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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Inauguration Day for Obama


In a previous class we discussed word clouds using wordle.net. I found an an interesting Word Cloud Analysis of Obama's Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Lincoln's link What words were used most often?

Did you watch the Inauguration with your students?
For more information on the Inauguration link to the Whitehouse website. http://www.whitehouse.gov/
7 Online Things To Do To Help Obama Restore America

The Presidential Pledge

What's your pledge?
Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGUnR0wiCw
Post a comment below reflect on your experience watching the Inauguration Speech.
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18 comments:

  1. Karma TousignantJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:16 PM

    LHS students were invited to the auditorium to view Obama become the president!!

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  2. Steve AJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    Several 6th graders came into my room during lunch to watch the actual speech live.

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  3. Mr. KennedyJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    I watched the inauguration in the Library with the History dept. It was kind of tight in there, but the students were engaged and watched quietly.

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  4. Nancy ChapdelaineJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    The entire second grade was shown the inauguration in the lunchroom while they ate.

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  5. Helena LouzonisJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    It was wonderful to see such an hopeful speech

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  6. Annica ScottJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    Thanks to our considerate 7th and 8th grade teachers, the inauguration was taped and our 7th graders watched it on the "big" screen in the cafeteria.

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  7. Six BlueJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    My sixth graders watched it on tape just after it happened. (We were at lunch during the actual ceremony.)
    Many were awe struck at the enormity of it all!
    ~Melanie

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  8. Linda ColletteJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    Hi Mary - My students watched the inauguration in the classroom during part of our classes and lunch! Obama's speech was awesome!

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  9. Sandy LaserteJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    It was taped and played after lunch for the kids.

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  10. Pamela ValleeJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:19 PM

    I found the biggest television set, put it in the middle of the library, cleared as much space as possible, and invited classes to join me. It was packed!!

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  11. Mrs. ReardonJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    We took recess time to show them the speech.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    We taped it onto a VHS, fed it to the infocus machine and showed it on the big screen in the cafeteria from 12:45 - 1:45. It was absolutely amazing and I was so delighted to share that moment of history with the seventh grade.

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  13. Jennifer HealyJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    Karma is correct the TV was quite small!!

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  14. Jennifer HealyJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:21 PM

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  15. Mrs. Connery's ClassJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    We watched the speech as a team in our classroom. The only problem we ran into was that everyone was watching it and the speech kept pausing.

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  16. turkey hill middle school principal's blogJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    Students at THMS had a variety of ways to view the inauguration. 8th grade students got lunch early and took it to homerooms where they watched the event live. The inauguration speech was videotapped and shown over the in-house TV network at 1:30PM.

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