Examples of #stuvoice: Feel free to comment!

One of my goals this year was to increase #stuvoice opportunities.  I have always honored it when I asked for it, but upon reflection, I did not ask for it, nor create an environment for it to flourish as often as I had hoped.  Below are some examples of recent #stuvoice in my classes.

This @smorepages was created by one of my AP students following our visit to the State of the State Address in Albany last week.  Additionally, the weekly @smorepages that we use as our class newsletter are archived at the top of that Smore.

https://www.smore.com/n9y12

This @smorepages was also created by a student in my Entrepreneurship course to chronicle what we have been doing in our class as we prepare for our regional competition.

https://www.smore.com/fymwq

Both of the above newsletters are emailed home when I email parents.  I email 5 parents each day to send home positive news.  This has been such a fulfilling experience this year, that I can't imagine not doing it going forward.

Below are blogposts from my US History students.  I simply asked them to blog about something that they were interested in connected to the subject of war.  We just finished WWI, and although I imagined they would all connect their blogposts to that, some did not, and I am glad!  Feel free to comment on their blogs.  This is only their second blogposts and some are still  finding their voice.  I can't wait to see how their voice develops over the remainder of the year.

http://matt1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/during-world-war-one-united-states-were.html

http://kacee1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/trench-warfare-positive-or-negative.html

http://alaina1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/why-us-made-right-decision-in-entering.html

http://bpowell2016.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-us-entered-war-there-are-many.html

http://alicia1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/title-why-did-not-have-choice-but-to.html

http://jie1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/superpower-of-america.html

http://hunter1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/ww1-trenches.html

http://makayla1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/war-on-legalizing-medical-marijuana.html

http://bree1516.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-war-to-end-all-wars-or-at-least-we.html