tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824015.post111420463990069958..comments2023-07-22T06:33:28.250-04:00Comments on The Hodgepodger: Time CapsulesMy Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06288828600280828802noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824015.post-1118805477917825582005-06-14T23:17:00.000-04:002005-06-14T23:17:00.000-04:00I am a middle school teacher in Dallas and working...I am a middle school teacher in Dallas and working on a rotating 10 year time capsule-type project. I am looking for folks who may be interested in helping us brainstorm about it so we could get the best design possible. I found your time capsule project online and thought you may be interested even though our project is very different with a different set of goals. Our main goal is to help our students think more of their futures and become more goal and future oriented. (The project is outlined online with photos and copies of the documentation from the project at http://www.studentmotivation.org/.) <BR/><BR/>We are now working on installing a 8.2 cubic foot safe with 10 shelves, one for each of the next 10 years. It will be in a well lit central location in our school passed every day by all the students several times. We already have 500 student letters from last years graduating class that are being placed in the safe. Every May the 8th graders about to graduate would write letters to themselves for the safe. The letters are a snapshot of their lives to date with their goals for the next 10 years included. In 9 1/2 years, Thanksgiving week, these students then are invited to return for the opening of the safe and to pick up their letters. They will also be invited to address the current students about any recommendations they may have for them. What lessons from life do they want to share? <BR/><BR/>In April all the remaining letters that were not picked up will be mailed to the addresses students had placed on them. Then that years 8th grade class will again write their letters for the safe to continue the tradition. <BR/><BR/>I welcome your thoughts on this project. How could it be improved? What problems could you see developing?<BR/><BR/>Bill Betzen LMSW (Emeritus)<BR/>Computer Applications Teacher<BR/>Quintanilla Middle School<BR/>2700 Remond Dr.<BR/>Dallas, Texas 75211<BR/>http://www.studentmotivation.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824015.post-1115524383673092322005-05-07T23:53:00.000-04:002005-05-07T23:53:00.000-04:00holly: you know holly that is a good idea..to do ...holly: you know holly that is a good idea..to do one now and remember to mark the spot..not like my school did not do...now no one knows about it. ..then dig it up 20 years from now..that would be cool!<BR/><BR/>rozanne: yeah they were fun. i am going to call next week and see if there is any one who knows where it is.<BR/><BR/>kristy: do it kristy! even if you move you can go back years later and surprise the new owners. that is a great idea too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824015.post-1115440099616917742005-05-07T00:28:00.000-04:002005-05-07T00:28:00.000-04:00I love the concept of time capsules. We were the f...I love the concept of time capsules. We were the first owners of our last house. It came with an unfished room on the bottom level. I swore I was going to put together a time capsule of our family--the first owners--and place it beneath the insulation before we put dry wall up. Of course, it never happened. My intensions are better than my follow through. I might make it work for this house though. We are the first owner here too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824015.post-1114761248248736352005-04-29T03:54:00.000-04:002005-04-29T03:54:00.000-04:00I remember those click-clack things. My school "ou...I remember those click-clack things. My school "outlawed" them because some kids turned them into weapons. <BR/><BR/>They were fun.<BR/><BR/>I hope your old school tracks down the time capsule. Good for you for following up on it.Rozannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536916678337782615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824015.post-1114567707526399482005-04-26T22:08:00.000-04:002005-04-26T22:08:00.000-04:00Hi Hodgepodger,I wish I had made a time capsule! I...Hi Hodgepodger,<BR/>I wish I had made a time capsule! I never did, well it is never too late, I have to do it! Thanks for the great post and idea. take careAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147942415541337701noreply@blogger.com