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Students will tell us... what issues matter the most
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The U.S. presidential campaign is drawing unprecedented interest among young people. What issues matter most to America's youth? Are they concerned about the economy and gas prices? Or is climate change, Iraq, or global terrorism foremost on their minds? We'd like to find out by giving them the ability to express themselves through their words during the period of the presidential election.
We've teamed up with the
National Writing Project
to create
Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future
,
an online writing and publishing project that invites young people to write about the issues and concerns they want America's next president to address.
During the presidential campaign, high school teachers will guide students through the process of writing a persuasive letter addressed to the candidates. Topics will be chosen by the students themselves to reflect their specific personal, regional, and age-related interests. Google Docs will allow teachers to incorporate peer review, revisions, and publishing into support of these letters. Participating students will publish their letters online to a
Letters to the Next President
website (which launches in September) for their peers, parents, and the public to read.
Students and teachers, visit our
Letters to the Next President
project page learn more. The registration deadline is
Sept 12, 2008
.
To see how teachers and students are using Google Docs to enable effective peer review and publishing, watch the following video:
Update
: Due to popular demand, registration has been extended to
September 12, 2008
.
Posted by: Andrew Chang, Marketing Manager
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