Classroom Observations

Welcome back to Tech Edventure. This week we needed to do our write up of our field interview. I chose to work with and observe a colleague at Londonderry High School. I found that what we are learning about regarding technology in education. Checkout the link for the full report.

Lord of the Flies Digital Story project

Here is the digital Story I have been working on for the last three days. I am pleased with the final product. I used Animoto. The site is easy to work with, but they sure do a good job of encouraging you to sign up for the full product. I could not include all of the credits in the video, so I have listed them under the digital story tab off the homepage. Let me know what you think of my Copy of Lord of the Flies.

Photo courtesy of Hotel Ocho via Flickr
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Technology and Graphic Novel/ Short Story Production

This is a revised assignment I have been using for years with my 9th Grade College Prep students. Here is the link to the lesson plan.Toward the end of the Short Story unit, students learn about making scripts, planning story boards, and putting together picture stories with words included (graphic novels). Recently, while taking technology in Education Course at Southern New Hampshire University, I have decided to bring this into the 21st century. Where students once used tape and glue, this time around they needed to use Google Docs to create, collaborate, and produce a final product.

Also there is a link here to a student generated example. I think they did a pretty good job for their first time through the process. The short story is Button Button, by Richard Matheson.