Oakland high school teacher heads to Capitol Hill
By Katy Murphy
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at 1:45 pm in high schools, initiatives, small schools, students, teachers, technology, teens.
Yumi Matsui, a Life Academy and Bay Area Writing Project teacher, heads to a Congressional briefing Monday to talk about digital storytelling — specifically, about the immigration-focused project she and another teacher led at their East Oakland school, and how the medium helped students become better writers.
Interested? Check out this 7-minute video about the Life Academy project, produced by the Pearson Foundation:
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September 21st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I am so thrilled to see this short documentary of our students, especially the class of 2009 who struggled so much as freshman and really shine here in this film. I am honored to work with Yumi, Cliff, and all of the staff of Life Academy!
I hope there will be a follow-up piece on Ms. Matsui’s address to Congress today.