Comments on: Sarah responds to President Obama’s speech

By: YouTube comment moderation is great (and recommended) when videos go viral » Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:42:54 +0000

[...] Here are just a few of the very moving comments which the video has inspired to date, in addition to those left on our family learning blog. [...]

By: Dan Schmit

Dan Schmit — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:39:15 +0000

Thanks for your thoughtful response, Sarah. I’m more hopeful about the future knowing that your generation is thinking about your role and the contributions you will make.

By: Matthew Callison

Matthew Callison — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:25:03 +0000

Wesley, I absolutely love what you did here! Brilliant!

Sarah, thanks for sharing your thoughts! Keep on thinking…!

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:14:17 +0000

Sarah, I’m glad you saw the speech. You can tell your friends who didn’t see it live that they can watch a tape of it on http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-Message-of-Hope-and-Responsibility-for-Americas-Students

By: Watch and Respond

Watch and Respond — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:23:57 +0000

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By: Using Blogs and CoverItLive to Discuss President Obama’s Speech » Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:04:06 +0000

[...] recorded a two minute response to the speech after it was over which we posted to YouTube and our family learning blog. In her response, Sarah shared that a student sitting near her this morning in class told her, [...]

By: Naomi Harm (Twitter: nharm)

Naomi Harm (Twitter: nharm) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:58:13 +0000

Here is a responce message I posted on our WI Technology and Media listserv Wesley.

Wesley Fryer does an excellent job as a parent and as a national educational technology speaker. He ensures our students and his own children have a voice and interact with the educational content they are presented with each day- especially in a k-12 school setting! Utilizing 21st century skills and tools to video articulate Sarah’s, Wesley’s daughter, understanding of the Presidential speech to the next level- depicts and applies a relevant meaning of the message to her as a real-world context. Yes she is- a 21st digital native learner! Kudos to Sarah!

Naomi Harm

By: Larry Anderson

Larry Anderson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:30:21 +0000

Sarah–

I’m proud of you for composing your thoughts, then offering them via YouTube for us to hear. You should do more of these “broadcasts” regarding important topics in your life.

I’m wondering, though. Why do we have to wait for, then memorialize, our president for making such a speech to students (or anyone else, for that matter)? Why couldn’t these same encouragements have been given by your teacher, principal, superintendent, school board president, pastor, mayor, or other dignitary leader in your community?

Would your reaction to their encouragement have been different than what it seems, via your video, to have been?

If we read great books and pay attention to notable leaders throughout history, we will find these grand encouragements, in perfect alignment with what you describe the president’s having said, sprinkled throughout. So, it seems that it’s up to us to find that advice, follow that advice, then encourage others to join us in the path.

I would be curious to learn what you are doing as a result of this presentation by the president. Also, you mentioned the Republicans in your video, so why is political party sufficiently important to you that you would mention it and give that anecdote the “coloring” you did? I’m just curious.

Again, congratulations on a job so well done! Keep it up, Sarah! I know that, if you do, we’ll hear lots more from you in the future. And, maybe the stories built for your future will emanate from this personal experience and your sharing of that with us.

Onward, Sarah!

By: karen

karen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:55:52 +0000

Way to go, Sarah!

By: Ms. Cornwall

Ms. Cornwall — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:55:05 +0000

Hi Sarah,
What a great experience you had today! Not only did you get to see a President talk to you and all other students in the US, but now you can also tell your friends about it who didn’t get to see it. I hope you will share with them the great advice President Obama gave to you and encourage your friends to work hard and achieve their goals. You did a great job on your video. Keep up the good work!