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Today we started to present our final projects for our identity unit. The students impressed me. They made posters, drawings, movies, songs, and poems. We shared using the sharing circle protocol, which you can find in my previous post. I'm still working on gathering digital files of the projects to upload and student approval to post their projects on this site. Below I've posted what I've gathered so far.
Here's the final lesson for the students before they begin presenting projects tomorrow! I wanted them all to revise and edit, but some students were still stuck in the drafting stage of the writing process. Therefore, I chose 2 videos students could watch independently (whenever they reached the revising/editing stage), and apply to their papers. Agenda:
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This week, my students are finishing up projects, which I hope to post this week as they are turned in and presented to the class. In the meantime, I've been further developing ideas for the next unit, which will start in November! One extremely timely resource, given the Gamer Gate backlash, is this amazing series of videos by Anita Sarkeesian. As a gamer herself, she provides an important feminist analysis of the video gaming industry. Unfortunately, as a result, she has had to cancel public speaking engagements as a result of serious death threats. I'm going to include excerpts of this series in the upcoming unit, specifically the first few minutes of the first video on women as background decoration. In it, she introduces and applies Martha Nussbaum's theory of objectivity, which I plan to teach my students, perhaps using more understandable language.
In a Professional Development yesterday, I learned about this amazing (free!) system called Schoology. "Schoology is an online learning, classroom management, and social networking platform." It's similar to platforms used at the college level, like Blackboard or Moodle. I love it because it allows me to post my curriculum, including organized folders for students to see class powerpoints, assignments, and videos. You can also give online, timed assessments, and students can submit work online, eliminating the need to carry around tons of paper. The interface is similar to Facebook, which will make it easier for students and teachers to learn how to use. I'm still learning more about this, but I want to share my excitement that this type of (free!) tool exists! I've recently come across several ideas on Pinterest and other great teacher & parent websites that are designed to improve ELA and Math skills using game-like activities. I use these in small groups in both my SETSS class and my whole class as well. (We have extra periods where we can work on skill building, separate from our regular academic courses.) ELA
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This site has a ton of cool activity boxes for skill building time! Below are skill building activity lists I created for students. I printed Reading, Spelling, and Math on separate sheets, using different colors. I also printed the Word Sort instructions on colored paper and laminated them. The powerpoint includes slides I used to teach a whole class how to complete word sorts (including example slides). The last slide is a scoreboard I use as part of a competition among groups (or students in a smaller setting) after they have completed all the steps in the word sort.) They use whiteboards and markers to spell the words. Most students LOVE this.
My students have showed me extremely creative projects this week. In turn, I was so inspired, I made my own (partial) teacher model! To view it, download the file below. Tomorrow, I am introducing the analytical paper. I plan to play my model video, and then share what a corresponding essay may look like. Below is a sample of what I might write in my analytical paper to explain the artistic choices I made in the video. I intentionally only wrote the first part of the paper so students can come up with their own connections, rather than basing them on my model.
This lesson reviews the requirements of the projects & introduces Whole Brain Teaching! Agenda:
Reflections:
NOTE: On the project task timeline outline worksheet attached below, I only gave students the first page today. The outline I will hand out on ID-23, when we officially begin to work on the analytical paper. I think giving the outline to students too early may overwhelm them.
I've recently discovered this amazing strategy for classroom management called Whole Brain Teaching. It incorporates eye contact, verbal repetition, hand/body movement, and collaboration. You can track the class's progress by using a scoreboard, which can lead to a reward at the end of the class. For more information:
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