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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Inauguration Festivities
There is a lot going on over the next few days, and this website sums up the festivities nicely and offers teacher resources to engage students in the process.
http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/01/09/inaugural-resources/
Watch the site as it updates regularly....
Important festivities
January 18
Time Event
7:00 PM We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial: A public celebration, free to the public.
Musical performers scheduled for the event include Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. The Rt. Reverend V. Gene Robinson will give the invocation. Rob Mathes will be the music director and arranger for the backing band, which will support all of the artists. Additional performers will be announced as they are confirmed.
The event will be broadcast on HBO to all cable and satellite subscriber as an open feed -- you do not need to subscribe to HBO to watch this special event. It will be broadcats live at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET/PT.
January 20 — Inauguration Day
Time Event
10:00 AM Preliminary festivities begin, including music by The United States Marine Band, The San Francisco Boys Chorus, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
11:30 AM If you have tickets to event, you must have passed through security by this time.
* Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Senator Dianne Feinstein
* Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
* Aretha Franklin will sing
* Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office
* Music composed by John Williams and performed by Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero, and Anthony McGill.
12:00 Noon As specified by the U.S. Constitution (20th Amendment), presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20. Barack Obama will take the oath of office, which is this simple, 36-word, statement:
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
12:05 PM (approx) President Barack Obama will give his inaugural address, speaking to the nation and world, for the first time, as President of the United States, followed by:
* Poem: Elizabeth Alexander
* Benediction: The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
* The National Anthem: The United States Navy Band "Sea Chanters"
1:00 PM (approx) Inaugural Luncheon. For details on the menu and invited guests, see the news release.
2:00 PM (approx)
Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House.
http://mkrill.edublogs.org/2009/01/09/inaugural-resources/
Watch the site as it updates regularly....
Important festivities
January 18
Time Event
7:00 PM We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial: A public celebration, free to the public.
Musical performers scheduled for the event include Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. The Rt. Reverend V. Gene Robinson will give the invocation. Rob Mathes will be the music director and arranger for the backing band, which will support all of the artists. Additional performers will be announced as they are confirmed.
The event will be broadcast on HBO to all cable and satellite subscriber as an open feed -- you do not need to subscribe to HBO to watch this special event. It will be broadcats live at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET/PT.
January 20 — Inauguration Day
Time Event
10:00 AM Preliminary festivities begin, including music by The United States Marine Band, The San Francisco Boys Chorus, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
11:30 AM If you have tickets to event, you must have passed through security by this time.
* Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Senator Dianne Feinstein
* Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
* Aretha Franklin will sing
* Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office
* Music composed by John Williams and performed by Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero, and Anthony McGill.
12:00 Noon As specified by the U.S. Constitution (20th Amendment), presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20. Barack Obama will take the oath of office, which is this simple, 36-word, statement:
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
12:05 PM (approx) President Barack Obama will give his inaugural address, speaking to the nation and world, for the first time, as President of the United States, followed by:
* Poem: Elizabeth Alexander
* Benediction: The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
* The National Anthem: The United States Navy Band "Sea Chanters"
1:00 PM (approx) Inaugural Luncheon. For details on the menu and invited guests, see the news release.
2:00 PM (approx)
Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Visual Applications for Classroom use
http://linkbun.ch/69h5
http://linkbun.ch/69pl
The links that are included in my Link Bunch are the websites I will be demonstrating at my workshop on Jan 8th.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
ETEPS ROCK!
I can write a long blog post that you will politely read and maybe make a brief comment on. Hey, Thanks Terri Dawson! Or, I can add multimedia to my blog to engage you & the students with the content I want you & them to learn and reflect on. Either way they are becoming involved in conversations they may not have had or heard without this technology tool to engage them. Why not make it fun to learn by meeting them on their terms. Which means to me... Bombarding them with simultaneous text, images, and video! They are after all “Screenagers!”
With that Said....
I sat down one day and thought how can I be a better teacher? I started by asking myself what kind of a learner am I and proceeded to visually sketch out my learning network using webspiration. I quickly realized I was a technoholic! On the flipside, I realized I teach the way I learn, which allows me to be a more persuasive and effective presenter. Teaching = Learning for me, which in turn, I hope leads to better learning for the people I teach. If you would like to see my learning network click on the "visit my wiki" link on the left side of my blog.
By the way, Your Assignment is as follows:
Click the Play Button to hear the rest of this message!
Get a Voki now!
Blogging is hard.....Even for the leaders in the profession...but a necessary component to learning in the digital world. Please read the following blogpost by one of the leading teachers in the field today.
http://weblogg-ed.com/
With that Said....
I sat down one day and thought how can I be a better teacher? I started by asking myself what kind of a learner am I and proceeded to visually sketch out my learning network using webspiration. I quickly realized I was a technoholic! On the flipside, I realized I teach the way I learn, which allows me to be a more persuasive and effective presenter. Teaching = Learning for me, which in turn, I hope leads to better learning for the people I teach. If you would like to see my learning network click on the "visit my wiki" link on the left side of my blog.
By the way, Your Assignment is as follows:
Click the Play Button to hear the rest of this message!
Get a Voki now!
Blogging is hard.....Even for the leaders in the profession...but a necessary component to learning in the digital world. Please read the following blogpost by one of the leading teachers in the field today.
http://weblogg-ed.com/
Picasa for Mac!!!
Picasa (a Google tool) is finally available for Mac! I have used this Windows application for years to store, touch up and organize my photos at home. Now they created an app for Mac users! I actually prefer it to iPhoto......Shhhhhhh Try it out!!!!
http://picasa.google.com/mac/
http://picasa.google.com/mac/
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Site of the day
http://skypeinschools.pbwiki.com/
Skype Virtual Guest Speakers and Collaboration wiki.
Just download free Skype software!
http://skypeinschools.pbwiki.com/
Skype Virtual Guest Speakers and Collaboration wiki.
Just download free Skype software!
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