MLK Day Resources

Martin Luther King Day is Jan. 15 this year. Here are some resources related to this great American hero.

Ebooks:

"I Have a Dream" speech

"I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech

Letters from the Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Anthology
(This includes a variety of essays from various figures in African American history.)

Collection of MLK speeches
(These are HTML and PDFs, so you'll need to convert them with Plucker or Adobe Reader mobile.)

Audio recordings:

"I Have a Dream" speech

"Remembering Martin Luther King"
(an editorial from VOA)

Self-Suffice & Furyus
(contemporary rap poetry remix tribute to MLK; lots of food for thought in this one)

Images:
(Creative Commons-licensed; suitable for use in student projects)

From Wikimedia

Other resources relating to African-American history are also available here.

Look who's podcasting now!

It seems like everyone is podcasting these days. If you think it's just a fad, check this out -- the Queen of England is podcasting her traditional Christmas message this year! What's next, the pope blogging?

If you're not up to speed on these exciting new technologies, the holiday break is a great time to explore things that it's hard to get to during the rest of the year.

Happy holidays to everyone!

Kid podcasts about the holidays

Check out these great video podcasts the kids at East Mooreville Intermediate School in Moorseville, NC made:

Holidays - Part I

Holidays - Part II

Thanks to Mr. Van Dusen and all the kids who participated for sharing! (Mr. Van Dusen also won the contest for the best podcast produced during a podcasting workshop we held at the NCETC conference in Nov.)

HP Grants

If you are looking for grants for mobile technology use in the classroom, the 2007 HP Technology for Teaching Grants have been announced. The RFP is avialable now. Applications can be started on Jan. 8, 2007 and are due on Feb. 15, 2007.

Ebook - Annotated Anthology of Poetry

K12 Handhelds is putting together an ebook that is an annotated anthology of poetry. We are looking for ideas of your favorite poems that you teach (preferably public domain, e.g. Robert Frost, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).

A list of what we have so far is below. Let us know what else you'd like to see in this. You can post your ideas here as a comment or email them to us. We hope to share this resource with the schools we work with when it's done.

Thanks!

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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
"I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson
"The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service