March 18, 2014 · 8:08 pm

Blendspace and Audioboo

Blendspace and Audio boo are great ways to organize yourself and your message and communicate with those in common thought.  Let’s take a look at each, and how they can best serve your cause.

Go here for link to Blendspace.  Set up your own account, and play around with the site.  It’s really user friendly and simple to work around.  Take a look at couple of Mr. Wood’s creations…it’ll give you an idea of what works and what doesn’t work.

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March 15, 2014 · 4:39 pm

Oakridge Close Up – Silent Auction Fundraiser

Go here to access up-to-date information regarding the Oakridge Close Up – Silent Auction Fundraiser.

Thank you for your interest….

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March 14, 2014 · 2:32 pm

ACT Groups and Mission Statements

Our first ACT assignment in Government class is for students to align themselves with friends who have a common goal.  Once you’ve done this you have a couple of tasks.   #1, your  group must come up with a name.   That name should encompass what your group is all about.  You also need an acronym which is the initials that spell out your group name.  Then we need a mission statement.  The mission should answer the question, “Why you exist – or what is your organization’s core focus?

  • Your mission statement should be:
  • Short
  • Memorable
  • Inspiring
  • Market focused – who do you serve?
  • What you want to be remember for…

Finally it should pass the T-shirt test.  Would it fit on a T-shirt?  Would you wear that T-shirt?  Finally, would your staff wear it?

 

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· 6:51 am

More on Gapminder.org – Africa Assignment #1

GapMinder and Africa… OK, lets get familiar with each.  Go to  Gapminder.org.  Get familiar with the website.  Explore it.  The information is based on reliable sources.   Go to the Data Page.  519 entries compare nation states around the world on all sorts of situations.  Browse through the list of indicators.  Next check out  visualize graphs at the end of the  line.  This is where I would like you to land.  Go to one (anyone) it loads a graph.  Above the graph is a little light bulb that tells you “how to use.”   Please watch three minute video.   Continue reading →

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March 12, 2014 · 10:56 am

2014 ACT Syllabus – “That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men.”

14AM
  • Go here to find PDF of semester long syllabus for A.C.T!
  • Go here for general guidelines for A.C.T! reading and writing.
  • Go here to find a PDF copy of Probationary contract.

We’ve spent a solid Marking Period exploring Amendment 14 to the Constitution.  We’ve concentrated on defining your rights and responsibilities as an American citizen.  And we’ve participated in an extensive study of the American Civil Rights Movement.  You’ve done a great job.  Judging from exam scores, I think you have a broad working knowledge to build upon.   I also believe that you know exactly what can be done, in defense of your rights,  if you go about that battle in the most effective way possible.

Our next step is to take to the streets.  Action Counts Today will teach you how to challenge your government in regards to those things that matter most to you!

The study of United States government without corresponding involvement, relegates its study to irrelevancy.  The idea is not only that you know your rights under the Constitution, but that you exercise those rights throughout your life. It is my hope, that by stressing A.C.T! as a  significant portion of government class, both in time spent and percent of a final semester grade, that you will begin a tradition of working within your government and Constitution to create a more accountable state and a more just world.

Good luck…let’s get moving.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
it’s up to We the People to do the bending

 

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