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This playlist is intended to help you create your digital space we will use this year.

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New to LRNG.org? Look no further! Learn how to navigate the LRNG platform like a true professional. Understand the many features that LRNG.org has to offer to the world of life time learners and be able to communicate to others the importance of the platform.

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You will complete this playlist to write and record your introduction to the group.

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Write and Record Three True Paragraphs about You | LRNG

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We invite you to:Introduce yourself to the Youth Voices community of youth, teachers and mentors. Write and record a Bio that will be one of your first discussion posts on the site. Later you can copy this bio to add to your profile on Youth Voices and on your digital portfolios.

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In thinking about our digital connections, how you appear in our digital classroom matters. This playlist helps you explore, define, and create your online persona.

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Establishing an identity for an online platform can be fun. In many ways, you can create a new you. That being said, digital content lives on after this moment in time. What do you want someone to find when they are reading your work? Or what about when you are applying to colleges or a job?

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Optional: You may create a Powtoon Introduction if you prefer.

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Introduce Yourself with a Powtoon Animation | LRNG

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Create an animated introduction about you. Make a Powtoon animation that conveys aspects of your identity and immigration through:textimagessound (your recordings and music)Embed this animation in a Youth Voices discussion post and comment on other posts like yours that have the category Powtoon.

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How do you accurately vet sources? An introduction for all coursework.

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There are thousands of outlets pouring news into the world today. Some of these media sources put out quality stories and others are only there to mislead. Part of being a responsible citizen of the world is making informed decisions. Once you have completed this Playlist you will be able to tell truth from lies within any news media source.

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How do you accurately vet sources? An introduction for all coursework.

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There are thousands of outlets pouring news into the world today. Some of these media sources put out quality stories and others are only there to mislead. Part of being a responsible citizen of the world is making informed decisions. Once you have completed this Playlist you will be able to tell truth from lies within any news media source.

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How do you accurately vet sources? An introduction for all coursework.

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There are thousands of outlets pouring news into the world today. Some of these media sources put out quality stories and others are only there to mislead. Part of being a responsible citizen of the world is making informed decisions. Once you have completed this Playlist you will be able to tell truth from lies within any news media source.

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Opening Writing for Memoir

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We invite you to:Take a photograph of a beautiful spot in your neighborhood?Use point-of-view writing to describe that image?Post your photo along with a story, poem, or dialogue as a discussion on Youth Voices?Add your photograph and description to a Google Map on Youth Voices.

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Memoir Mentor Text

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We invite you to:Read the memoir "Little Things Are Big," by Jesús Colón, and post a response in the form of a literary analysis on Youth Voices.

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Raise Your Voice: Awareness and Activism

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Raise Your Voice: Awareness and Activism

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This is a good course for upper division who have more experience in argument writing.

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Raise Your Voice: Awareness & Activism | LRNG

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As an important part of our world, you have ideas and insights that need to be shared.

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This will definitely be for lower division courses, and perhaps every course.

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Exploring My Relationship with Oral Presentation | LRNG

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Think about how you would end this sentence -- "The idea of giving an oral presentation makes me feel ____________." Now let's explore what others have to say about oral presentations.In NowComment, WATCH the video "TED's secret to great public speaking" and listen to Chris Anderson's perspective on how a person can "share an idea worth spreading".

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Introduction into Argument and Debate

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Usually when people think of argument, they think of angry people shaking their fists at one another. But "argument" also describes the reasons you support a particular opinion or position on an issue. Arguments are important because, in order to be more critical thinkers, we must have good reasons to believe what we believe.

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Follow coursework at HSHMC, document here.

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Invite interested young writers to respond to a debatable topic of your choosing. Using the New York Times Room for Debate as a model, you will post an introduction for your topic, invite other student authors, and express your opinion in response to the topic.

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A more detailed XP on public speaking

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Public Speaking: Finding Your VOICE | LRNG

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When asked about their biggest fears, people often place public speaking higher than things like heights, spiders, and even death.

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Raise Your Voice: Awareness and Activism

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Raise Your Voice: Awareness and Activism

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This is a good course for upper division who have more experience in argument writing.

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Raise Your Voice: Awareness & Activism | LRNG

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As an important part of our world, you have ideas and insights that need to be shared.

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Knowing the issues in your neighborhood.

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Learn the history of my neighborhood and how that history affects the present. Explore ways to advocate for social justice for every person in my community.

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A photo introduction opportunity

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Will you:Use PHOTOGRAPHS to tell YOUR STORY. Create FOUR DISCUSSION POSTS on Youth Voices, each with a GALLERY of PHOTOGRAPHS. Together, these FOUR POSTS will be A MEMOIR, an ACCOUNT of events or memories from YOUR LIFE.

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A photo introduction opportunity

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Will you:Use PHOTOGRAPHS to tell YOUR STORY. Create FOUR DISCUSSION POSTS on Youth Voices, each with a GALLERY of PHOTOGRAPHS. Together, these FOUR POSTS will be A MEMOIR, an ACCOUNT of events or memories from YOUR LIFE.

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This is an activity that can cross over to all courses.

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Will you:Capture an element of your identity in just SIX WORDS?Legend has it that when Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a six word novel, he came up with, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." Inspired by Hemingway's short story, SMITH magazine asked their readers for their own six word memoirs in 2006.

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This cartoon by Garry Trudeau explores the ways that identity impacts how we perceive people.

Using the strategies from Facing History is almost like an awakening.

- Claudia Bautista, Santa Monica, Calif

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This cartoon by Garry Trudeau explores the ways that identity impacts how we perceive people. Using the strategies from Facing History is almost like an awakening. - Claudia Bautista, Santa Monica, Calif