HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Over break....please read up to CHAPTER TWO in

Lord of the Flies.

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn" (ALVIN TOFFLER)

Shift Happens.....award-winning PowerPoint Presentation created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; about Globalization and the Information Age.

In the fall of 2006, Colorado high school teacher Karl Fisch was asked by his administration to speak at a beginning of the year faculty meeting. To kick start the conversation, he created a powerpoint presentation he later posted August 15, 2006 on his blog known as "The Fischbowl". Karl thought it would be easier that way for other staff members to download it and who knows, maybe one or two other teachers outside the building might find it interesting. By the end of that month, Karl's presentation spread rapidly.

By 2007, over 100,000 people have seen what Karl started.

On January 19, 2007, Dr. Scott McLeod of Iowa State University posts a remixed version adds a MySpace slide, and improves the look before it gets uploaded to YouTube.Since then, Did You Know? went over-the-top viral and is now spreading faster than ever.However, Karl worries part of the message may be taken out of context or used in ways that may not be helpful. He writes, "For example, most of those two million folks that have seen it haven’t read the original blog post, so they don’t know what its intended purpose and audience was (high school teachers thinking about the world our students are entering and wondering how best to help them prepare). Yes, I know I should’ve thought of that before I posted it, but I really, really, really had no idea it would spread like this. Now I know - pun intended".

Karl beleives that only with context and conversation can anyone move past the “shock and awe” stage and into the, “Okay, this is also kind of exciting and invigorating. What are we going to do about this?!” stage.

One of the problems with Did You Know? is that it doesn’t specifically ask the viewer to do anything at the end.

For my intended audience – YOU – the last slide “Now you know . . . ” was an implied challenge. What do you purpose you might personally do about it?

Based on this presentation and the article, "The Kids are Actually Sort of Allright," write your response. 300 words.

Making a Personal Connection to Literature

After having read The Catcher in the Rye, take some time to reflect and respond to it in a journal. Pick four passages from the text and try to make a personal connection to those passages or the text as a whole. You may also make connections between The Catcher in the Rye and another piece of literature. ****Follow the guidelines in the handout given to you in class.

DUE: Wednesday, Novemeber 9