World Poverty -Women, Education, and Microcredit
This is probably one of the best uses for blendspace program. You have a multi-faceted issue that you want to expose students to. This topic includes you-tube videos, audio podcasts, websites and news. Lay it out with an introduction, drop in the links and news stores and videos. You may drop in any assignments as well in pdf form, that might better move you through the blendspace production. The link above is for an Economics Unit on Third world Micro financing and the education of women.
2 – Student Blendspace creation – Police Brutality in the USA
In this blendspace, I have provided student guidelines for their own blendspace assignment. This is easily done by going to the Text box and typing up directions for each of the blendspace boxes. Students will follow guidelines and create their own product, which can be turned in to me – by sending the link only. This assignment was inspired by the events of Ferguson and NYC. Student choose an incident (their choice) which involves the police in what they interpret as an unjust action with an private citizen. While they need to follow guidelines of how the project is created – the content is theres.
3 – Combining Camtasia and Blendspace – Close Up Washington
An interesting way to present blendspace is by creating a Camtasia video that walks the viewer through the Blendspace. This takes a little more work; in order to create the video – but the blendspace production is itself the same as the other two above…and really simple to create. We travel to Washington DC each for Close Up. My video is an effort to pull viewers into the Blendspace production. Please go here for the walk through video..
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ECON – Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
In Economics we will look at three significant social programs in the United States. These are the main components of the social safety net for American citizens. Medicare and Social Security are entitlements, meaning every American citizen qualifies. Medicaid is a needs based program accessibly by the poor and elderly, including access to home care assistant from centers as Home Care Assistance 9050 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 (310) 857-4726 which you can find at https://www.google.com/maps?cid=4994661453016816924. Obamacare has widened accessibility to health care both for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
We will address each of the above programs with Youtube videos. We will test on each of the following upon return from Christmas Break. Test will be open notes – so take good notes.
- Mr Wood’s audio podcasts
- Public Interest and Public Policy
- Market Failures and Public Goods
- Lobbyists & Special Interest Groups
- Social Security
- Medicare
- Medicaid
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