Yesterday President Obama addressed the nation's students from Arlington, Virginia. The 18 minute speech touched on various themes, including Obama's childhood and school days, his perseverance and his hope that students today will work their hardest so that the US is prepared for the world's future challenges.
I realize that the address was met with some criticism (what in politics is not?); but this momentous occasion (when a president addresses students directly) is a great opportunity to show how activities and resources can easily be worked into online classrooms as eLearning.
The speech (transcript here, video here) is available digitally as OER and all of the activities and resources created by the Department of Education and White House are also available. With the proposed activities and resources available, the live streaming of the address, and it's availability after through Youtube I thought it would constitute a great example of formatting digital content for the classroom: which is why I created a course to showcase how a teacher might have created a pre/post classroom to view, discuss, and reflect upon the Presidential Address to students nationwide.
The course is free and available as long as you've registered at GlobalClassroom.us (registration is free). Sign up, login and check it out. You can even utilize this course with your students (I'm happy to set up groups) so that we have one post-address destination on GC.
Or, download the backup file and restore it as your own.
For more information or to access the course click here.
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