Saturday, May 23, 2009

Our Webquests Video

It has taken all year but here it is. The student video clips combined into a movie of our webquest journey.

For me, webquests encompass so many important learning experiences for students. From the initial idea, to the scaffolded lessons to help students understand and create the deeper questions that ultimately drive the webquest, to the whole writing process; drafting, revising, editing, polishing, to implementing technology and ultimately publishing on the world wide web.

It was an arduous two-week project but look at all the fun we had! My next step is to transition our webquests onto the WWW. My promise.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Figurative Language Student Poetry

In this podcast you will hear four samples of student generated poetry. The focus for the poetry was the incorporation of figurative language. Students were expected to create their poem using graphic organizers. Take a listen! It's quite impressive!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Introductory Podcast

I hope you enjoy my first podcast episode. This is simply an introductory audio file that spells out how this blog will be used in the future. Enjoy!