research reflection q's

I've been e-mailed a lot about this tonight so here it is: 

go to my homepage and scroll down to see the powerpoint slide of the 7 questions your reflection paper must answer.  Remember, the 7th Q must be answered.  

anonymous videos

videos featured in the spring show "anonymous"

after collecting over 300 secrets from students and teachers at sjha i put videos together to highlight some of the best. please e-mail me if you would like a copy on dvd or stop by room 24.

welcome to anonymous

music: imogen heap "hide and seek"

the potential of you and me...

music: death cab "i will possess your heart"

how could you be so...

music: kanye "heartless"

everyone has a secret

music: kanye "street lights" 

ben lee "we're all in this together"

student blogs

Here are the students who created extra credit blogs and promised to update them over the summer.  Remember, you must make at least 3 meaningful posts by this Thursday.

Student Blogs:

Bryan Oliveira - on the road to stardom

Claudia Orozco - impulse

Reina Rivero - reina's blog

Shawn Da Silva - what a mal criado

Jessica Nguyen - velvet sniffles

Jesus Colunga - tin man

Alex Sotelo - what lies beneath

Sarah Thomas - powerful beyond measure

Angelica Weatherford - intellectual creativity

Oanh Dao - music in my life

Tony Pereira - it's what you get

Brittany Rodriguez - unbreakable

Nigel Robinson - same old

Michelle Rodriguez - inspiraiton

Jackie Alfaro - aging in the summer

Adriana Jimenez - life's a mystery

Nigel Robinson - same old

*You are only getting extra credit if you name appears above with a link.  If you are "following" my blog make sure you "follow" your own so that I can view it.

final projects!

Today the first wave of final projects came in.  I will eventually put the links to all of them on this post as they are turned in over the next week. So far they are awesome.  Well done to all of you!

Seniors:

Holden's SmileBox - Lynn Turn, Bryan Oliveira, Mauricio Paniagua

Holden's Blog - Jessica Nguyen

Juniors:

The Devil and Tom Walker - Edgar Sedano, Manuel Gonzalez, Eduardo Corona

New Love - Esmeralda's group

The Catcher in the Bay - Jose Hernandez, Chris Garcia, Michelle Rodriguez, Leo Montellano

Timeless - Jackie Alfaro

Secrets - Adriana Jimenez

College - Alex Sotello, Brionna Torres, Brianna Elemen

I See Me - Nigel Robinson

paper planes

For two weeks during April we prepared for our english CST using giant test prep booklets.  After, I let each class get out their aggression.  This was the result: 

extra credit

Dear student concerned about your grade,

If you are looking for some extra credit I have an assignment for you.  To stay in touch over the summer (and hopefully beyond that) I would like you to create a blog yourself.  After creating your blog (using any blog site) you must also do the following:

1. Make a few "meaningful" posts before the last day of class (June 11). A few usually means 3 or more. Consider writing about your final project, this class, this year in general at sjha, your summer plans, or what you are looking forward to your senior year.  
2. "Follow" my blog.
3. Make sure I have your link so I can "follow" your blog.
4. Make a verbal promise to me to continue blogging until your heart's content.

That's it.  Free and easy points.  Be creative and have fun with it.  Good luck with your final draft of your research paper and your final technology project!  

opening act

For my first blog I thought it would be cool to post the opener from "Anonymous", the recent sjha spring show: 

There is a time and place for everything. A time for believing. A place for hiding your fears. A time for growing up. A place for the child within to stay safe. A time for letting go. A place for preserving hope. The most difficult part is being yourself.

Secrets are made for many reasons. To hide the pain people have caused you, for the sadness you feel. Secrets are there to help you cope when no one else can. Secrets are there to help us with our fears. Secrets can be hurtful or helpful. They can make you realize good or bad qualities about yourself. Secrets can either pick you up at the hardest of times or put you down. Secrets can help you see things you never cared to notice before. Secrets about friends, relationships, family, even yourself. Secrets are a great way of expressing yourself, or getting something off your chest that you always wanted to. Secrets can be a great method of therapy to relieve your mind and heart of the pain.

You could write anything you want without being judged or have someone mock you. You might even find what you thought was your own weird secret a normal thing among other people! But, don’t take it from me, take it from the hundreds of other people who posted secrets to us, from the people who entrusted their most personal thoughts and feelings with us.  Who knows, maybe you too will share a secret. After all, there’s nothing to fear. It’s anonymous. 

Written by Tino Doan and Christina Solorzano.  Performed by Tino Doan

and yes... Anonymous 2 is already in the works.  More to come on that.