Contrary to what you may have heard on Oprah, not only do High Tech High students read books, but they actually produce books too. HTH students and faculty publish their work on websites and in books, because we believe that an important step in the learning process is presenting one’s work to an authentic audience. It is also how we hold ourselves accountable for the work that we do. Help the High Tech High accountability effort by purchasing books below.
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Former HTH teacher and HTH GSE alum Spencer Pforsich’s explores how students talk about their views on race, their own identities, and what it means to be part of an integrated school.
Speak Out: Finding Our Hidden Voices is a compilation of writing and art by students at Finney Elementary in Chula Vista. Edits by Edrick Magalaguim, an alum of the HTH GSE Teacher Leadership program.
Peer Collaboration and Critique: Using Student Voices to Improve Student Work asks: Who owns a final product? Teacher or students?
64 11th-grade students at HTH North County received commissions to be “Omni-temporal Poet Laureates” responsible for commemorating major events from America’s history, extending from 1492 to Sept 11.
In Sharing the Heart of Our Stories: A Digital Storytelling Journey, the implications of using digital storytelling to engage students in sharing personal stories in the classroom are shared.
High Tech High Media Arts’ 11th grade wrote and produced Ampersand to document their thoughts and experiences as interns in the working world of San Diego.