Technology and Research

http://pecannelog.com/2010/02/03/bobby-kennedy-in-atlanta/

I wasn’t able to find a definite answer, but some of the work I did could eliminate a few possibilities or be the clue to its real location.

I started with the release dates for the movie from IMDB to get an approximate time frame- Day of Evil Gun was released March 1, 1968 and Sol Madrid was released February 7.  That places the photo of RFK on the campaign trail between March 1 and his death on June 6, a four month window. 

Then started looking for information on Soulville Records (I assumed that was on the window).  Soulville operated out of Harrisburg and around Philadelphia, PA.  There is a website with history on the record company  http://www.afrolumens.org/century%20of%20change/soulville.html.  But after watching this video http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1109506140187 you can see from a photo in the video that the storefront for the record company is not the same as the storefront window in the photo.  If anyone else reads the store name as anything other than Soulville Records, this may lead down a new path of exploration.

He may have been in Atlanta for Dr. King’s funeral around April 9, but the woman dressed in white and the smiling faces do not suggest this.

I worked from the theater angle, looking for theaters whose names ended in -gal or -yal.  I checked Atlanta and major cities in the north that would have been along his campaign trail (he hit Indiana, Nebraska and California vigorously), using this entry in Wikipedia as a guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_presidential_campaign,_1968.  But none of the pictures matched up.  But that doesn’t mean that I had the letters or the cities right.  In Atlanta, there was a Royal Theater on Auburn Avenue and it was owned by a group named Bailey.  But I haven’t been able to locate a photo of the theater and a tentative closure date of 1964 may take it out of the running.    http://www.scribd.com/doc/24051140/Atlanta-movie-theatres-and-drive-ins

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/16455/

You may be able to visit the block where the theater was located 323 Auburn Avenue NE and see if any of the architecture is still there.

I feel if I had a copy of his campaign intinerary, I could locate the theater and city.

I love researching things like this and will probably keep working on it.  If I find anything else, I’ll update here and send you a Twitter message.

The poster printer doesn’t work unless you turn it on before you turn on the computer it is attached to.  And when you need to print, you have to scale it to the paper.

I went to a meeting in Second Life tonight.  I’ve decided to turn this blog into a clearinghouse for technology usage and issues in my school.  Teachers will be given this address and shown how to use RSS Feeds and Readers.  Then we will be able to keep up with rapid changes on the web, in world, and in our school.

I started exploring Ning by joining three groups, Ning in Education, Library 2.0, and Classroom 2.0. Then I started my own group, Arts on the Hill. I think the service is closely related to blogs, and the lines blur in functionality.

I’m not sure I would use this for classroom teaching and learning so much as I would use it for making professional connections. Ning could serve as a safe, encompassing networking solution for educators that are used to connecting on sites such as MySpace and Facebook. Ning could also be a possible place to maintain FAQs or classroom news, as a central clearinghouse location that members can revisit as they need. I may talk to Stacey about using it as a discussion forum for media specialists in our school system.

Two of my memberships are still pending, so I am waiting to explore the discussions and resources. I did find that Ning in Education led me to other great educational Ning sites to join and watch such as Digital Directions from Education Week. Sew..What’s New was the largest sewing network I could find.

Favorite Videos and Ideas

1. Professional Learning Interests -  Arts Integration Specialists
   I am interested in searching for and watching more Arts Integration videos.  I will be changing schools next year and am learning a lot for the samples.
2. “How To” – How to Write & Publish a Picture Book Series from Petalwinks: Composing a Storyboard
   This is actually a series of videos that follows the process of publishing a picture book from start to finish.  I would love to collaborate with a classroom teacher on making class books and incorporate author studies into the project.  We could follow the authoring process while writing and illustrating our own books.  This would be a great way to integrate Art into English and Language Arts standards.  I would pair it with videos about writing from students on TeacherTube.  9 Year Old Adora Svitak Talks About Her Story Writing
3. Fun/Nostalgic/Interesting -  Cell Phone Dance
   I love this video.  It makes me happy every time I watch it.  I’d love to have been there!

Personally, I may use TeacherTube to expand my Technology Tapas.  I present 5-minute technology mini-lessons to teachers at Staff Meetings, but it would be better to produce the short videos and upload them to TeacherTube for teachers to view on-demand.

I found myself stuck in the Professional Development Channel.  Some of it was junk, but I watched a few of them.  I felt like I could produce one like Creating Podcast Artwork.

I was amazed by the amount of math videos on TeacherTube.  What a great homework helper resource!  It may be a great idea TeacherTube before you teach a lesson or present to educators.  There may already be something there you can use.