Cindy Marston (langlabcindy)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

I'm an Academic Technology Facilitator for an Independent School, and I support the 9-12 grades. I work with a great group of teachers, and I'm always on the lookout for more information and tools to share with them.

I use Diigo because I like the idea of accessing my favorite sites from anywhere, sharing sites with others, and BEST OF ALL, being able to highlight and sticky-note sites! I do hope that someday I'll be better organized with my collection - I started using Diigo and just threw things in here...

Member since Apr 25, 2007, follows 20 people, 13 public groups, 1110 public bookmarks (1133 total).

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Hip-Hop Helps Teach Everything from English to Algebra | Edutopia on 2009-12-09
- I built a bridge from Tupac to Thomas,"
- It is to America's global cultural heritage what jazz was 80 years ago.
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- - One of Fischer's first jobs in education was at Washington Middle School, in
    Springfield, Illinois. When Fischer arrived at the school, more than 70 percent
    of the students in her English class were failing."I'm a member of the hip-hop
    generation," she says. "I used hip-hop to facilitate my own critical-thinking
    process, so I wanted to use it in the classroom."
  - "There are many misperceptions of hip-hop from academia and the community," says
    Sitomer. "They're quick to dismiss it; they don't see the rappers as talented
    artists. I had to fight the students to embrace classic poetry, and had to fight
    the school administration to embrace contemporary poetry. It was uphill on both
    fronts."
  - But even the most controversial artists today offer educational opportunities
    -- when edited carefully. Daniel Zarazua, a teacher in Oakland, California,
    uses a unique approach to teaching with hip-hop. He takes those elements that
    are most maligned -- the over-the-top commercialism, sexism, and violence -- and
    strips away the bravado to show that the rap emperor has no clothes.
    
    "I have the students write down ten goals they want to accomplish in their
    life," he says. "Then we look at hip-hop magazines and music videos to see if
    their favorite hip-hop artists match up to their goals. If not, why not? If your
    goal is to go to college and take care of your family, but this artist is
    telling you to buy a $3,000 watch and do alcohol, that doesn't match up."
  - music as a way for teachers to infuse their students with a desire to learn.
    "Kids don't connect at school, for a number of reasons," says Feinman. "How can
    we use culture that speaks to the youth to get them excited to learn? We use
    hip-hop. It was the magnet."
ccLearn on 2009-12-07
Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus on 2009-12-03
Teacher Training Videos on 2009-12-03
How to Convert PowerPoint Presentations to Video Files (with Sound) on 2009-11-30
Integration Plan K-12 - Google Apps Help on 2009-11-29
90+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy on 2009-11-26
NoodleTools Support - Downloads on 2009-11-24
STAYSAFEONLINE.org on 2009-11-23
One-Third of U.S. Colleges/Universities Now Test-Optional | FairTest on 2009-11-23

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