november fwi follow up

Freedom Writers Freedom Writers InstituteInstitute

November 2007

We can’t wait for…

The Freedom Writer Teachers Diary

Washington DC FWI Summit Tentatively set for April 24-27, 2008

Success in your classrooms!

Assessment

How? Online surveys, phone interviews, video conferencing, site visits when possible

Why? To keep track of qualitative and quantitative results in your classroom

Show the world our educational revolution!

Engage Your Administration

Meet with your principal, department chair, superintendent

Share with your fellow teachers

Plan how you will incorporate this material into your curriculum

Use your Freedom Writer Tools

Buy copies of The Freedom Writers Diary by Dec. 1st

Teacher’s GuideJournalsDVDsWeb conferencingOthers…

More FW Tools…FundraisingGuest speakersMediaPen-pal with other FW Teachers’ classrooms

Calendar of Freedom Writer events

How do you keep track of all of this?

Join the Freedom Writer Teachers Network!

The Freedom Writer Teachers Network:

Connect with 119 teachers who are just as passionate about education as you are!

120 Teachers & Leaders

97 Locations

48 States

2 Territories

2 Countries

18,000Students

in one school year!

Google Groups HomepageYou will receive an invitation to join the Google Group via email (at the email address you provided in the yearbook).

The email will come directly from google.com

This is what you’ll see when you first log into the group

Google Groups Homepage

Click on “view all” to see all of the current discussion threads

Click on “view all” to see a list of all the Freedom Writer Teachers in the group

Click on “view all” to see the webpages created by the group, including the “Freedom Writer Teacher Roster,” which has contact information for all Freedom Writer Teachers

Click on “view all” to see all the files uploaded by the group, including classroom pictures and sample “Line Game” questions

Google Groups (Expanded Discussion)

This is an expanded look of a discussion thread.

You can view a discussion and reply to the group, or reply only to the author of the post.

You can create a new post by clicking on the “new post” link on the right-hand side.

In December, the Freedom Writer Teachers Forum is moving from

To

Moodle is…

Moodle will look like this:Login can always be found in the upper right-hand corner

What to Expect from Moodle/FWT Network

Erin’s Blog Messages from the Foundation Surveys Polls Photos Calendar

Quick access to the events calendar will allow you to coordinate events when Erin or the Freedom Writers are in town.

Message Board FW Foundation Files

FW Teacher contact lists Sample permission slips Sample press releases

Relevant News Stories via RSS Education Stories Freedom Writer Teacher news

stories Links to online

resources/FWF sites Flickr Twitter MySpace YouTube Other resources

(Current TV, Half.com)

“Curriculum Corner” Upload and download lesson

plans created by Freedom Writer Teachers

Current Freedom Writer Teachers Network:

Freedom Writer Teachers Google Group: http://tinyurl.com/2mcok9

Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/freedomwritersfoundation

YouTube: http://youtube.com/FWFoundation

Contact List

(sent to you via email)

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Sonia:sonia@freedomwritersfoundation.org or (562) 433-5388 ext. 107

I hope that was helpful. Please give me a call or

email me if you need anything.

See you in April!