8th grade English students, in Ms. Saunders and Ms. Duckenfield’s classes, created websites using iWeb to illustrate, summarize and critique Historical Ficeion Novels Each site includes a short summary, character analysis, research into the historical time period, and a personal critique of the novel they chose.
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Ms. Tyson’s 8th grade Civics and Economics classes used Voice Thread to illustrate and narrate the civic responsiblities of American citizens. The students used iPhoto and Voice Thread to complete their projects.
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The 7th grade students in Mrs. Greene’s science class did research dealing with a specific element from the periodic table. After finding the information, the students created websites using the iWeb program. Through their websites, they communicated the information they discovered using first person narratives, as if they were the element. The students used critical thinking skills to determine what information they would like to share and how they would share it.
This project also allowed the students to tap into their creativity skills as they worked with the layout of the webpage and finding ways that they could personify their researched element. Students found and added music segments that were related to their element and wrote original poems about their element.
The finished websites were collected on one webpage where all the students would have access, creating a “social network” type site for elements.
Click here to visit ElementSpace.
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The 8th grade students in Ms. Cosby’s World History class became news anchors for WRMN Channel XII news for a day. Students formed small groups from the students in their class and collaborated on ideas of ways they could present the information they researched about a topic from Roman history. They were challenged to use their creativity and problem solving skills to communicate what they had learned about their topic and present the information in a way that was not only informative, but also entertaining. The groups then wrote scripts based on their ideas and video taped their presentations as if they were broadcasting the news live. The footage was then imported into iMovie where the groups worked together to edit and fine tune their final product.
Through this project, the students became more connected with the information they researched and learned how to work with others in an highly productive way.
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In Mrs. Craver’s world history class, the children traveled back in time to ancient Mesopotamia (WHI.3) to serve as consultants to village elders who were confronting big problems with their food supplies. The kids analyzed information about the main problem in groups, then recommended a possible solution (critical thinking). The village elders (Mrs. Craver with the actual historical decision) then made their decisions based on the recommendations.
Since the students had recorded their own proposals and rationales rather than the historical decision, the teacher had them create a Comic Life to portray the actual series of problems and solutions from history. This was a cause and effect, review assignment used as a follow up activity to an experiential exercise in class.
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