Teen Literacy Tips

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’d also love to hear what you have to say, so please feel free to comment on any post. Thanks for visiting!Notre Dame football players had Knute Rockne–Dallas, Texas teachers have Dalton Sherman. Just what you need at the beginning [...]

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You want to show your class a Netsmartz Internet safety video or the “Hero in the Hallway” anti-bullying song, but your school’s Internet filtering software blocks YouTube.  One alternative is to download the video to your computer at home and then bring it to school on a CD-ROM or thumbdrive.  Here’s how:

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Is the world a dark, depressing slide into chaos or a beautiful, bright ascent into joy?  The following music videos provide an audiovisual starting point for students to discuss angst and optimism.  After showing the videos, invite students to comment on these two approaches to life, and to grapple with their own life philosophy.

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If you’re as absent-minded as I am, or if the busyness of school has got your head spinning, you really need to watch this video of Tom Rush singing “The Remember Song.” Watch it now for a good laugh, and then add it to your YouTube favorites so that when you forget about a [...]

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The following short video is either a metaphor for how I feel on the first day of school or an image of how the students see me–I haven’t quite decided yet.

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