Date:Saturday August 13, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
When we announced our upcoming shows at the end of our June 18th webinar, Christina Cantrill joined us to give a sneak preview of the "Letters 2 the Next President" initiative, promising to return to more fully explain this amazing project and how we can get our students involved. We are very excited to have Christina joining us as our special guest presenter for this webinar! Although it is a U.S. centric project it has powerful implications and applications for all students and teachers, and can provide important learning experiences for any school or community around the world. It transcends elections (which we all experience) to ways to empower students to effectively communicate and advocate for important beliefs, concerns and priorities, and can provide a model for creating these learning experiences.
Webinar description:
What better way to engage in the current election than to support students researching, writing, and sharing about those things they are passionate about? And what if we did that in supportive classrooms where they can get underneath the rhetoric and productively discuss what matters most? Letters to the Next President 2.0 (letters2president.org) is designed by teachers, for teachers and students, to do just this, with a focus on youth civic participation, connected learning, and writing. Co-hosted by the National Writing Project and KQED, L2P 2.0 gathers resources and opportunities for educators to support this work in a range of classrooms and across disciplines. And now that it is August, we are on the verge of launching a youth publishing site for 13-18 year-olds that will remain open for signup by teachers and submissions by youth through to the election. Join us to find out how this all works and to think together about how we might design in support of youth participation in this project this fall.
Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-08-13.0926.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording: http://tinyurl.com/Letters2NextPresident-8-13-16
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/August13_2016
Audio Recording (mp3):
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
When we announced our upcoming shows at the end of our June 18th webinar, Christina Cantrill joined us to give a sneak preview of the "Letters 2 the Next President" initiative, promising to return to more fully explain this amazing project and how we can get our students involved. We are very excited to have Christina joining us as our special guest presenter for this webinar! Although it is a U.S. centric project it has powerful implications and applications for all students and teachers, and can provide important learning experiences for any school or community around the world. It transcends elections (which we all experience) to ways to empower students to effectively communicate and advocate for important beliefs, concerns and priorities, and can provide a model for creating these learning experiences.
Webinar description:
What better way to engage in the current election than to support students researching, writing, and sharing about those things they are passionate about? And what if we did that in supportive classrooms where they can get underneath the rhetoric and productively discuss what matters most? Letters to the Next President 2.0 (letters2president.org) is designed by teachers, for teachers and students, to do just this, with a focus on youth civic participation, connected learning, and writing. Co-hosted by the National Writing Project and KQED, L2P 2.0 gathers resources and opportunities for educators to support this work in a range of classrooms and across disciplines. And now that it is August, we are on the verge of launching a youth publishing site for 13-18 year-olds that will remain open for signup by teachers and submissions by youth through to the election. Join us to find out how this all works and to think together about how we might design in support of youth participation in this project this fall.
Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-08-13.0926.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording: http://tinyurl.com/Letters2NextPresident-8-13-16
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/August13_2016
Audio Recording (mp3):
Video Recording (mp4)
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2032053
(Note: Click on tab for "Letters2NextPresident 2.0" in the Livebinder).
