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Welcome to Bettendorf StuCamp page. We are so excited that you have landed here and we hope that it inspires you to join us either in Bettendorf or other locations to strengthen the voice of students.

Follow these steps to prepare yourself for what is going to be an amazing day in education, agency, and student voice.

Step 1: Check out the main Stucamp website to learn more about what we are trying to achieve – http://www.stucamp.org/

Step 2: Check out these resources courtesy of Eduardo Briceno of Mindset Works

Videos:

Khan Academy ‘you can learn anything’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC82Il2cjqA

TEDx talk Eduardo gave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc

Readings:

Article we have on the malleability of the brain: http://www.mindsetworks.com/websitemedia/youcangrowyourintelligence.pdf

Effective effort rubric: https://www.mindsetworks.com/websitemedia/resources/effort-rubric-for-students.pdf

Step 3: Reach out us. Leave a message on the contact page or email me aarmau (at) gmail (dot) com and let me know what questions you have, what topics you want to explore, anything else.

Step 4: Sign up for StuCamp http://www.stucamp.org/

Optional Step 5: Submit a blog post that pertains to student voice.

Some awesome Bettendorf Middle School students have developed a Tumblr for student voice submissions. We would love to have your voice heard!

Here is what we are looking for thanks to Chloe!

So, here’s some step by step instructions on how to create these posts and get them on the blog, just to be as clear as possible.

1. Pick your song! You can use the title of the song or a lyric in the song to use for your title, but it has to be related to the content of your post in some way or form. Also, it’d be best to keep the songs appropriate since it is a school related blog.
2. Write your blog post out. It can be as long or as short as you want it to be, as long as you get your point across. At least a decent paragraph would be preferable though, and if you right more, even better!
3. Attach a link to the song you chose to the post. It can be at the bottom of the post or somewhere you feel it would belong, just so the reader has something to reference.
Please submit your blog posts to Mr. Maurer (aarmau@gmail.com) to be loaded to the website.
As for the topics of the blog posts themselves, I would just stick to things within the school that you would like to change using student voice, or perhaps suggestions as to how we could possibly go about changing it as well to keep it from sounding like one big pity party.
If you have any other ideas or suggestions feel free to mention them! Or if you don’t get something, feel free to ask about it. Thank you!

 

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