Oakland Youth Action Day 2021 by Renee Valentine https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl Videos of projects submitted for Oakland Youth Action Day. You are invited to add your kind and positive feedback in the comments. en-us 2021-04-27 18:34:15 UTC 2024-06-07 04:06:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png Add your project to our padlet! reneevalentine https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1466354785 “For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. 
If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
-Amanda Gorman
 
How might you use your light to make the world a better place?

Create a video that is approximately 3 minutes long.  Answer the following questions in your video.
  1. How did you use your light to make the world a better place?
  2. What was your project?
  3. How will your project help others?
  4. What did you learn?
Then, upload your video to the padlet!  Click the plus sign in the lower right corner of the padlet to add your project!
]]> 2021-04-27 20:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1466354785 Promoting Activities for Better Mental Health" by 6th graders at Clarenceville MIddle School in Innovate U with Ms.Dunnabeck-Green. https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1532827940 Students wrote action proposals, got approval from administration, grew sunflowers, made birdseed feeders and read articles about activities that can bolster or support positive  mental health.]]> 2021-05-17 19:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1532827940 Gorillas on the Line rjoseph9 https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1543132435 Students collected cell phones to recycle coltan, a mineral mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mining process is problematic for people and destroys gorilla habitats.]]> 2021-05-20 09:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1543132435 Thank You Health Care Workers https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1543791274 7th Grade students in Mrs. Zaitchik's class at Clarenceville Middle School made Flipgrid videos and wrote Thank You notes to healthcare workers. ]]> 2021-05-20 13:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1543791274 Thank you Health Care Workers https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1543867907 Student videos from Clarenceville Middle School talk about their project.]]> 2021-05-20 13:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1543867907 Promoting Anti-Racism in the West Bloomfield School District and Local Community kristinestephens https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1544226072 Students planted a maple tree to represent their commitment to anti-racism and signed river rocks with quotes or messages to be placed at the base of the tree. This was in response to reading the book STAMPED by Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi where students looked at the metaphor that racism is a tree that should be chopped down. Reynolds urged the next generation to "change the face of the forest," so we did! ]]> 2021-05-20 15:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1544226072 Upton's 5th Grade Legacy Garden jennifervanevery https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1546493321 Enjoy the process from sad, broken garden, to one that will live on for years to come and be tended to by Upton Elementary's Fabulous 5th graders.]]> 2021-05-21 03:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/reneevalentine/cxa7axb8791zzegl/wish/1546493321