New Links News(NEW DATE) Friday, October 10, 2008: Peer Pressure discussion lead by author Barri Bumgarner
Cost: $175 Times: 8:30 am CDT: High School & 10 am: 7 & 8th grade; each v/c lasts 1 hour
* Join us for an interactive discussion over videoconference on peer pressure— in and outside of school
* We suggest (though it is not required) that students have read part or all of author Barri Bumgarner’s acclaimed book, Dregs- the powerful story of what happens when adolescent emotions boil over into violence.
* Dregs was the recipient of the Walter Williams Major Work Award, runner-up 2008
More about the author: Barri L. Bumgarner is a full-time author, freelancing for Family and School & Community magazines. She her third book is Dregs, a young adult novel about the brutal reality of cliques in schools. Bumgarner’s second novel, Slipping, won Missouri Writers’ Guild Best Fiction runner-up in 2005. Her first novel, 8 Days, is in its second print-run. She received multiple awards from the Missouri Writers Guild for her articles in 2005, and also received Writer’s Digest 72nd Annual Writing Competition honors in 2004 for her article “Inspire Magic.” Ms. Bumgarner divides her time between attending graduate school and writing. She lives in Columbia, Missouri.
Show-Me Standards for this videoconference include: Communication Arts: 5. comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations (such as story-telling, debates, lectures, multi-media productions); 6. participating in formal and informal presentations and discussions of issues and ideas
Rebecca MorrisonCooperating School DistrictsVirtual Learning Center1460 Craig Road St. Louis, MO 63146desk: 314.692.1274 fax: 314.872.9128blog: www.csdtechpd.wordpress.comSAVE THE DATE: METC is January 26-28, 2009
Cost: $175 Times: 8:30 am CDT: High School & 10 am: 7 & 8th grade; each v/c lasts 1 hour
* Join us for an interactive discussion over videoconference on peer pressure— in and outside of school
* We suggest (though it is not required) that students have read part or all of author Barri Bumgarner’s acclaimed book, Dregs- the powerful story of what happens when adolescent emotions boil over into violence.
* Dregs was the recipient of the Walter Williams Major Work Award, runner-up 2008
More about the author: Barri L. Bumgarner is a full-time author, freelancing for Family and School & Community magazines. She her third book is Dregs, a young adult novel about the brutal reality of cliques in schools. Bumgarner’s second novel, Slipping, won Missouri Writers’ Guild Best Fiction runner-up in 2005. Her first novel, 8 Days, is in its second print-run. She received multiple awards from the Missouri Writers Guild for her articles in 2005, and also received Writer’s Digest 72nd Annual Writing Competition honors in 2004 for her article “Inspire Magic.” Ms. Bumgarner divides her time between attending graduate school and writing. She lives in Columbia, Missouri.
Show-Me Standards for this videoconference include: Communication Arts: 5. comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations (such as story-telling, debates, lectures, multi-media productions); 6. participating in formal and informal presentations and discussions of issues and ideas
Rebecca MorrisonCooperating School DistrictsVirtual Learning Center1460 Craig Road St. Louis, MO 63146desk: 314.692.1274 fax: 314.872.9128blog: www.csdtechpd.wordpress.comSAVE THE DATE: METC is January 26-28, 2009
