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My first rough draft at this new form of story telling. Here told was the story of Angel Serrano. Looking back at the process of this new journey I believe the hardest section of the project was accepting ones own voice. I do feel as if my voice is the only thing I will change. This being the first attempt I will publish the finished version soon. 

J. Jimenez and a take on NPR’s Look At This.

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“The Scars that Stain” R. Striker Poetry Exert

“When counselors see her they cower never actually knowing what to say, 6 years of college never prepared them for this.”

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Working with mentor text and drafts. 

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Bones and Ashes

As the fire grew more and more, the strength of the flames did as well

Spreading from the top of the house, into the roots of the world

No one could stop the flame from spreading, not because they couldn’t, but because they didn’t want to

They needed to burn the house for it brought the memory of the time, they were once a family

When they truly love one another…

Until the rays of the sun came, and slowly disappeared into the night, with their beloved mother

Causing the family to shatter into a million pieces

They tried so many times to put all the pieces back together, but fail every time

Not realizing that their family was too broken, that even an angel couldn’t fix it

And as they all went their separate ways, they all look back one more time to one another

Slowly moving their sorrowful eyes into the flames of the house

And as they gazed upon the house, they watched their beautiful home turn into ashes

And a smile was created upon their faces, for the gratitude that they no longer have to play a role

Leaving the ashes into the roots of the world.

And the rays of the sun shone through the sky.

A. Bello

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“Letting Go” by J. Jaramillo

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A gif haiku by Xavier Vela. 

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#newspaperblackout by L. Sanchez

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R. Striker and a line from his poem The Scars That Stain. Follow him on twitter @strykmaster.

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Wed. 30th and Thurs. 31st

AP

Journal- "Please Don't Take My Air Jordans"- Small analysis.

- Grade Student Essays from the 1999 Samples

-Review Semester Exams

Academic-

Vocabulary Pictures

Reading time.

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I thought this one was particularly interesting:

3. Trash Your Teachers

Bullying doesn’t just apply to student-to-student interactions. Students who speak poorly of their teachers (or post embarrassing photos of them) run a huge risk, too. After all, your instructors have a right to privacy and respect.

“Posting a negative comment about any teacher at your school is like getting on a microphone to announce that you will be burning down a bridge,” says Heather Starr Fiedler, associate professor of multimedia at Point Park University. “You never know which one of your professors will hold the keys to the next great internship or job announcement.”

You should even be wary of school or teacher-related posts you think are harmless — you never know whose feelings you’ve accidentally hurt. Dan Farkas, instructor of strategic communication at Ohio University, describes a scenario gone wrong. “I had several students tweet with excitement when I cancelled a class, ready to have a slightly easier Monday,” he says. “What they didn’t know was that I cancelled class to take my wife to the emergency room. It still makes my blood boil.”

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In struggling to make research relevant and exciting for students, I and a group of colleagues have decided to try our hand at creating a podcast as the product of research. I came to the idea after listening to 99% Invisible. It’s an incredible podcast (By Roman Mars), with a robust tumblr,...

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(Credit: Mike Blabac)

Though its official name is JFK Plaza, the open space near Philadelphia’s City Hall is more commonly known as LOVE Park, after the Robert Indiana sculpture installed there.

Designed by Edmund Bacon and Vincent Kling, the park was fashioned in...

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Here is a great example of research and narrative. This could be used as a model for the research podcasts. What are the elements that go into this?

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Do it every day. Make a habit of putting your observations into words and gradually this will become instinct. This is the most important rule of all and, naturally, I don’t follow it.

Geoff Dyer (via)

I think too many students resist this idea. Sometimes I think it’s because I haven’t inspired them enough. Sometimes I think it’s because they are too busy. And sometimes, sometimes I think it’s because they are afraid to commit to writing. They are afraid of the responsibility that comes with thinking and writing and being critical. Additionally, I think that despite our desire as an educational system for more critical thinking, that we are afraid of the consequences. What would happen, really, if our students became the critical thinkers we want them to be? What if they turned their critical eye on us and questioned everything and method we taught? What would they infer about the hidden curriculum of our lessons or our inability to question the authority that ruled us? 

(via forwardthinkingeducation)

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Intrigued by one tenth-grader’s musings (via her brother) on trends in the tech world, investor Garry Tan conducted an informal survey of how 1,000 teens and twenty-somethings are using social media.

Among the high-schoolers (aged 13 to 18) and millennials (aged 19 to 25) that answered Tan’s survey, Tumblr > Facebook > Twitter > Instagram > Snapchat, in terms of popularity.

Because “teens love photos, but they hate text,” in the words of FWD’s John Herrman, here’s a picture of the survey results.

(via Bianca Bosker: The Internet, As Seen By High Schoolers)

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Visit Original Link

Episode 20- Nikko: Concrete Commando

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In 2001, Delfin Vigil was walking the streets of San Francisco and ran across the name “Nikko” carved into the concrete sidewalk. After seeing Nikko once, Delfin began to see the name everywhere. One block after another, there he was again and again: Nikko. The carvings numbered in the hundreds, seemed to go back decades, and Delfin Vigil became obsessed with finding San Francisco’s mysterious “concrete commando.”

Vigil’s story about the hunt for Nikko is beautifully written and illustrated (by Paul Madonna) in his self-published chapbook available at The Rumpus. It’s outstanding. You can read the whole story there online, but if I were you, I’d order a hard copy to hold in your hands or give as a gift. That’s how I roll. I’m old school.

The original, audio version of this story was produced by my future employer Stephanie Foo for the smokin’ hot, new public radio program Snap Judgment. You may remember Stephanie from 99% Episode #9 about the POPOS. She rocks.

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Here is the podcast that I'm playing in class for the journal. Feel free to explore some of the other podcasts as we will be using these podcasts as a model for research projects.

What are some interesting places in your neighborhood that would make a great audio story? Are there any interesting people or legends that are exclusive to your community? What "curanderos" are you most familiar with?

Craft questions: What about this podcast makes it listenable? What elements of writing are present before and during the recording? What rhetorical devices are present in the piece?

Let me know what you think.

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The Journal for 12.10.12

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This is the journal entry for 12.5.12

I’m Not There by Pol Ubeda Hervas 

is a series of images that displays a man looking at his shadow. The only thing is that the man has been removed from the pictures and all that is left is a pair of sneakers and a reflective dark shape. Hervas was inspired to create this series because he said: I don’t recognize myself any more. These photos express this feeling.