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The Breakfast Club (High School Reunion Collection)

The Breakfast Club (High School Reunion Collection) John Hughes's popular 1985 teen drama finds a diverse group of high school students--a jock (Emilio Estevez), a metalhead (Judd Nelson), a weirdo (Ally Sheedy), a princess (Molly Ringwald), and a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall)--sharing a Saturday in detention at their high school for one minor infraction or another. Over the course of a day, they talk through the social barriers that ordinarily keep them apart, and new alliances are born, though not without a lot of pain first. Hughes (Sixteen Candles), who wrote and directed, is heavy on dialogue but he also thoughtfully refreshes the look of the film every few minutes with different settings and original viewpoints on action. The movie deals with such fundamentals as the human tendency toward bias and hurting the weak, and because the characters are caught somewhere between childhood and adulthood, it's easy to get emotionally involved in hope for their redemption. Preteen and teenage kids love this film, incidentally. The DVD release includes production notes, cast and crew bios, widescreen presentation, Dolby sound, closed captioning, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, and optional Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh

Old School (Widescreen Unrated Edition)

Old School (Widescreen Unrated Edition) When three thirtysomething friends with woman troubles (Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn) decide to form a fraternity, it's supposedly to save Wilson from losing his house, which the nearby college is trying to claim for academic purposes. But really, Ferrell and Vaughn are desperate to return to the reckless, feckless days of beer bongs and hot chicks, and they drag Wilson along with them as they throw themselves into gathering frat pledges of all ages. Old School could have been just another string of bad jokes hanging on a flimsy plot, but the script and the cast have a jovial energy and just enough grounding in reality--at least, up until the obligatory beat-the-system ending, but by that point you'll forgive the excesses of this silly, cheerful, and frequently funny movie. Featuring Jeremy Piven and Juliette Lewis, with cameos by Snoop Dog, Andy Dick, and others. --Bret Fetzer

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Technology Integration In School

When most people think of Technology Integration School, what comes to mind is usually basic information that's not particularly interesting or beneficial. But there's a lot more to Technology Integration School than just the basics.

Of all of the people in the school building, as a group, no one is more excited about using technology than the students. By sixth grade, most students can create and save a Word document and save it to the appropriate space. Many can design a Power point slide presentation. Most, if not all, can access the internet via web address. Skills that students need to perfect are: conducting a search via Google or other search engines; correcting work through Spelling and Grammar Check; and using e-mail constructively and safely. Students also need to use the computers in an educational tool, not as a free time activity. Many students do not have computers at home, and if they do, very few have internet access.

The focus should be in integrating the curriculum with learning tasks that include technology. This is what helps maintain student interest that is needed to retain knowledge. Teacher training at the school level should be mandatory and include methods of integrating technology. The district initiative does devote space to this plan, but does not mention that it is for teachers to follow nor are the specifics detailed.

If you find yourself confused by what you've read to this point, don't despair. Everything should be crystal clear by the time you finish.

Heath does mention that websites will be published weekly that support the curriculum objectives and that the Technology Facilitators would get together to write curriculum that supports the content standards, but these are being put together by staff that have little knowledge of the new curriculum and subject matter.

There is much resistance to learning to use an electronic grade book or electronic lesson plans because they are not mandated in the employee contracts. If staff does not know how to use these simple tools, one wonders where this will leave the students in becoming literate in technology. This is backward thinking. In the next negotiation session, the school board needs to toughen up and demand technological literacy from the staff.

This article's coverage of the information is as complete as it can be today. But you should always leave open the possibility that future research could uncover new facts.