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President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

Video and transcript of President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

Click here for the text of his inaugural speech.

Inauguration Live Streaming

With the historic Presidential Inauguration coming up next week I have searched for some good sources for live streaming.  Here’s the list:

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies This is the official Inaugural Committee responsible for all of the activities. The video will be closed captioned and you will need the Flash plug-in.

C-SPAN Live Stream You can use Windows media or Real media players to view this stream.  Right click to make it full screen.

MSNBC This site also provides an option for viewing full-screen.

CNN.com/Live You can use either the Flash player or Windows Media Player to view the stream here.  You can also view it full-screen.

FOX News Live Stream You can use Adobe AIR player or view through your browser.  You can view it full-screen.

To listen to the Inauguration in real time go to iTunes, then Radio and look for the NPR Public Stream.  NPR is broadcasting the events live.

Presidential Inaugural Addresses

On January 20th, 2009, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Help your students understand the historical significance of this time in history through a study of inaugural addresses dating back to our first president.  You will find 25 video clips HotChalk is providing free of charge for integration into your lessons throughout the month of January. 

Speak Up to the President Elect!

12 Students Have the Chance to Speak Up to President-Elect Obama and answer the question:

“What is the one thing you would do to improve schools?”

Students around the country have the chance to share their thoughts on improving education with President-Elect Obama and the new Congress by participating in the new Mini-Speak Up survey. Speak Up, a national survey conducted annually by Project Tomorrow, closed its annual survey of parents, teachers and students on December 23rd, but one open-ended question will remain online for all students through January 20th, Inauguration Day.

Student responses will be shared with the new administration during our annual Congressional Briefing on March 24, 2009, sponsored by Congressman Mike Ross, 4th District (AR)

Happy Holidays

Enjoy this short animation I made at GoAnimate

Speak Up 2008

Apparently the launch date of this year’s Speak Up survey has been pushed back to Monday, October 27th.  Please check back after that date to see if the link to the survey is working.

SUFSD Mock Election

On Monday, November 3rd all the Spackenkill students, faculty and administrators will be participating in a Mock Election. The Mock Election will only be available on November 3rd and individual schools will have access to their data at the end of the school day.  To assist teachers in planning for the mock election check out the resources from the Hot Chalk Geek of the Week column written by Bob Sprankle.  He has put together an Elections Cornucopia of resources.  Especially check out the National Student/ Parent Mock Election site for curriculum resources.

Speak Up 200 Schools

Both Spackenkill High School and Todd Middle School have been recognized as Speak Up 200 Schools!  From the press release:

Project Tomorrow, http://www.tomorrrow.org, the national education nonprofit group, announced this year’s Speak Up 200, a collection of top schools working to encourage and involve authentic student, parent and teacher ideas and views in education planning and decision making. These schools are selected for this national distinction from the 10,000 schools nationwide that have participated in the annual Speak Up surveys since 2003. The Speak Up Project collects student, parent and educator viewpoints on technology and 21st century education through an annual online survey process and shares that data with national, state and local policymakers to improve education for all children.

Congratulations to all the students, parents, teachers and administrators from these two schools!

Speak Up 2008

Participate in Speak Up 2008!

 What is Speak Up?

Speak Up is a national initiative of Project Tomorrow (formerly known as NetDay). Since fall 2003, the annual Speak Up project has collected and reported on the views of over 1.2 million K-12 students, teachers, administrators and parents representing over 14,000 schools in all 50 states. The Speak Up data represents the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered stakeholder input on education, technology, 21st century skills, schools of the future and science instruction. Education, business and policy leaders report using the data regularly to inform federal, state and local education programs. For additional information, visit www.tomorrow.org.

Who is Project Tomorrow?

Project Tommorrow is the nation’s leading education nonprofit group dedicted to ensuring theat today’s K-12 students are well prepared to become tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and engaged citizens of the world. They believe that by supporting the innovative uses of science, math and technology resources in our K-12 schools and communities, students will develop the critical thinking, problem solving and creativity skills needed to compete and thrive in the 21st century.

Why participate in Speak Up 2008?

• Speak Up data is shared with national, state and regional policy makers.
• Participating in Speak Up 2008 ensures that your voice is included in the diaglogue aboutt K-12 science, technology and math education.
• Speak Up survey results, with national comparisons, will be available online, free of charge in February 2009.
• We use the Speak Up data in our strategic planning, budgeting or decision-making processes.

How can you participate in Speak Up 2008?

Visit http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup to sign up and take the survey. Speak Up 2008 will be open October 20 through December 19, 2008. The secret word for Spackenkill is “spack”.

In 2007 Spackenkill High School and Todd Middle School were recognized as Speak Up 200 schools for the high participation of students in the survey and the use of the data in local decision making.  Join us this year and let your voice be heard!

Click here to participate