Yes, the Students Wrote and Directed This Movie Part II
Funded Nov 27, 2009Thank you all so much for the generosity you have shown to both me my students. My students have learned a great lesson concerning the care and compassion that exists in our world. We have been closely following current events and the students have organized a small but incredibly passionate bake-sale to benefit the people of Haiti. I believe that this action of yours has planted a seed in our youth that will continue to grow and thrive for many years to come.
The kids truly enjoy using their wit and talent to create videos based on the literature we're studying in class. Their favorite part is sharing it with the class over the LCD projector and the fervent applause afterward! The small netbook is often passed around the room, and students even come by at lunch to research, check their email, or just surf the web. A lot of kids don't have the internet at home and the other available computers are snatched up quite quickly during lunch time and studyhall. Technology in the classroom has been relatively stagnant since the early 90's. While it is out there and available, it is a great challenge for school districts to obtain and upkeep technology. Students understand and use some of the newest technology in their personal lives and when it is brought into their academic lives the connection and motivation it creates is phenomenal. Facebook as a means of character analysis? Why not! Tweeting thoughts and reflections to each other while reading Toni Morrison? Amazingly catchy! My eventual goal is to have enough laptops in the classroom so that students can have access to these resources as much as possible. Social networking as a means of educating our youth and promoting both self and worldly awareness is something innovating and incredibly possible.
Thank you again for making possibilities become realities! Your kindness will reverberate in my classroom throughout the years.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Cossick