Monday, January 17, 2011

Movie Moment: Tru Confessions

Tru Confessions is a movie that appeared on the Disney Channel in 2002 and starred Clara Bryant as Tru Walker and Shia LaBeouf as Eddie Walker - twins who are entering high school. The only difference between the two is that while Tru appears like a regular teenage girl, her brother, Eddie, is labeled as "different" all because has a mental disability. The movie is actually an adaptation of the novel, Tru Confessions, by the author Janet Tashjian. I remember watching this movie years ago on the Disney Channel, and the thought of it came back to me recently due to an upcoming assignment that I have to do in regards to critiquing a movie around the subject matter similar to Eddie's. Thankfully, I was able to count on YouTube for having it on its website.

This movie is one of the great things that have come from Disney, and it is a shame that there are less examples on its network nowadays. Another disappointment is that you cannot find the movie readily available aside from users on YouTube. We need more movies like this, to show the younger generation the gift of acceptance and kindness and genuine love.


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Educational Videos: Fire Safety

This previous semester (fall), I had to write a safety unit for my Teaching Health class. The topic for my unit was applying safety habits in our daily life, and for one of the five days/lessons I chose to do a fire safety lesson. In my lesson, I decided to search for videos that I would show to students if I were to actually perform the lesson in a real classroom (to be exact, a second grade classroom). The following are most of the videos that I thought were appropriate and covered the message of being safe with fire.


"Kid's Fire Safety"
Video Source: YouTube's AtlantaHomeShow channel.



"Be Cool About Fire Safety, pt. 1"
Video Source: YouTube's barlowgirl61087 channel.



"Be Cool About Fire Safety, pt. 2"
Video Source: YouTube's barlowgirl61087 channel.