Week 3-Four Links to Educational/Inspirational Videos

1.

http://www.mylearningtube.com/media/1167/In_The_Mix_What_Makes_a_School_Worth_Going_To_Excerpt/

A great story to reinforce the importance of arts education in schools. About a young man growing up in an impoverished New Mexico where dropout rates are some of the highest in the nation. He finds his passion and voice in arts and digital video and claims that is what keeps him in school. The above story was posted on my learning tube http://www.mylearningtube.com/ an amazing resource for educators.

2.

http://www.pbs.org/pov/differentcolorblue/differentcolorblue.php

Inspiring and true short story about an artist who is nearly blind, who continues to create his paintings despite the odds. Beautiful soundtrack and art created by a man who nearly lost all of his vision in a horrible accident. He sees that the accident allowed him to dig deeper into his art despite the odds. Found on http://www.pbs.org/pov/educators/ many amazing resources for educators including documentary, short stories and full-length feature films.

3.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1732754907698549493#

Dr. Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream speech. I never grow tired of this clip, and show it every year around his birthday. This is a great one too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkRdj9L3wyE&feature=player_embedded

4.

http://www.dove.us/#/features/videos/default.aspx[cp-documentid=7049579]

I’ve shown most of these films to my advisory girls. Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty has focused on the beauty industries distortion of beauty and how it affects young women and girls. Powerful short films to be viewed by all young women and parents of girls. Find it in the videos section of the website.