Creative+Ideas+for+Technology+in+Secondary+English+Classes


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8:30 AM-9:30 AM** Two teachers from PCCS will share innovative ideas for using technology to teach Language Arts (transferable to other subjects). Strategies are based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Lesson plans will include ideas for project-based learning, SMARTBoards, Moodle, wikis, blogs, e-pals, Web 2.0,video production, and more.

Presenters
Jeff Blakeslee - Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Dayna Lang - Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

UDL Choice Project applied to Romeo and Juliet

Essential Question: How does literature help us better understand ourselves? Speaking, Writing, and presenting component Project: costumes for self, costumes for dolls, designing scenes, memorizing monologues, make a comic book, quilt12-16 panels, gameboard (tech game), write a song and/or sing it, play an instrument (still had to do a write up and speak about it and present it to class -- one of the choices should always be to have the student pre-approve a project of their own idea.;

Create scene and characters, do clips with flip cam and create movie. (See Chase Woollner's Zeus and Io on Youtube -- took 45 hours to create a three minute presentation.

Digital Portfolio (copy and paste into blog on Ning) -- do this for M&M project next year so all writings will be in one place.

CDA - close door activities (using iPods, Cell Phones, Facebook)

Build the Fort play music from childhood talk about stories from childhood (pre M&M writing activity)

Have them write a reading quiz as they read.

Cast the characters -- have them write up a little description and find a start/celeb that fits the description.

Persuasion and the Internet (urban legends) (worth1000.com - photoshopped pics)