Street¡¯s scholars
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Students in a 9th to 10th grade honors English class used one-to-one computing to increase engagement through visual vocabulary lessons using Animoto, blogging discussions on assigned prompts that generated over 250 comments from 35 students in one class period, and tweeting about assigned readings at home. They also created public service announcements after conducting research projects.
Street¡¯s scholars
- 1. Street¡¯s Scholars9th to10th Grade Digital Honors English
- 2. Increases student engagement and cooperationOne-to-One Computing
- 3. Visual Vocabulary using Animoto
- 6. Public Service Announcements (PSA¡¯s) - ResearchSome of our Projects:
- 7. Visual Vocabulary with AnimotoStudents created visual vocabulary for each of the 30 words on their vocabulary list ¨C each group was responsible for a 30 second ¨C 3 word video on Animoto.
- 8. Visual Vocabulary continuedLater, we viewed, discussed, took notes and reviewed as a class. It was the most fun they have had with vocabulary!
- 9. Blogging Discussions - PromptsThe students¡¯ absolute favorite thing to do with the computers in English is threaded blogging discussions. Notice, this post had 253 comments ¨C from one class of 35 kids in a one hour period.
- 10. Blogging Discussions - commentsStudents post their own thoughts, and then respond to other students by respectfully agreeing or disagreeing with additive comments.
- 11. Here, 2 students tweet from home while reading Romeo and Juliet. The top, being smitten with the first love scene ¨C the bottom student having fun insulting me with Shakespearean Insults (from our Shakespeare Insult Generator Handout). Tweeting About Shakespeare
- 12. Public Service Announcements ¨C Research Project