Week+5+-+Students+as+our+Educators

//July 30-Aug 5, 2012 is Student Voices Week for #DigiFoot12. As such, we are promoting as many student voices as possible. These are the main events: //

[| __http://pic.twitter.com/vLDuEZeN__] Led by: Zak Malamed @zakmal [|__http://stuvoice.org/__] || Recording Link: [|__http://bit.ly/NzMUBL__] Chat: Preston Learning Link: [|http://www.prestonlearning.com/] || Lead Detective Session by Imtiaz Majeed Blackboard Recording: []
 * #stuvoice chat!
 * Blackboard session 1: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
 * With David Preston and his students, Ian and Trevor. **
 * Blackboard Session 2: Tuesday July 31, 2012

[|Blog: http://imtiazmajeed.wordpress.com/author/imtiazmajeed/] || Student Voice Week Activities How can you listen to the student/youth voices a little more in your world? What can you do to to open your ears to student or youth voices?


 * Look over the Resources on this Student Voices Page.... **
 * Then consider the following activities.... **

1. Google Search for some student blogs - comment directly on the blog.

2. Tweet about one of the blogs and add the blog’s link. Explain what you liked about the blog post in the tweet.

3. Search the [|MightyBell Student Voices Page.] Comment on which artifact grabbed your attention and why. Send a personal tweet, email or blog comment to the student who most inspired you. Add any more links, blogs, videos or digital artifacts about students who inspire you.

__ Ideas for this school year: Write a blog post about what you "could" do to encourage student voices in your environment.... __

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you a teacher? Offer an Inquiry Based Unit for your class....

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you a librarian? Create an online survey to find out your school’s favourite authors and try to invite them into your school through skype. Have the students run the interview.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you an administrator? Have a staff meeting - include the students.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you a politician or involved in government? Support initiatives to include student voices online or face to face in educational reform.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other ideas? Write them in your blog and tweet about them. Please include the link to your blog in your tweet and #digifoot12

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RESOURCES:

A Serious Talk: Kids Demand Next Generation Learning media type="youtube" key="v0pZE8WW_Ro" height="315" width="560" align="center"

Youth Converts Culture - A Manifesto -Digital Soldiers - media type="youtube" key="krtUcvglUlI" height="315" width="560" align="center"

Youth Converts Culture Channel: [|http://www.ustream.tv/channel/youthconvertsculture#utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=11541870&utm_medium=social]

Youth Converts Culture in WKCD www.whatkidscando.org []

Students as EducatorsDavid Preston and Students present: We are Superman

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[|MightyBell Collection of Students Making a Difference]

[|http://www.prestonlearning.com].

Great Blog by a future teacher and truly passionate person here:

[|http://teacherunderconstruction.com/2012/07/17/how-blogging-social-media-changed-my-life/?replytocom=563#respond]

Storify about why blogging brings out student voice: [|@dloitz Storify]

[|Students Inspired by Social Media] [|Student Voices.com]

Live Blackboard Discussion from FutureofEducation.com [|Link here]

[|MightyBell Links]

A Conversation with Mimi Ito:

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Examples of students using social media for action....

[|https://mightybell.com/spaces/2053a95d1c8b5dbe#]

Great video on "Listening" to our Students and Learning from them. From: TTT

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