http://letters2president.org/ (Letters to Next President 2.0 website)
http://letters2president.org/resource/its-elementary-writing-letters-to-the-next-president-in-the-primary-grades/ (It’s Elementary: Writing Letters to the Next President in the Primary Grades)
http://letters2president.org/resources/ (Letters to Next President resources0
https://twitter.com/2nextprez (@2nextprez on Twitter)
https://www.facebook.com/2nextprez/ (2nextprez on Facebook)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/2nextprez?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash (#2nextprez)
https://youtu.be/X-0L6Ne2QSs (Video: Letters 2 Next President Overview)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nwp_radio/2016/05/26/design-thinking-for-letters-to-the-next-president-20 (NWP Radio show with Christina Cantrill-Design Thinking for Letters 2 Next President)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/letters-to-next-president-2point0-ellen-shelton (Ellen Shelton: Letters to Next President 2.0 Announcement on Edutopia, April 26, 2016)
http://letters2president.org/opportunity/make-cycle-6-make-a-plan/ (Letters 2 Next President: Make a Plan through Play)
http://letters2president.org/opportunity/50-for-50-contest/
http://letters2president.org/opportunities/ (Letters 2Next President: Opportunities)
https://letters2president.org/opportunity/u-s-media-literacy-week/ (U.S. Media Literacy Week)
https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2016/02/19/letters-to-the-next-president-literacy-and-elections (Chris Sloan: Letters to the Next President: Literacy and Elections)
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/loaInvolveYouth.cfm (Lights On After School Program)
http://youthvoices.net/2nextprez (Youth Voices-Letters 2 Next President)
http://www.youthvoices.live/category/2nextprez/ (Youth Voices Blog Posts-Letters 2 Next President)
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/nwpsites/letters2president.csp (National Writing Project: Letters 2 Next President)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/series/letters-to-the-next-president-2-0/ (KQED: Letters to Next President)
http://tinyurl.com/ScavengerHunt-Letters2NextPres (Scavenger Hunt: Teaching Letters 2 Next President 2.0)
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/07/08/gearing-up-to-teach-about-the-election/ (Christina Cantrill: Gearing Up to Teach About the Election)
http://chadsansing.github.io/curriculum-testing/nwp-next-president/letter-and-hypothesis-lesson.html#overview (Chad Sansing: Lesson plan-Letters 2 Next President: Composing and Annotating With Thimble and Hypothes.is)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/12/31/this-is-great-national-writing-project-kqed-announce-letters-to-the-next-president-2-0/ (Larry Ferlazzo: Blog post featuring Letters 2 the Next President)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/12/19/the-best-sites-to-learn-about-the-2016-u-s-presidential-elections/ (Larry Ferlazzo: Best Sites to Learn about the 2016 Presidential Elections)
https://www.stuvoice.org/twitterchat/letters-to-next-president-campaign/ (Twitter chat Storify by Student Voice, Feb. 15, 2016)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/engage-student-voices-next-school-year-writing-letters-next-president-98319298 (Education World: Engage Student Voices Next School Year by Writing Letters to Next President)
http://www.jointhedebates.org/new-page-2/ (Join the Debates has joined forces with PBS Education and Letters to the Next President 2.O to provide opportunities for students to voice their opinions)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_engagement (Wikipedia: Civic Engagement defined)
http://www.actforyouth.net/youth_development/engagement/ (What is Youth Engagement?)
http://youth.gov/youth-topics/civic-engagement-and-volunteering (Youth.gov: Civic Engagement)
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/results/fast_facts/Fast-Facts-youth-civic-engagement-and-participation.html (Fast Facts: Civic Engagement and Participation of Youth in Politics and Public Institutions)
https://youtu.be/RenT49e8nvI?t=10m50s (EdTechTalk: Teachers Teaching Teachers #500-Letters to the Next President 2.0)
Closing Slides:
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSDxg-bDw1A (Trish: Relevance and engagement...OUR world. A great clip about teens and power from old WEST WING episode is a great starter)
http://letters2president.org/resource/growing-l2p-2-0-into-a-project-that-can-have-impact-beyond-the-classroom/ (Growing L2P2.0 Into a Project That Can Have Impact Beyond the Classroom)
http://bit.ly/2bolYJ5 (@plnaugle (Paula):Elections: Everything You Need | Scholastic.com)
http://nyti.ms/2boljY8 (@plnaugle (Paula):Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016 - The New York Times)
http://bit.ly/2bom1Vk (@plnaugle (Paula): PBS Learning Media-Election Collection)
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/thats-your-right (A new, fun card game that helps students learn about their rights under the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.)
