Pure Manaʻo

National Geographic's Short Film showcase highlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers around the world. This one is of Manu Topic in the L'Arros river, French Pyrennees. Filmmaker Patrick Foch, cinematographer Benjamin Ziegler, music Yann Rouquet, sound design Christophe Girod. I am not sure how to reference this so I linked the article above. My connection, or "reading" on this and how I might use it: This is really about process, craft and balance which are key concepts we continue to try and push with our students going into student teaching: trust the process, hone your craft, find balance in your life which is the key to self care and thriving.

Storyline Online is a site Esther Kotke of Hilo Union told me about. The premise is to take powerful picture books and create a video of professional actors reading these books. I listened to To Be a Drum read by James Earl Jones, but I noticed some other favorites like Thank You, Mr. Falker , Knots on a Counting Rope , and Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge . While the actors do the reading, the video shows the illustrated pages and subtitles appear on the bottom so that students can follow along in their own books or read together from the screen. In addition, there are activities and questions for each book. The site is out of funding, so they probably won't add any more books, but they have a nice little collection. This is great for elementary, but since I ' m teaching 9th graders this year, I just thought it's a novelty to pass on, but I chose the right book to compliment what I'm doing right now. To Be a Drum can still be used in my high school class be...