| angelakvarela | Date: Miercuri, 2013-10-30, 10:25 AM | Message # 1 |
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<O>Connor] talked to teachers, which people don t do that a lot -- particularly in the education reform movement, said Erin Braun, director of outreach for iCivics. She asked, 'What do you need?' <br>
In just several years time, about 40,000 teachers have signed on to the free site to augment their curriculum. It s been popular with some kids, too, according to Braun.<br>
I just talked to a student who said, 'My parents had to kick me off this, because I was having too much fun. I played the games for two hours last night.' You don t hear about students doing civics on their own at home for two hours, so I think she has done something well, Braun said. We just have to figure out how to scale that for every kid in America. <br>
A few students we talked to say iCivics has taught them, and inspired them.<br>
I wanted to be a baseball player, but now I want to be in the House of Representatives, said 11-year-old Will Compton.<br>
His classmate, 11-year-old Haleigh Brown added, I definitely want to be a politician. Senate probably. <br>
Or maybe, she said, a Supreme Court justice, after hearing O Connor describe what it was like to be the first woman to hold that job.<br>
It made me want to do a good job, because I knew everybody would be watching and paying attention, so I didn t want to make a big mistake right off the bat, the former justice told the class.<br>
Before leaving, O Connor also shared what she always carries in her purse: The Constitution of the United States.<br>
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