http://www.tolerance.org/election2016 (Teaching Tolerance: Election 2016 resources)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/ (KQED Do Now)
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/great-free-resources-for-teaching-election-2016/?_r=1 (Learning Network: Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016)
http://letters2president.org/resource/growing-l2p-2-0-into-a-project-that-can-have-impact-beyond-the-classroom/
http://letters2president.org/resource/youth-radio-diy-toolkit-how-to-make-an-infographic/ (Do it Yourself Toolkit: How to Make an Infographic)
http://letters2president.org/resource/l2p-2-0-finding-a-topic-mini-unit-from-nwps-college-ready-writers-program/ (Finding A Topic Mini-Unit from NWP’s College Ready Writers Program)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/2016/02/22/developing-and-discussing-diverse-political-views-in-the-classroom/ (Developing and Discussing Diverse Political Views in the Classroom)
http://educatorinnovator.org/ (Educator Innovator: A blog and a network of Networks devoted to creative and connected learning--an online "meet-up" for educators who are re-imagining learning) http://educatorinnovator.org/webinars/teaching-debate-and-media-literacy-in-a-polarized-political-climate/ (Teaching Debate and Media Literacy in a Polarized Political Climate)
http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2014/02/14/politics-at-olympics/ (KQED, Political Tension at the Olympics: A History-Interactive Timeline)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/2013/05/20/constitution-usa-in-pbs-learningmedia/ (Constitution USA series in PBS Learning Media)
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=constitution&selected_facets=supplemental_curriculum_hierarchy_nodes%3A3026&selected_facets= (PBS Learning Media for U.S. Constitution)
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=bill+of+rights&selected_facets=&selected_facets= (PBS Learning Media for U.S. Bill of Rights)
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2032053
(Note: Click on tab for "Letters2NextPresident 2.0" in the Livebinder).
http://letters2president.org/ (Letters to Next President 2.0 website)
http://letters2president.org/resource/its-elementary-writing-letters-to-the-next-president-in-the-primary-grades/ (It’s Elementary: Writing Letters to the Next President in the Primary Grades)
http://letters2president.org/resources/ (Letters to Next President resources0
https://twitter.com/2nextprez (@2nextprez on Twitter)
https://www.facebook.com/2nextprez/ (2nextprez on Facebook)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/2nextprez?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash (#2nextprez)
https://youtu.be/X-0L6Ne2QSs (Video: Letters 2 Next President Overview)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nwp_radio/2016/05/26/design-thinking-for-letters-to-the-next-president-20 (NWP Radio show with Christina Cantrill-Design Thinking for Letters 2 Next President)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/letters-to-next-president-2point0-ellen-shelton (Ellen Shelton: Letters to Next President 2.0 Announcement on Edutopia, April 26, 2016)
http://letters2president.org/opportunity/make-cycle-6-make-a-plan/ (Letters 2 Next President: Make a Plan through Play)
http://letters2president.org/opportunity/50-for-50-contest/
http://letters2president.org/opportunities/ (Letters 2Next President: Opportunities)
https://letters2president.org/opportunity/u-s-media-literacy-week/ (U.S. Media Literacy Week)
https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2016/02/19/letters-to-the-next-president-literacy-and-elections (Chris Sloan: Letters to the Next President: Literacy and Elections)
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/loaInvolveYouth.cfm (Lights On After School Program)
http://youthvoices.net/2nextprez (Youth Voices-Letters 2 Next President)
http://www.youthvoices.live/category/2nextprez/ (Youth Voices Blog Posts-Letters 2 Next President)
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/nwpsites/letters2president.csp (National Writing Project: Letters 2 Next President)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/series/letters-to-the-next-president-2-0/ (KQED: Letters to Next President)
http://tinyurl.com/ScavengerHunt-Letters2NextPres (Scavenger Hunt: Teaching Letters 2 Next President 2.0)
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/07/08/gearing-up-to-teach-about-the-election/ (Christina Cantrill: Gearing Up to Teach About the Election)
http://chadsansing.github.io/curriculum-testing/nwp-next-president/letter-and-hypothesis-lesson.html#overview (Chad Sansing: Lesson plan-Letters 2 Next President: Composing and Annotating With Thimble and Hypothes.is)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/12/31/this-is-great-national-writing-project-kqed-announce-letters-to-the-next-president-2-0/ (Larry Ferlazzo: Blog post featuring Letters 2 the Next President)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/12/19/the-best-sites-to-learn-about-the-2016-u-s-presidential-elections/ (Larry Ferlazzo: Best Sites to Learn about the 2016 Presidential Elections)
https://www.stuvoice.org/twitterchat/letters-to-next-president-campaign/ (Twitter chat Storify by Student Voice, Feb. 15, 2016)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/engage-student-voices-next-school-year-writing-letters-next-president-98319298 (Education World: Engage Student Voices Next School Year by Writing Letters to Next President)
http://www.jointhedebates.org/new-page-2/ (Join the Debates has joined forces with PBS Education and Letters to the Next President 2.O to provide opportunities for students to voice their opinions)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_engagement (Wikipedia: Civic Engagement defined)
http://www.actforyouth.net/youth_development/engagement/ (What is Youth Engagement?)
