As for the YouTube videos and being blocked by the district. That is a
common problem and YouTube is working on meeting district requirements so it
will not be blocked. It is really a great teaching tool.
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Lisa <lisalsha
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just come off of a year teaching freshman English for the first
> time in my Oakland school, along with a semester-long Media Studies
> course to sophomores and advising the newspaper. Next year, I will be
> teaching three sections of a year-long Journalism I course, which will
> be required for all of our freshmen, and the newspaper class. I want
> to work with the ELA teacher to blend our curriculum and also to
> develop journalism units that all freshman ELA teachers could use
> throughout Oakland. I am excited to see some of the lessons you have
> already developed!
> Now, if I can only get the district to help work out the problem with
> Google Docs ... it never works on our computers ... I might be able to
> use many of them the way they were designed to be used. Also, do you
> know how to take care of the problems of having YouTube blocked if I
> want to show some of the Google videos you include in your lessons?
> I am going to be honest about my disappointment on one front -- I was
> surprised to see so many typos in the lessons, given the stellar work
> that Paly teachers do. Almost every lesson I looked at needed a
> proofreader. Do you want us to tell you about the mistakes we see?
> Lisa Shafer
> Media Academy
> Oakland, Calif.
