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 * Daddy's Little Girl**

Description: This is a digital story of a girl's unconditional love for her father even though everything was not always good between them.The viewer is left wondering where he went and why there has been no contact. She worries that he won't want her. The story does a nice job showing narration. Many students can relate to the issues in the video. The video discusses broken homes and domestic violence. It also addresses the imbalance of our hearts and heads. Even though the girl wants things to go back to the way they were; she knows they were worse back then. The author used narration, instrumental music, still pictures, and a movie making program. The story shows a girl's love for her father, but she worries that he might return to his violent behaviors.

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 * Open Letter**

Description: This is a digital story about Adrian. Adrian is scared of his neighborhood and his future. The video shows what life is like for some of our students with drunks and violence all around them. The video feels hopeless because Adrian can't even envision anywhere better except in his imagination. If Adrian can imagine it maybe here is a hope for the future. The video used narration, instrumental music, still pictures, and a movie making program.

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 * Tear Drops**

Description: Tear Drops is a poem and digital video created and written by Ali.Her poem explores her love of nature and her outrage at what human beings are doing to destroy what nature has given us. Her video shows the beauty of nature and then dramatically switches to connect images to voice the tragedy of polllution and her interest in the environment. It encourages the viewer to make a difference. Her video used narration, instrumental music, still pictures, and a movie making program. There are many reasons to display tear drops when observing the carelessness and thoughtlessness of many individuals, groups and corporations.

[|Bruises] Description: Olga describes her beginnings in America as an immigrant living a life with bruises and pain suffered at home. Her parents feel helpless and intimidated by the school system. While at school, her problems were ignored by everyone except one teacher. She dropped out of school, but then returned after her daughter was born. She proudly works for the Toronto school system now assisting newcomer youth and their families. She will constantly be thankful to that one teacher who believed in her.

[|My Shoes] Description: Luciana is an immigrant from Peru who perseveres daily as retail worker during the day and a student at night. She discusses the hurt she feels because people judge her for being an immigrant and a lesbian. She is studying to be a drug and alcohol counselor. She advocates cultural awareness and understanding. "If you walk in my shoes........" was stated frequently.

[|Learning to RIde] Description: Rachel's dad bought a tandem bike. They were easily recognized while riding the unique bike, and Rachel would often fear what the neighbors would think. Her dad told her that "you can't always care about what people think of you." and that has made all the difference in Rachel's sense of identity. She is now an English teacher and grateful for the tandem bike **and** her relationship with her father. She echoes what so many of us feel---regret for our impatience with our parents and the wish that we could go back a do it better.