http://youth.gov/youth-topics/civic-engagement-and-volunteering (Youth.gov: Civic Engagement)
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/results/fast_facts/Fast-Facts-youth-civic-engagement-and-participation.html (Fast Facts: Civic Engagement and Participation of Youth in Politics and Public Institutions)
https://youtu.be/RenT49e8nvI?t=10m50s (EdTechTalk: Teachers Teaching Teachers #500-Letters to the Next President 2.0)
Closing Slides:
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSDxg-bDw1A (Trish: Relevance and engagement...OUR world. A great clip about teens and power from old WEST WING episode is a great starter)
http://letters2president.org/resource/growing-l2p-2-0-into-a-project-that-can-have-impact-beyond-the-classroom/ (Growing L2P2.0 Into a Project That Can Have Impact Beyond the Classroom)
http://bit.ly/2bolYJ5 (@plnaugle (Paula):Elections: Everything You Need | Scholastic.com)
http://nyti.ms/2boljY8 (@plnaugle (Paula):Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016 - The New York Times)
http://bit.ly/2bom1Vk (@plnaugle (Paula): PBS Learning Media-Election Collection)
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/thats-your-right (A new, fun card game that helps students learn about their rights under the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.)
http://www.tolerance.org/election2016 (Teaching Tolerance: Election 2016 resources)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/ (KQED Do Now)
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/great-free-resources-for-teaching-election-2016/?_r=1 (Learning Network: Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016)
http://letters2president.org/resource/growing-l2p-2-0-into-a-project-that-can-have-impact-beyond-the-classroom/
http://letters2president.org/resource/youth-radio-diy-toolkit-how-to-make-an-infographic/ (Do it Yourself Toolkit: How to Make an Infographic)
http://letters2president.org/resource/l2p-2-0-finding-a-topic-mini-unit-from-nwps-college-ready-writers-program/ (Finding A Topic Mini-Unit from NWP’s College Ready Writers Program)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/2016/02/22/developing-and-discussing-diverse-political-views-in-the-classroom/ (Developing and Discussing Diverse Political Views in the Classroom)
http://educatorinnovator.org/ (Educator Innovator: A blog and a network of Networks devoted to creative and connected learning--an online "meet-up" for educators who are re-imagining learning) http://educatorinnovator.org/webinars/teaching-debate-and-media-literacy-in-a-polarized-political-climate/ (Teaching Debate and Media Literacy in a Polarized Political Climate)
http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2014/02/14/politics-at-olympics/ (KQED, Political Tension at the Olympics: A History-Interactive Timeline)
http://ww2.kqed.org/education/2013/05/20/constitution-usa-in-pbs-learningmedia/ (Constitution USA series in PBS Learning Media)
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=constitution&selected_facets=supplemental_curriculum_hierarchy_nodes%3A3026&selected_facets= (PBS Learning Media for U.S. Constitution)
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=bill+of+rights&selected_facets=&selected_facets= (PBS Learning Media for U.S. Bill of Rights)
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